16v or 8v turbo?

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

ok, heres the deal. the more air you can get in there, the better (read: more torque/hp). lower c/r
means more air (mass) can come in (i.e. more boost). the reason that more can come in is that the
lower c/r engine wont try to compress it as much, so you are keeping in-cylinder peak temps within
reasonable numbers. this lets you have more boost without doing crazy stuff like water
injection/massive intercoolers/race gas.
...so that leaves the best bet being the 8v. the 16v is actually better suited to the task (and
breathes alot better), but to use it you have to drop the c/r (either by spacing the head or forged
pistons).

p.s. dont forget the big injectors :)

Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 180k, rocco #6)
86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX ('it has begun', rocco #7)
86.5 Occo 16v Trailer (dotting 'i's across the country, rocco #8)
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch, driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lil B 959" <lilb959@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 8:30 PM
Subject: 16v or 8v turbo?


>
>
> Hey I was wondering if I should go for a 16v or 8v turbo?  I know the 8v has
> a better compression ratio for a turbo, but if I ran less boost with the 16v
> would it be better than running more boost with the 8v?  Any information
> would be helpful.  Thanks,
> Bryson
>
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