Guess who joined the 2L club?

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

>Remember that the 2.0 makes more torque off idle than the 1.8 does at its 
>peak.  There is a huge difference in drivability... the 2L is just a much 
>happier motor under "normal" driving conditions...

The combination of the drivability of the MKI and the powerband of the 2L is 
wonderful! Its right there from the get go. Amazing change.
Daun said the re was noticile power difference from the 1.8 to 2L. Its the 
powerband that tickles my fancy!

Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Jason <jason@scirocco.org>
>To: "Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac57@hotmail.com>,treed2@u.washington.edu
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Guess who joined the 2L club?
>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:20:59 -0400
>
>At 06:28 PM 10/14/2003, Julie Macfarlane wrote:
>>Ummm. I'll try that. It really smoothes out at about 3k rpm and up, but 
>>between idle and 3k, I can feel it in the steering wheel, and its loud!
>>I made an appt at monroe for them to re-support and weld the system as 
>>well as a front end alignment.
>
>Congratulations on your successful swap Julie!  Welcome to the 2L club!
>
>
>>I must admit I am really amazed at the power band. Its a lot broader and 
>>smoother than a 1.8L. But then the 1.8L motor had quite a few miles on it 
>>by the looks of the dirt.
>
>Remember that the 2.0 makes more torque off idle than the 1.8 does at its 
>peak.  There is a huge difference in drivability... the 2L is just a much 
>happier motor under "normal" driving conditions...
>
>Congrats!
>Jason
>
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>>Julie Macfarlane
>>Menlo Park Research & Development
>>Internet Application Developer
>>www.menloparkrandd.com
>>www.montgomeryweb.org
>>Amsterdam NY
>>
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>>>From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
>>>To: Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com>
>>>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>>Subject: Re: Guess who joined the 2L club?
>>>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:10:59 -0700 (PDT)
>>>
>>> > I added the poly inserts from Adirondac to the pass side and D side 
>>>motor
>>> > mounts. Man. I felt like I was on the INSIDE of a vibrator. Will 
>>>addusting
>>> > the timing help at all with this?
>>>
>>>No, but you should trying aligning the motor mounts before deciding that
>>>it's "more vibrator than you can handle".
>>>
>>>The half-ass way to do this is just loosen the mounting bolts for all 
>>>four
>>>(only a little for the side mounts, though) and just grab ahold of the
>>>intake manifold and shake the engine around as much as possible.. front
>>>to back and side-to-side. It should sorta settle in one spot.. then
>>>tighten the bolts back up. You should -not- have a jack supporting it
>>>while you're doing this.
>>>
>>>With my car, this resulted in a notable decrease in vibration.. YMMV
>>>
>>>-Toby
>>>
>>>(You may wish to throw a jack under the oil pan while you're loosening 
>>>the
>>>motor mount bolts from below; just for safety's sake)
>>
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