Re: U.S. Scirocco Motors

[William J Erikson <williamjosiah@juno.com>]

(laugh) All right, all right : )
Someone told me once that for some odd reason, the 1.6 was a much better
motor than the 1.7, but I shouldn't believe everything I hear and
basically, I'm talking out of my ass. Point remains that the 1.7 sucks.
	-Josiah




On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 21:10:27 -0400 "Mark Peele" <map@scirocco.zzn.com>
writes:
>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.
>=========================
>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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