Re: [TECH]: P&P'ing 16v head?

[Eric L Ellis <elf16v@juno.com>]

As far as stock heads go, I believe the 1.8 head on a 2.0 will increase
the upper end power and the 2.0 on a 2.0 will give you more bottom end
bump.

Eric
Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun!
http://www.geocities.com/blitzkrieg16v/


On Sun, 7 Jan 2001 23:37:09 -0500 "Michael Abatzis" <abatzis@hotmail.com>
writes:
> as insurance, i bought a 2.0L 16v longblock after my timing belt 
> snapped, since i was going to upgrade to a 2.0 in the spring anyway. 
> now i have an extra 16v head, and am toying around with getting it 
> ported and polished and then throwing the whole thing in and living 
> happily ever after. so... 
> 
> 1) raven's book claims that the 1.8 head flows better than the 2.0, 
> and gives something like 10 extra hp on the 9a block. i'd assume 
> that head work would yield the same final numbers no matter which 
> head i had worked; is that true? would i be better off doing the 
> 1.8? i'd like to do the 2.0L head since it's not on my car, and 
> since it has 15-20k fewer miles than my 1.8 does.
> 
> 2) any experiences on who does a good job (esp in atlanta), and how 
> much in general i should expect to pay?
> 
> 3) what kind of hp can i expect out of this swap, using my cis-e 
> (otherwise stock 'cept exhaust)? anyone dyno'd this setup? i'm 
> guessing at least 140 hp, maybe closer to 150 :) ? i would guess 
> that that would make for a very fun, fast car... tia,
> -michael
> 88 1.8l 16v scirocco. 123hp for now...

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