Re: 8v 2.0 L vs. 16v 2.0 L

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

I would add to this discussion that every time I work on a 16v motor, I swear
to god that I will never own one. Everything is more complicated. But, a lot of
it is because of power steering and air conditioning, two things which I also
hate (and my QSW has both of them- go figure).
    -Josiah
    '84 GTi
    '86 Scirocco 8v
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Ewan Hopkins wrote:

> One reason might be that the power/torque curves are different.
> Certainly with the 1.8 16v engines you need to keep the revs up to feel
> the benefit of the extra power: not so good for general 'about town'
> driveability.  I don't know if this difference is as pronounced with the
> 2.0l engines.  I noticed a substantial improvement in low/middle torque
> upgrading from a 1.8 8v to an audi 2.0 8v.  Maybe the same applies to
> the 16v engines.
> I haven't heard of reliability/durability problems with the 1.8 16v
> units.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ewan.
> '85 2.0 Storm
> '86 1.8 GT
>
> >Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 09:42:46 -0400
> >From: "Victor Farren" <vfarren@smtp.cdie.org>
> >To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> >Subject: 8v 2.0 L vs. 16v 2.0 L
> >
> >In the limited research I have done on this topic (mostly on the web,
> and from what I have been able to glean form the digest) it seems that
> more people seem to favor the 8v 2.0L.  These people seem to be the
> do-it-yourself type.  I know that the 16v has more hp w/o mods (134 vs
> 115) so I am trying to figure out why people seem to prefer the 8v.
> >
> >1) I am guessing that parts are cheaper for the 8v engine.
> >
> >2)I know the bit about busting up heads and valves if the timing belt
> breaks on the 16v, but it seems to me that if one stay on top of the
> timing belt changes this shouldn't be an issue.
> >
> >3) Is the 8v easier (less complicated) to work on (being SOHC as
> opposed to DOHC)?
> >
> >4) Is the 8v more durable??
> >
> >5) Is it just a matter of the 2.0L 8v costing less to purchase??
> >
> >I am asking this b/c it seems that owners of both the 8v and 16v love
> their engines.  I defintely want to upgrade my engine to a 2.0 L, so I
> want to learn to pros/cons of my two options.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Victor Farren
> >
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