Re: Engine Change

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 19:32:08 -0800 (PST) Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
writes:

>Ummm, I don't believe you can swap the 8v head to the 16v
>block without a lot of work.


IT physically fits fine but there are parts you need to change out.
Namely pistons (which will need to also be notched to fit with the oil
squirters), fabricating a cover plate on the block, swap an 8v
intermediate shaft which pretty much puts you in a rebuild position.

I mean, you COULD use the 16v pistons but this makes your CR somewhere
around 14 -1. While 14 -1 makes great HP and sounds crunchy, it sucks for
daily driving and racing fuel gets pretty damned expensive for a daily
driver. 

BTW, Ive got a PL code short block in my 84 Roc and solid lifter 8v head
and 10-1 pistons. 


Shawn Méze
86' Jetta GLi 8V       84' Scirocco 8V           88' Corvette -SS 30-
82' Scirocco GTi -FSP 54-     79' "Project FSP Scirocco"
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and best looking Scirocco(s) in all of
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