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Re: 1.8T in Scirocco 16V
I was at a VW show this weekend, and there were several MKIs with 1.8Ts
in them. DOn't know much more about it:
http://www.cathodemedia.com/rocco18t.jpg
Nathan
88 16v
--- VWMikeLVW@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/1/01 11:40:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> mkii@nycap.rr.com writes:
>
>
> > 150hp?
> > with a few mods you easily have it over 200hp.
>
>
> This is true,..and it seems like a decent swap if you can get the
> engine
> itself at a good price and do the work yourself. That guy here who
> has that
> 1.8T Scirocco is a poseur though...he had momentum do everything.
> Momentum
> charges $14k US for the conversion. Sounds like another one of those
> "more
> money than brains" kind of swaps. The car doesn't even have a quaife.
>
> > ut it is allot of work. chassis re-enforcement,
>
> What reincforcement is it you speak of? That is usually only an issue
> with
> installing a VR6, but that is because the VR6 mounts up totally
> different and
> was never meant to fit in an A1.
>
> possible need for a new trany shortly after the swap,
>
> Not if it's properly built to begin with...the trans should last
> quite a
> while. There are 10 second drag Rabbits running O2O gearboxes.
>
> exhaust customization, new
> > differential, etc......
>
>
> The exhaust was a given, but big deal... a Quaife goes with the
> territory.
>
> > think in the long run you would be better off with building a 2L
> > block/1.8H combo.
>
>
> While that is the best way to go for most, it is also the most common
> route.
> Some of us like to be a little different and think outside the box.
>
> > nless you have 8-11 grand to blow.
> >
> Yeah....riiiiight.
>
> Mike
> <A
>
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>
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