Quandary - Re: anyone seen a G60 with a 16v head?

[Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>]

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure none of that stuff
(badger5, turbos) is legal in California. Unless, I
slapped in the whole 1.8t...Too much $ and work at
this point)...but the ~150hp I'd get from a 2.0l block
with autotech cams, power module doesn't seem to be
enough...
--- Brian Haygood <Scirious@hotmail.com> wrote:
> You might could just hook a G60 up to a 2.0l 16v
> engine, but then the G60 is
> such a large, heavy overgrown beast that that
> probably isn't a decent idea.
> Why not a turbo, or other type of supercharger?  -
> or of course Badger 5.
> It sounds like the Badger can get about as much hp
> out of these engines as
> they can really handle.  A more modern 1.8T might be
> a better option if you
> want to get more power than that.  No real basis for
> that except that stock
> twin turbo 1.8T's hit 225hp, so they are probably
> more suited to handling
> more power than that than our engines are ( I think
> someone was shooting for
> 400hp from a 1.8t derived system.  That was in a
> twin engine A4 GTI, so
> that's 800hp total).    200+ is apparently a
> reasonable and relatively
> simple target with the Badger 5, so why not.
> 
> > you could put 1.8 16v pistons in it but you have
> to change the lower crank
> > pulley, water pump and intermediate shaft. Also
> you gotta block off the
> > distributor hole.
> 
> You can ditch the water pump and use an electric
> water pump.  That gives you
> a few hp, the ability to cool a non-running engine,
> and allows higher revs
> without worrying about pump cavitation.  I'm not
> sure why you would have to
> swap imtermediate shafts.  I don't know tons about
> these particular engines,
> but doesn't that shaft just turn the distributor
> and/or oil pump?  Can't see
> what that has to do with the head, assuming that you
> aren't using a
> distributor.  Honnold, can you elucidate this for
> us?
> 
> Don't use the stock fuel management from anything. 
> Get a programmable fuel
> injection and ignition unit (or a separate unit for
> each).  They will be
> much better at dealing with compression ratio
> changes or anything else that
> isn't stock.  Besides, the ignition on these cars is
> a bit weak.   These are
> the same type systems you'd use with a Badger 5,
> so...
> 
> >
> > Best/only option is to source out a 2.0 16v
> shortblock for you 16v head
> and
> > then think about Badger5
> >
> > BcH
> >
> 
> True.  True.
> 
> BwH
> 
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