What makes a 2 liter?

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

difference is in both bore (82.5 vs. 81 mm), and in stroke (92.8 vs. 86.4).
Al

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Aireq" <trance_whore@yahoo.com>
To: "John C. Worden" <scirocco@powerlink.net>; <aireq@u.washington.edu>; "Scirocco Mailing List"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 8:56 PM
Subject: RE: What makes a 2 liter?


> Isn't the 1.8 or 2.0 the displacement of the engine? I think i'm confused
> but I would think the only way you could increase the displacement of an
> engine would be to increase the diameter of the piston, or increase the
> lenght of travel of the pistion. What is different about the 2.0l blocks
> from the 1.8l blocks?
>
>
> aireq
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John C. Worden [mailto:scirocco@powerlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:11 PM
> To: aireq@u.washington.edu
> Subject: RE: What makes a 2 liter?
>
>
> At 07:54 AM 4/9/02 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >All you need to change is the block? No pistons or crack shaft or anything
> >like that? What differentiates between a 1.8l head and a 2.0 l???
> >
> >
> >aireq
> The easiest way to make a 2.0 is to get a block out of a 90-92 GTI/GLI or
> a 16V Passat.  The old way was to bore and stroke it which involved new
> pistons, crankshaft and sometimes rods, not to mention machine work.
> So much easier and cheaper today.  And if you can't find one if your area
> for a good price I did a quick search for one at http://car-part.com/ and
> came up
> with a few hits, pretty well priced too.  Just don't know if they'd ship.
> Good luck.
>
>
> John C. Worden
> Bucksport, Maine
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