Re: price/hp

["Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>]

Yeah, I was kinda getting that idea.  It's cool though, even if the car 
isn't the fastest car in the world it's still a lot of fun to work on and 
drive.  I'll be interested to see what your dyno numbers turn up.

Joe

>The price / hp ratio of the VW 16v isn't really that good IMO.  As I've
>mentioned in the past, I've spent a large amount of money on my engine,
>and it's still probably around 180hp.  I'll know more exactly next week,
>and I'm still not done spending.   I don't want to iterate through
>each and every cost item, but you can _easily_ spend 5-6 thousand on
>your motor on rebuilds, pistons, cams, head work, exhaust, engine
>management, not to mention the many many new stock parts like gaskets,
>belts, and hoses.  How fast do you want to go?
>
>I'll report in next week on how much power I'm putting down.
>
>==Brett
>
>\/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
>\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '92 Passat 16v (Winter+) | - brett@netacc.net

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