RE: 1.8 to 2.0 conversion

[Jake <maalouf@eng.buffalo.edu>]

What type of 2.0 block can i use?  Can it be any year, or for 8v of 16v?

thanks,

jake
 


On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Shannon Fenton wrote:

> You should replace all the gaskets and oil seals, main and rod bearings,
> piston rings and I did my clutch at the same time and waterpump (grrrr). The
> 2.0 is a direct bolt in except for the steering rack heat shield which you
> have to leave a bolt out of. Youll have to adjust your mixture a little but
> thats it. Check out 2.0 page below.
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/siliconjezus/twopointoh.htm
> 
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> Shannon Fenton
> Telecom Resource Management
> Amazon.com
> 206.266.6736
> sfenton@amazon.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Jake
> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 3:06 PM
> To: Scirocco Group
> Subject: 1.8 to 2.0 conversion
> 
> 
> hello all.
> 
> After busting a timing belt, and stuffing all of my intake valves, i am
> rebuilding the engine on my '87 16V. When i started out i decided to
> be lazy and leave the block in the engine compartment while removing the
> pistons, honing out the cylinders, and replacing the piston rings. To no
> avail. I, in my eternal stupidity, got the crankshaft wet and forgot to
> wipe it dry.  This inevitably caused the crankshaft journals to rust.  To
> make a long story short, i now have to remove the block and get the
> crankshaft journals reground.  However, instead of spending the money on
> the maching of the crankshaft i would rather spend it on a new 2.0 block.
> My question, i pose to you fellow veedub freakazoids, is: what is involved
> in putting a 2.0 liter block in place of the 1.8 that i currently have?
> Am I going to have to adjust the fuel injection, engine mounts, ect??   I
> was thinking of just getting a short block with all of the pistons, etc
> already in it and then slapping my newly rebuilt 1.8 16V head on top of
> it, then dropping it into the car.  Any advice would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> jake
> 
> 
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