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U.S. Scirocco Motors



1982 Sciroccos have the heavy body and the weak engine. That's why it's
not very fast. Stick a 1.8L motor in there and you'll be much happier.
The 1.7L (what's in your car) is one of the worst engines VW ever made. It's pretty much because of the small valve head that it has.
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The 1.7 is certainly not one of the worst engines VW ever put in a U.S Scirocco. All of the 1.5/1.6/1.7 liter VW motors in US cars had small 33/32 heads (vs 40/33 vlaves on the "big valve" 1.8 herads).

In my opinion at the bottom I would put the 1975-1976 1471 cc carbed, followed closely by the 1457cc CIS motor used only in the 1978 Scirocco. Up from there I would list the following: 1588 CIS (1976.5-1977,1979-1980), then 1715 CIS (1982-1983.5), then 1781 cc JH (1983.5-1988), then 1781 16V (1986-1988).

Feeling anal . . . I am . . .




Mark Peele
1981 Scirocco S
1982 Scirocco
1987 Golf GT
Then there's Kristen's '78 Scirocco
http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/mark.htm
Previous Sciroccos: 1975 (2), 1981 S (1), 1980 S (1)

 
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