2.0l 16v - need help with 1.8 head on 2.0 bottom end

[jtoomasson@yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I just whipped out my Dremel and went to town on the dowel.

Don't even know if it was smart or not, but I was losing patience.

Still runs like a champ though. HTH,

Jeff
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'86.5 Scirocco 16v 2.0 (roc #5)
'84 Rabbit Convertible (cabby #2)
'00 4-Runner sport pkg.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 1:16 AM
Subject: 2.0l 16v - need help with 1.8 head on 2.0 bottom end


> Hi everyone,
>
> The swap has been going good. Finished up all my head and engine bay work
> and got the new shortblock and the tranny bolted together today and slid
> it under the car so I could put the head on (it wouldn't fit under the
> front if I put the head on outside the engine bay).
>
> I set the head gasket in place (it's a Goetze 2.0l 16v) and then went to
> set the head on top and bolt it down but I noticed that the dowels do not
> line up. They line up fine with the gasket but not the head. On the 1.8
> 16v head, the dowels are directly in the middle of the #1 and #4
> cylinders. On the 2.0 block, the dowels are in the middle of the #1
> cylinder and about 1/4 of the way across the #4 cylinder. I tried setting
> the head on and it left a scrape mark (on the outside, unimportant part of
> the head) where the dowel was, plus I could tell the head was not seated.
>
> So it won't just bolt up.
>
> Now I suppose my options here are to either grind down the dowel (prefer
> not to) or to grind a small groove in the outside of the 1.8 head where
> the dowel was hitting in order to make it work.
>
> I thought this was a bolt-on no-mods swap.. ?!? I guess not..
>
> I can't find anything about this on google or vwvortex so please respond
> if you have any info as this is holding my project up.
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
> -Toby
>
>
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