RE: engine swap

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

He still doesnt have a 2.0l stock and all the other stuff I said still 
applies. I'm not trying to pick on you or anything. I just have a REAL 
problem with what VW did to the GTi after '89. Basically what it comes down 
to is VW decided to market a Golf as a GTi to get more money by putting the 
shit that they deemed as GTi stuff on a Golf. This is all cosmetic and very, 
very little was performance oriented in the 8V. The 16V however is a 
completely different beast. They built it the way a true GTi shouldve been 
built. I dont know exactly how much more it cost for the 16V at the time but 
I wouldnt guess it to be any less than 5k more than the 8V when they were 
new.

>Chris,
>My mistake his is a 92, I just asked him.
>He bought it new off the dealer floor and is all original except for the
>wheels. He even has the quad round headlights.
>Maybe they skipped a few years but his is definitely a 92 and an 8V, and it
>is badged as a GTI.
>He does not have the deep bolstered and labeled Recaro's like in the 16V's
>though and originally came with teardrops.
>
>Randy B
>Mars 81S - techtonics tuning 1847cc 8V
>Cosmos 81S - future project - dreaming of 200-220hp.
>87 Jetta GLI 16V - daily driver
>
>	-----Original Message-----
>	From:	Chris DeLong [SMTP:green536@hotmail.com]
>	Sent:	Monday, December 18, 2000 10:35 PM
>	To:	RandyB@E-Risk.com; t.a.reed.esq@juno.com
>	Cc:	scirocco-L@scirocco.org; jlagnese@cybertours.com
>	Subject:	RE: engine swap
>
>	>a freind at work has a 91 GTI 2.0 8V
>
>	This would not be stock. No such thing was available in the US as a
>standard
>	purchase.
>
>	>and another co-worker has an exact looking 91 GTI 2.0 16V
>	>You cannot tell the two apart asside from the 16V badgeing, both
>GTI's.
>
>	Dont mean to harsh your gig here but the 16V comes with rear disk
>brakes,
>	wider front fender flares, GTI on the title (not Golf like the 8V),
>and some
>	other stuff I know I am forgetting.
>
>	>
>	>I could be wrong, but I think the GTI/GLI was available in either
>8V or 16V
>	>configuration from 1987 until the A3's.
>	>Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this.
>
>
>	Just my .02$
>
>	Chris DeLong
>	ICQ#45030867
>	Seattle, WA USA
>	'80 16V Rag
>	'88 Scirocco 16V (for sale!)
>	'78 Rabbit (16V) Woohoo!
>	'82 GLI
>	'80 'Vert
>	'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
>	'61 17 Window
>
>
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Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'88 Scirocco 16V (for sale!)
'78 Rabbit (16V) Woohoo!
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'61 17 Window


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