Re: 1.8L head 2L block? Mixing Hydro + Solid Lifter Parts

[John Van Vuren <veedublu@wirural.net>]

I thought you had to change the oil pump???

John

'87 16v Scirocco
and lots of other stuff
website - http://www.prod.net/jvanvuren/vw.htm


Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:
> 
> A hydraulic lifter engine is purely a head issue. Doesn't have anything to do
> with the block. You can put a solid lifter head on a block that originally came
> with a hydro lifter head, no problem, assuming that they bolt up, etc (I mean,
> obviously you can't put a JH head on a 200T engine.. hehe)
>     -Josiah
> 
> TBerk16@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > In a message dated 8/6/98 4:27:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, josiah@gsinet.net
> > writes:
> >
> > >
> > >  For both 16v's and 8v's:
> > >  You can put the 1.8 head on the 2.0 block. Some say the 1.8 head works
> > > better,
> > >  esp. for 16v's.
> > >      -Josiah
> > >
> >
> > OK, Thx- that's plain enough.
> >
> > I'm looking for a 2.0 bottom end. I have a 10:1 bottom end that could a
> > reconditioning. (RD) And I have an '84 GTI with the nice top end. In fact I
> > only bought the GTI to become a Scirocco donormobile.
> >
> > Question is: What about swapping heads and blocks from a solid lifter and a
> > hydro lifter?  Or vice a versa? What is entailed in the mix and match?
> >
> > tia,
> > TBerk,
> > Lost in Cyberspace.
> >
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