hello from Brazil!

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

Yes, welcome to the list...!

I have always loved the Puma, an air-cooled car that I believe was available
in your country?

As for the different intake for the 16V, there is a larger port version that
can be found in Europe (and is imported to the US< 600.00$ IIRC).  They can
increase the hp on the top end, but at the expense of bottom end torque (is
that the concensus?).

Hope that helps,
  David

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Ricardo
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:18 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: hello from Brazil!

Runs Perfectly! We even have a few cars that come with ethanol support from
factory. They call it the "Flex fuel" system, which you can use either
gasoline or alcohol in your car, but thats only for newer cars, in its time,
the gol was only available in gasoline, I did the conversion myself, it's
ridiculously easy, you just need your injectors to flow about 35% more,
because it burns just like gasoline so there is no mistery.

In Brazil alcohol is cheaper than gasoline, way cheaper! Fuel prices are :
R$ 1,19 per liter of alcohol and R$ 2,19 per liter of lowest octane
gasoline. Premium is R$ 2,60 per liter!! Only 91 octane, while Alcohol is
about 110 octanes.

Converting to your reality, that's US$2,80 per galon in low octane Gasoline
(86) and Alcohol (110) is US$1,55 per gallon. Taxes are high in Brazil for
pretty much everything, so yes, gasoline is very expensive, another reason
why i converted to alcohol. Though it burns cleaner, pollutes less and
supports higher compression.

Sincerely,

Ricardo.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>
To: "Ricardo" <ricardo@dsmtuning.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: hello from Brazil!


> Wow, pure alcohol? How does that run?
> John
> Biddeford, Maine USA
> 87 16V Scirocco
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ricardo" <ricardo@dsmtuning.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:30 PM
> Subject: hello from Brazil!
>
>
> Hello from Brazil !
>
> I just found this website while looking for 16v vw head. I have a VW Gol,
> which is similar to the Scirocco, but seems to be a bit smaller (and
> lighter!) and only available in latin america. I have the GTI trim, which
> has a 2.0 engine and 8v non-crossflow head. I want a 16v head for my Gol.
> Right now I worked the engine to higher compression, 12:5 pistons with
0,8mm
> head shaving and some head work. The result is approx. 13,6:1 compression
> ratio. It runs on Ethanol, not gasoline (too much compression for gas). I
> adapted a Ford EEC IV fuel injection and dropped in a sports header and
free
> flowing exhaust. The car runs like hell! I am guessing mid 14s in the 1/4
as
> of right now.
>
> My plan now is to get a 16v head, but is very expensive in Brazil because
> it's rare. I will get one from U.S. I found on ebay for cheap. Then I can
> adapt a distributor from 1.0 16v Gol and maybe I can find an intake
manifold
> here too. Are there any tips for building my Gol ? Is there a better
intake
> manifold that helps the horsepower ? I want the best for it. The car is
> already real fast right now and hopefully will be murdering all turbos
with
> the 16v head!
>
> Thanks all!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ricardo.
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