Fw: RE: '85 GTI motor

[Mark A Peele <scirocco.gtx@juno.com>]

Very easy except for one thing:

Swap will require an upgrade to the Knock sensor ignition. Not a light
task in my opinion.

Mark Peele
Scirocco S 1981
Scirocco 1982
Golf GT 1987 (knock sensor CIS-E 10:1)

--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Jorel Jackson" <kondor77@hotmail.com>
To: bhonnold@pac-cap.com

>
>The high compression accounts for some of the gain. The GTI also has 
the 
>big valve head, larger throttle body and larger intake runners.  In 
1986 VW 
>changed the timing map of the knock sensor ignition to give it another 
3 
>HP.
>
>As a side bar, the engine management system on the 85 & 86 GTI is CIS-E 
>which unlike motronic is separate from the ignition control system
>
>
>
>Brian Honnold
>'78 Rocco Ragtop
>
>On Thursday, January 21, 1999 11:32 PM, David Ruby 
[SMTP:dbruby@ainet.com] 
>wrote:
>> Motronic engine management with knock sensor is responsible for this 
>gain,
>> right Brian H.?
>>
>> Dave
>> '86 8v
>
>> From: Jorel Jackson <kondor77@hotmail.com>
>> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 9:04 PM
>> Subject: '85 GTI motor
>>
>>
>> >I've noticed that the '85 Scirocco motor has identical 
characteristics
>> >to the '85 GTI motor save in one category, compression. This results 
in
>> >ten additional hp, which would be nice to have. Why is this? Is it
>> >because of dished cylinders, or is it just because of different 
heads?
>> >
>> >JS Jackson '85 scirocco

It sounds like a swap might be in order. I assume this would be fairly 
simple? Or would you reccomend a 2 liter?

JS Jackson '85 Scirocco

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