Re: i need to find one now

["Owen" <mr.peepers@home.com>]

Uh oh, Brett looses marks for not paying attention in class.  I believe
jonas is doind a 2.0L, with ported and polished head.
     As for the bang for the buck on a 1.8L, i agree with you (having one
myself), i would never in a million years pay the kind of money RPI asks for
them, they called me up when they got the last one, even though it had
already sold, and it went for over $1000 cdn?  for what, like 3-5 high end
horsepower??  Nutty.

    Driveability is not effected at all though, the only time i ever noticed
the lack of power is when i was cruising at low revs in 5th, forgot to drop
a gear to pass, and floored it, it just didn't have the oomph it used to
down low (not that there was any oomph really).  Does give a nice kick in
the pants up high though, but not 1000 dollars worth.  Mine is a long term
investment though, will be going on a 2.0L soon enough.  and i also was
lucky enough not to have to crawl to RPI and pay that price.


Owen
87 Scirocco 16v #38 C-SS.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/1571


>As far as a 50mm intake manifold giving you more power on your 1.8L 16v,
>I'd start someplace else for better bang-for-buck improvements (like
>a 2L block for about the same money).  It's about volume of air and
>the *velocity* of that moving intake air that helps determine what
>the power output of you engine is, and at what rpm.  The 50mm intake
>manifold will nicely feed an air hungry engine, which with a 1.8L is
>at the high end, and with a 2L is noticably lower in the rpm range.
>The stock 40 (is is it 42mm) intake keeps up the air velocity to
>give a better low end, while the 50mm intake wakes up the high end a
>bit.  I personally think it's a good mod for a 2L 16v, but not a 1.8L;
>as low end drivability could be affected too much.   IMHO naturally. :)
>
>==Brett
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>\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net
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