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Re: '87 GTI, Re: engine swap



Hi people

There definately was a 8v Gti Golf in the US
About 6 years ago when i was last in Florida i borrowed one from a friend 
who lives out there. It was an Auto and so slow i had to check under the 
bonnet to make sure it it was what it said it was!

Andy


>From: "Ben Rogowski" <bgr13@mn.rr.com>
>To: <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>Subject: '87 GTI, Re: engine swap
>Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 23:08:59 -0600
>
>According to the dealer brochures I have from '87 there was indeed an 8v
>GTI, although I'm not sure i've ever seen one.  I had an '87 Golf GT.  It
>may have had a 105 hp motor at one point, but not by the time I got it.  It
>had a close ratio gear box, but no rear discs, no sport seats, no Fuba, and
>no rear sway bar.  So judging by it's lack of equipment I'd be there was an
>'87 8v GTI.  There'd be too big of a gap in the model line up other wise.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Timothy A Reed" <t.a.reed.esq@juno.com>
>To: <jlagnese@cybertours.com>
>Cc: <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 10:43 PM
>Subject: Re: engine swap
>
>
> > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:14:27 -0500 John Lagnese 
><jlagnese@cybertours.com>
> > writes:
> >
> > > 87 GTI engine with tranny 120K $300 private sale. Says its an 8V, but
> > > were there 87 GTI w/o 16V?
> >
> > I don't think there was an 8v GTI per se, but there was something called
> > the Golf GT that VW produced around then.  It had a 1.8 8v with 
>something
> > in the neighborhood of 100-105 hp.
> >
> > -Timothy A Reed, Esq.
> > t.a.reed.esq@juno.com
> > Moses approached the thick darkness where God was
> > Exodus 20:21
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