16V head-combustion chamber volume?

[mr.utility at highstream.net (mr.utility@highstream.net)]

A good friend in England tuned one of these back when they came out...  Which 
was approx 83 I think?  ANYways, he ported, polished it, new cam (unknown 
type/lift), new exhaust (again, unknown flavor) and got 132 at the wheels.  
Granted, back then I think they had 99 octane in the UK at that time, but that 
does not account for all of that power...  

Because of this, I have often wondered what one of these would be like, in 2.0 
form (would have to have the pistons made, as the combustion chamber is the in 
piston, and 1.6s would not make it), with a turbo put on top...  I must assume 
that it would not be that good a setup, but then again....  ?

David                 fahrvegnugen

Quoting Drew MacPherson <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>:

> Thanks for the information.  The Heron head (as Marc indicated) is 
> actually a 1.6 head, and produced 10.5:1 (or therabouts) on a 1.6 block 
> with different pistons.  This engine was good for (help me out here?)  
> 110bhp.
> 
> Drew
> 
> 
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Erik wrote:
> 
> > the 16V heads have a 46cc combustion chamber.  The Head gasket is .057"
> > compressed with a 3.28 bore diam.  The piston pops up put of the cylinder
> > .010".  Most of 8V I have seen have a 30cc combustion chanber with the
> same
> > gasket specs.  There is a cylinder head reffered to as the Huron which I
> > recall has no combustion chamber much like a VR6.
> > 
> > 
> > HTH
> > Erik
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Drew MacPherson" <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 12:35 PM
> > Subject: 16V head-combustion chamber volume?
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > > I understand that the 16V head has a greater combustion chamber volume
> in
> > > the cylinder head than the 8V engine (right?) which results in
> > > undesireable compression ratios when mixing and macthing 8V and 16V
> > > heads/blocks (ie. 8V head on 16V bottom end = high CR & detonation, 16V
> > > head on 8V block = undriveably low CR)
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how much of the chamber volume is in the head on the
> 16V?
> > > How close to the deck do 16V pistons come at TDC?
> > >
> > > Drew
> > >
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