Re: 1.6Lengine updated

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

Why are you dismaying?  I would take a 1.6 before a 1.7 anyday!!!  You want
to know how to serious power out of a 1.6L?  Stick a 1.8L 16v head on it and
a 4K tranny under it.  This is what the racers do and they can get serious
power/rpm out of the motor.  I would DEFINEATELY make sure the bottom end is
in great condition first though.  There is a little modding to do on the
head before you put it on the 1.6L block and there may be some compression
computations to consider and possibly even changing pistons (diesel
pistons?) since the combustion chamber is in the head on the 16v motors and
it is in the piston on the 1.6L but this IS a awesome setup!!  Maybe even a
low compression motor with a turbo!!  IF you do all your own work, this can
be done on a budget too!!  So that means no more drunken hazes if you want
to go fast!! And, no drunken hazes when going fast!!  HTH!!

Dave

> Well I did as everyone says and I got out there with my jackstands and all
> that, enthusiasticly swung myself under the car and found, much to my
> dismay, 1 inch tall numbers printed directly beneath the starter proudly
> proclaiming "1.6"
>
> without much else to say I think I'll go and lose myself in a drunken haze
> for the next few days  :(
>
> Jerry Carter
> 1.6L 81 scirocco Mk1
>
> P.S.  any suggestions of what I can do to make power from this 1.6 or any
> upgrades that I should do? I hope to someday hit the B.C. Rally circut
with
> this car but for a while I'm kinda on a shoe string budjet. any help would
> be appreciated (and yes, I know that I just can't spell that word still!
> I'll get a spell checker one of these days)
>
>
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