Re: To bore, stroke, and breathe

[Jason Brunberg <stoopid@idirect.com>]

Hulda Jowett wrote:
> 
> If you would like a bit more, maybe a minor port and polish job. Even the
> 1.8l head will respond well to porting. The trick of porting it is to

	I was talking to my cousin earlier who was talking to his friend who
was talking...  Anyways, my cuz told me that VW made one head for the
1.8 and 2.0L blocks.  The 2.0 head can be modified for a healthy
increase in hp.  However, the 1.8 cannot be ported because it is already
factory ported to make up for the weak low-end.  Basically, because the
2.0 has the extra grunt over the 1.8, there was no need to port it out. 
Is this true?  


> gain everywhere from lowend to high. A euro intake cam is a good all
> around, for a bit more, mod an exhaust cam to work as the intake.
> 
> When you get into boring and stroking the lower end, things can start to
> become quite expensive. I recently spoke with Franz at Velocity, he said
> he was installing 86mm pistons on his 16V engine, can you say rev? Don't
> know how he'll fit those in there...

	I'm not sure I follow you.  Will the size of the piston affect the revs
(i.e. higher redline?)  What's the original spec for the pistons?  

> 
> I'd say for a realistic, affordable street engine, stay with the stock
> 2.0l bottom end (perhaps have it balanced). A minor porting job to the
> 1.8l head, your choice of cam, and the stock intake. Ofcourse you should
> match port everything too. The 50mm intake is a high end hp piece, maybe not
> what you are after, but you can always easily upgrade to it later.

	You lost me again.  Is 50mm large?  I am still trying to figger out
what's what with the engine components.  Thanks.

jason
87 16V
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