Re: [Re: Differences between 8v and 16v] [Intake on the wrong side]

["Andy Holmes" <scalainj@hotmail.com>]

No - It came from a 139hp engine
Only the Scirocco 16v elsewhere had detuned cams as in the UK we never had 
Cats until 1992.
All 16v engines in both A1 and A2 chassis in the UK were 139hp - we never 
had the pansy cams ;-)

Andy



>From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: [Re: Differences between 8v and 16v] [Intake on the wrong  
>side]
>Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 01:03:49 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > When catalytic converters became mandatory in Germany in the late 80's
> > VW had to change the cams of the 16V to a more moderate version
> > to protect the cat from getting too much unburned fuel .
> > That is the main difference from the PL to the earlier KR engine.
> > Due to the more moderate intake cam, the 50mm intake was
> > rather useless and even had a loss of torque at lower RPM.
> > So it was replaced again by the smaller 40mm intake.
> > The max. HP figure of the PL engine was corrected down from 139 PS to 
>129 PS then.
>
>Oh, crap! I just had Andy Holmes in England send me a "euro intake cam"
>(still waiting for it to arrive) from an '88 Jetta 16V. I don't know
>whether it came from a KR or a PL. I didn't know there was a difference -
>I just assumed the term "euro" intake cam was specific enough to mean the
>more radical factory cam. Does this mean that I just threw away a bunch of
>money on a cam identical to the one already in my US engine??
>
>What terrific luck... GRRR!!
>
>-Toby
>
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