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Re: 2.0 upgrade



Well, yeah.

TBerk
8 valver.
There _are_ some incompatibilities between 8 valve & 16 valve donor
engines.

Slink wrote:
> 
> does this info apply to 8v roccos too( staying within the 8v territory of
> 2.0)
> 
> T Berk wrote:
> 
> > Kenneth Fung wrote:
> > >
> > > I am thinking about upgrade my 16V rocco to a 2 liter, can anyone tell
> > > me which is a better way to do it?  Should I  buy a 2.0 kit from
> > > autotech or should I get an 2.0 liter engine from a junk yard(what is
> > > the difference between a short block and a long block?), thanks in
> > > advance.
> > >
> > > kenny
> >
> > Kenny,
> >
> > A short block is just the bottom half of the engine, cylinders and crank
> > and block and such. Long block is all that plus the head on top. You may
> > want to fit a 2.0 liter shorty up under your existing head. I don't
> > think much of kits but that's just me. Go for the block built to be a
> > 2.0 liter if you ask me.
> >
> > TBerk

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