Re: ?'s bout a 2 liter motor

["Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>]

The 1.8L bottom end and the 2.0L head are not it high demand but are still
worth something.  If you get the whole 2.0L motor, manifolds to oil pan,
then I would keep the things that are applicable (breather, oil filther
housing, oil cooler, waterpump housing, etc.).  The intakes will be worth
something (I have a upper and lower from a 2.0L in case I convert to
motronic, plus the runners are 2.5mm bigger than stock scirocco runners).
The head is worth it's parts to us, or someone might be interested in the
whole thing.  I ended up taking the valves, springs, cams, etc. out of mine
and sending the core head to scrap!  The block!!!  This can be fun.  I am in
the process of building a 8v with a 16v block.  I will swap everything over
(pistons, intermediate shaft, distributor parts, etc.) and have a tough cool
running 8v motor.  I will overhaul it at the same time of course so I would
suspect with the oil squirters on the bottom of the pistons that this should
run over 200k miles!!  Plus, the 1.8 16v block seems like it would be a
great candidate for a high performance 8v motor (turbo, etc.).  With the
right pistons, etc. it should do well.  Anyway, my .02!!!

Dave
77 Rabbit 2.0L 16v
84 Scirocco

> Hey guys and gals, I've got a line on a motor from a 16V Passat for about
> $600.  Actually, there are three at the place and I'm looking to grab the
> lowest mileage one.  Anyways, I think I have to take the whole motor, I'm
> assuming without the accessories but I'm not 100% sure.  Seeing as all I
> want is the block, what do you think the value of the other parts is (head
> and intake manifold)?  If I get the alternator and ps pump etc, will any
of
> that stuff be worth holding on to or selling? Is $600 way too much to pay
> for a motor with about 73k on it?  The place won't let you pull the motor
> yourself, they have to do it for you.  I wanted to go there with $450 in
one
> pocket and $150 in the other and see if I can get it for $450, maybe I'll
> get lucky.  Thanks for any insight ya'll might collectively have :-)
>
> Ryan
> 86 16V
>
> ps - finally sold my Corrado this weekend.  Happy and sad about it, to be
> honest, but it was the right thing to do.  I did at least go as fast as
the
> speedo would show for a bit, to give her a good send off *grin*
>
>
> > Ryan Catucci
> > Professional Services Developer
> > HighGround Systems, Inc.
> > 199 Forest Street
> > Marlborough, MA 01752
> >
> > E-mail:  rcatucci@highground.com
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> >
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