fuel to the fire: 16v's are BAD!

[btpeet at effervescent.com (Bradley Peet)]

What's weak is you quoting some Drake employee's opinion from 1988.  The
dyno results don't lie and while it may not be CHEAP to go 16V, you are
clearly limiting your HP potential if you stick with an 8V powerplant.  The
VW head isn't the best 16V head on the planet, but so what!  It's STOCK and
plentiful, not some rare and elusive Drake or Oettinger part that you'd have
a bitch of a time replacing or finding parts for.

I see 16Vs dyno 150 to 160 at the wheels (170 to 195 crank) all the time,
but never a normally aspirated 8V.  We all should know by now that dollar
per horsepower curve gets very steep, very quickly.  This applies to you
beloved 8V motor as well.  Sure you can get decent gains with a big valve
head, cam, and exhaust, but where do you go from there?  THAT is the
question.

Bradley
1988 Scirocco 16VT 2.0L
2002 Audi S4 Avant Biturbo

> Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 09:35:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
> Subject: fuel to the fire: 16v's are BAD!
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Message-ID: <20031005163547.35794.qmail@web42001.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Don't believe me? Read this old forum response to someone from a
> top Drake guy. Don't want to read the whole thing? Let me quote
> the good bits. "DON'T (read that again DON'T) get a VW 16v.  They
> are absolutely junk." and "And, like I mentioned, it is a
> performce DOG. At 123hp (US spec), it is a weak puke of a motor."
> Hah! Haha! Take that 16vers!

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