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

[Kevin <aventari@cts.com>]

No! This is wrong. The oil pumps ARE different. So are some of the oil
passages. the hydraulic head requires more oil to the top end and more
pressure. You DONT want all the extra oil in the head in a solid lifter,
because you dont need it, and could starve the bottom end. 
Another reason solid lifters are better. You have more oil for the
crank/bottom end where it's NEEDED!

At 10:29 PM 8/7/98 -0400, you 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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