[tech] Audi 1.8T in a MKII Rocco???

[soltwede@privateI.com (Night Shadow)]

> OK, but there is a 1.8t donor that doesn't run drive by wire, right?
> Shi... uh I ,mean Shoot- If I put a working 1.8t into my Mk1 Scirocco I
> wouldn't even worry about chipping the damn thing, just quaiffing it.
> 
> Stock and reliable and less than twenty years old? What's not to like.  
> 
> SOmebody might say, 'well why stop there, keep going!'
> 
> To that I direct the thoughtful reader to the movie Boomerang and the
> though thread based on 'You cant stop there, you have to
> Co-Ooordinate!...'.
> 
> Better it works well than doesn't work faster.

I am with Tosha on this one....and along those lines...why bother with a
1.8T?  You want relibility, gas mileage and power in one package?  Screw
the 1.8T, go TDI! (1.9T).

--
Eric
Northglenn, CO

76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
80 Scirocco (Parts car again, no more DD duty)
81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration in progress)
81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (THE NEW RIDE)
91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)

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