engine swap to a 1.6L

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

The 8V scirocco had 90mm as well.
Only the 16V's came with the 100mm.  AS long as the end to end
distances are the same you should be okay.

HTH


On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:59:06 -0300, Christopher Turnbull
<pcturn@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> I've no experience with this but I want to keep my Scirocco on the
> road. I have a miserable 1.8L 8v (with about 260,000 km) that has never
> worked correctly in the two years I've owned the car - in spite of
> tinkering extensively with the fuel injection. That's on the minus
> side. And I think I may have just screwed it up more.
> 
> On the plus side the car has very little rust, and of course, is really
> quite fun. And I've fixed most other problems: new sealed windshield,
> rear wipers, guages, seats, radiator, hoses, etc. It just needs a new
> paint job.
> 
> I have an old rusted out 1980 German made Rabbit with a 1.6L  FI engine
> with a 5 speed transmission (FF). It has only 120,000 actual km on it
> and its been run on synthetic oil since 35,000 km with regular changes.
> Of course, it never worked properly - but that was the miserable fuse
> box problem.
> 
> So the question is what are the likely problems in putting it in my 86
> MkII Scirocco. I could keep the O2 sensor system or just go without for
> simplicities sake.
> 
> I know, I know: its not going to be as fast, but... I'm not concerned
> about speed (pensioner) and it would run on regular gas. When the 1.8L
> runs it gets over 40 miles to the Canadian gallon so the 1.6L should be
> not bad.
> 
> But I've read that there is a problem with the front axles: the Rabbit
> would have the 90 mm transmission flanges, but the Scirocco has 100 mm.
> So would the whole Rabbit transmission-axle assemblies simply bolt into
> the Scirocco? Or is there a major difference at the front strut end?
> Other than that, I figure that it should be a straight fit, except for
> the exhaust system? Oh please!
> 
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Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 1.8 16V Black Scirocco
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)