87 vw scirocco 16v

[amalventano1@home.com (Allyn)]

Brett,
    Hes gonna put some stickers on it :P
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Van Sprewenburg" <brett@netacc.net>
To: "der t flo" <derrickmd18@juno.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: 87 vw scirocco 16v


> >I just brought a scirocco 16v  and the tranny is blown.  I have a 8v
> >tranny to put in it.  but I want to know how much horsepower can the 8v
> >tranny handle before it blows.  i'm planing to run 200hp.
> >
>
> Pretty much exactly the same as a 16v tranny. :)  The major difference is
> in the spline count and size of the input shaft for 100mm CV'd 8v
transaxles.
> It takes serious (really serious) HP and shock loading to get the decent
020's
> to blow due to over driving.  However, they do seem to regularly fail for
a
> variety of reasons with only modest HP, but the failures really don't seem
> to often be related to the high HP...interesting...anyone else have some
> relevant experience on this?
>
> How are you planning to run 200hp?  The only way to get 200hp out of
> our style 16v's would be forced induction or individual throttle bodies
with a
> set of decent cams.  Most likely a good programmable engine management
> system in either case is necessary also.  What is your plan?
>
> ==Brett
>
>  \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're
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>
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