Re: Do we like Fox engines?

[Jeremy Salda <roccoguy@mac.com>]

I have an engine from an '87 Fox in my '79 'rocco, fairly simple swap.

jeremy


On Wednesday, December 12, 2001, at 02:01 , Marc Peterson wrote:

> My local vw shop has three Fox engines, complete with manifolds, 
> waterpumps,
> alternators, etc, that they have had in storage, one of the owners 
> likes me,
> knows about my poor 'rocco, and has offer me my choice of the three for 
> 100
> bucks.  Basically this is a solid engine, right?
>
> If I throw on the JH head that I have coming, the Fox's TB and Intake
> manifold, my exhaust manifold, and a G-grind, I've got a nice little
> package, right?  And with the lower compression 8.5 vs 10, when I 
> decide to
> turbo it (oh it will happen) I can still use CIS, rather than standalone
> management.  Right?
>
> BTW, they have an 86 Jetta engine, which he wants 150 for.  Notice this 
> is
> NOT the GLI engine, its the exact same as the Fox's.  Hehehe...he 
> doesn't
> know that is just a swap of the intake manifold...I'm not gonna tell 
> him.
>
> Marc
>
>
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