Re: Audi 2.0 that's in the 924

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <scirocco@absomotherfuckinlutely.com>]

No, I don't want to use it to put in a VW, I want to use it in a 924 : )
	I wonder if it might do better with a JH head on it? I'll have to
look up valve sizes...
	-Josiah

'84 GTi
http://bork.hampshire.edu/josiah

On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Brian C Barrows wrote:

> I don't know how similar the 924 engine is to the other engines listed,
> but as far as I know the 2.0 in the 924 is a pretty pathetic engine for
> modifying.  European Car did a series on it a few years ago to try and
> get 924 turbo power out of the basic engine with simple bolt-on goodies. 
> The normal things (exhaust, cam, etc) yielded only a few HP increase, and
> it took something like a new head and carbs to get decent power out of
> it.  It seemed that the engine just isn't worth trying to modify.  The
> articles were titled something along the lines of "the Yellow Bellied Sap
> Sucker"...
> 
> I don't know if anyone else has heard anything different or not, but
> there are much better ways of getting power to your VW (if that's what
> you want to use it for).  
> 
> B.
> 
> '82 Scirocco (a.k.a. "Fritz")
> '85 Jetta
> '87 Porsche 944
> 
> On Fri, 7 Jul 2000 16:50:34 -0400 (EDT) "Wm. Josiah Erikson"
> <scirocco@absomotherfuckinlutely.com> writes:
> > How similar is it to the 80/90 motor, and if I put a good cam in it 
> > and a
> > JH head, good exhaust, etc, could I possibly get 150bhp ish from it?
> > 	-Josiah
> > 
> > '84 GTi
> > http://bork.hampshire.edu/josiah
> > 
> > 
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