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

[16V Jason <jason@scirocco.org>]

A1 16V?  I thought the UK never got the 16V Scirocco -- and I don't know of 
any other A1 cars that got a 16V.

That would mean that you're right -- you never had the pansy cams in the A2 
cars.  But you had only the pansy MOTORS in the A1 cars. :)

Jason



At 05:31 AM 9/12/2001 , Andy Holmes wrote:
>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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