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Engine choices
It would have to be planted amidship to accomodate it. and then custom a
axles, custom transmission, serious frame reinforcement, would be easy
to work on though...it would be going in a A1 Rabbit convertable.
LOL
what would I call it?
P-bunny, "Hare" o' the dog, VW Rabbid?
Rabbit16v wrote:
>Dude, c'mon, slap the porshce motor in! It would be WAY cool AND you
>already have the motor so the price is already offset! What is this going
>in? A MK2? Shouldn't be that tough just match it up with a fox tranny or a
>Vanagon tranny. Both of those are pretty tough but the vanagon tranny is
>the toughest.
>
>Dave
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "rept" <rept@qwest.net>
>To: "Rabbit16v" <Rabbit16v@attbi.com>; "scirocco" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:58 PM
>Subject: Re: Engine choices
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>>Im torn in my choices yet- to go w/ a 2.0 16V or to put in an 8V and
>>turbo it. I have a lot of expensive parts left over from my scirocco
>>project- like cams, downpipes, motronic etc. so Im leaning towards just
>>doing the standard ole' 16V upgrade and maybe look at making it a
>>supercharger project later (swapping pistons, valves etc.). On the
>>other hand, I do have a 4.5L aluminum Porsche V8 hanging
>>around.......Maybe.......Naw! :^)
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>>Rabbit16v wrote:
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>>>I actually didn't know it was all about turboing. Thought he just wanted
>>>something better than the motor that is in there. Anyway, I would like
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>to
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>>>answer your question though. The difference between an 8v and 16v is the
>>>flow. What I mean by this is that two valves per cylinder openning at
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>the
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>>>same time on a crossflow head increases flow. The 1.8T is also a
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>crossflow
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>>>head and a multi-valve head. The next turbo motor VW plans to make is
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>also
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>>>a multi-valve turbo. So, it is a combination of experience, opinion, and
>>>watching to see what the manufacturers do. HTH!
>>>
>>>Dave
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>>>>I could see why you would think my logic is shaky given what I wrote in
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>>>the
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>>>>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.
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>>>>If we're talking about turbo'ing an 8v vs. 16v in terms of difficulty,
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>the
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>>>>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
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>>>>>>See previous email about going with the JH 1.8 8v - I'm telling you -
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>>>>>it'll
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>>>>>>the be "cheapest" route...
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>>>>>Cheapest route, maybe, but best, I beg to differ. I know, I like 16v
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>>>>motors
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>>>>>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
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>>>>90hp
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>>>>>motor. That is more that 1/3rd the power for what, wiring in a knock
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>>>>sensor
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>>>>>system? That's the toughest part about the 16v into an 8v car unless
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>>>you
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>>>>>swap the entire FI system. HTH!
>>>>>
>>>>>Dave
>>>>>
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