Re: 2.0 conversion

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

A 2001 Jetta is NOT an ABA. You will have more than just distributor 
problems with that engine as it has NO intermediate shaft to run a dizzy or 
even a hole to stick one into. This engine is fly-by-wire and DIS. More work 
than its worth to install.

Chris DeLong
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Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V 'Rocco ragtop
'91 GLi 2.0 16V
'77 Rabbit 16V
'80 'Vert (parting out!)
'61 17 Window type II
'91 Vanagon
'78 Rabbit
'78 Rabbit (for sale)
'87 GTi 16V



>From: Kervin Ridgley <kervinridgley@earthlink.net>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: 2.0 conversion
>Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 15:47:28 -0400
>
>I'm thinking of putting in a 2.0 in my 86 8V.  I can get a 2.0 from a
>2001 jetta (oil pan, block, cross flow head) for next to nothing.  I
>think that is the one called ABA.  It needed new rings because the oil
>consumption is about a quart per 1000 miles.  If I go that route, I'm
>keep my solid head and use a g-grind cam.  I know I'll have lots of
>things to workout as far a the distributor goes.  I could, on the other
>had, get a audi 2.0 for a few hundred bucks and have an easier time
>putting it in.  Either way, I be using a manual rack with no A/C. The
>car is a daily driver (well, when I'm not on my motorcycle) and I drive
>from Virginia to NYC about once a month.
>
>   Here are my question
>
>1. Is there any power difference between the two engines?
>
>2.  Has someone put in one of the above and wished they had picked the
>other?
>
>3.  I know this one is silly - what kind of gas mileage should I expect
>at 75 mph ( I get 33 with my 1.8)
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
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