Re: 2.0L 9A Block

[Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com>]

--- Bill Scarince
<Bill.Scarince@tenneco-automotive.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 1) I've heard that the compression ratio w/my
> original 16V head will be anywhere
> from 9.5 to 10.5:1.  Can anyone be more exact on
> this?  Dan Brideau?

Stock for both is at least 10:1  

> 
> 2) I don't think the 1988 CIS-E had a knock sensor,
> right?

Wrong.

  Will I need one?

Yes.

> Can this be integrated into CIS-E

CIS-E has a knock sensor, at least the CIS-E on
Scirocco 16V and A2 GTI (and my Golf GT) does.

 or must the system
> be swaped-out for a later
> one?
> 
> 3) How does a knock sensor work?  Is it some kind of
> acoustic device?

The VW version is basically a motion sensor, that is
to say if you tap lightly on your engine with a small
hammer the timing should retard.



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