Engine choices

[jtoomasson@yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I could see why you would think my logic is shaky given what I wrote in the
last message, but I think you got in on the thread a bit late. I had
suggested in the first email I sent to Mike to use the JH to go turbo.

If we're talking about turbo'ing an 8v vs. 16v in terms of difficulty, the
8v again wins by a small margin. What I really don't know is how much 16
valves vs. 8 could improve a forced induction setup...

JT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: Engine choices


> > See previous email about going with the JH 1.8 8v - I'm telling you -
> it'll
> > the be "cheapest" route...
>
> Cheapest route, maybe, but best, I beg to differ.  I know, I like 16v
motors
> but if you look at the hp gain for the stock versions (90hp compared to
> 123hp) then you will see that it is about a 35% increase in hp over the
90hp
> motor.  That is more that 1/3rd the power for what, wiring in a knock
sensor
> system?  That's the toughest part about the 16v into an 8v car unless you
> swap the entire FI system.  HTH!
>
> Dave
>
>
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