Re: 8V's as opposed to 16V's

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>The August 1986 Car & Driver on my desk says:  "The 16v's engine--which will 
also be fitted to VW's GTI and Jetta GLI models early in the 1987 model 
year--motivates the Scirocco..."

Ian Overholt
'88 16v
'78 Sidewinder



> > The 16v engine was introduced in mid 85 for the A2 chasis.  I had a
> > friend who had an mid 85 Jetta GLI with the 16 v engine, no fuba and no
> > tear drops.  He had bought it new.  The 16v was not introduced to the
> > Scirocco until mid 86.
>
>Are you SURE about that??  That flies in the face of everything I've heard
>and read in the past... i.e. that the 'roc got it first.
>
>--
>Kevin Collins
>'86.5 Scirocco 16V 2.0
>'99 GTI GLX
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Factory/1780
>
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