Re: Fw: Interesting Motor

["Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>]

The profile gasket problem was with the older 1.8L M42 I-4
engine(1990-1994), the M44 1.9L is bullet-proof, and has 150 hp out of the
box.

For $250, if it takes less than $500 to fabricate parts for the install, I'd
call that cheap horsepower. I can barely buy cams for that, and would still
fall short of 150 hp. Plus they are dead reliable and durable.

It is a _big_ IF, whether it is feasible to mount that motor in  a
Scirocco...

Cheers,

Christian
stuff...


----- Original Message -----
From: Neal Tovsen <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: Interesting Motor


> As for buying the 318ti motor, I'm not sure why you'd
> want it. It's a 1.9L 4 cylinder...not much different
> than what you already have. I know the older ones had
> reliability problems (not sure about this vintage),
> and I haven't ever heard of anyone getting serious HP
> from them. IMHO, BMW makes good stuff, but the M3 6cyl
> is the only "killer" motor, and there's NO WAY you'd
> fit that thing into a VW in any normal manner.
>
> Neal
>
>
> --- Christian Els <tiAn@usiw.net> wrote:
> > Speaking of engine swaps, boy this is some cheap
> > horsepower:
> >
> >
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=520996669
> >
> > I have no idea what sort of bellhousing or
> > motormount magic would have to be
> > wrought, but the gears are spinning.
> >
> > Anybody with motronic experience, what other inputs
> > did you have to rig to
> > make the ECU function?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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