Does it fit?: 1.8 16V head on ABA 2.0 block

[brianm@earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

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On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, worldcyclist wrote:

> I've played with compression ratios a bit and would prefer to be closer to 9
> to 1, since i have no plans on running over 1 bar boost.
> Does anyone know the head volume of a 16V combustion chamber, so i can do
> some calculations?
> Thanks,
> Gary
> 
> koabi wrote:
> 
> > It works, but it will put compression around 8.0:1 which is nice if you
> > wanna go to forced induction.  I don't think it is as involved as some
> > of the things you've mentioned, but I haven't done the swap so what do I
> > know.  I do believe you can use a timing belt from a 1.8t on this setup.
> >
> > koabi
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of worldcyclist
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:43 PM
> > To: Scirocco; Scirocco Group
> > Subject: Does it fit?: 1.8 16V head on ABA 2.0 block
> >
> > I've been curious about this for awhile, since i have both of these,
> > however they are on separate engines (both working, too).  I don't want
> > to find out the hard way if it works or not ;-)
> >
> > Someone told me once that it was necessary to realign the oil feed
> > galley for the head by filling it and re-drilling to match the block.
> > Anyone able to elaborate on this?
> >
> > If it DOES fit w/o excessive mods, I'm interested in buying a 16V head
> > (if my car sells I'll have to buy a head).
> >
> > Thanks to you all you die-hards that have probably already done this
> > swap already.
> >
> > Gary
> > 80 rocco Callaway Turbo Stage 2+
> > FS-- 87 16V Scirocco- Wisconsin, $1000
> >
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