8v to 16v questions

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Marc_Scirocco_Québec)]

Good luck driving around town with this setup.

You will end up with one strong leg.

Cheers.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de Dan Smith
> Envoy? : jeudi 27 mai 2004 13:22
> ? : Eric S
> Cc : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : Re: 8v to 16v questions
>
>
> Ok, well guess I'll let everyone else know about this find:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item
> =2480269853&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT
>
> 6 days left, but only $25 atm.
>
> Dan-Requires 5% finder's fee ;)
>
> Eric S <scirocco@vintagewatercooleds.com> wrote:
>
> Dan,
>
> You must use a clutch disk for your tranny. The splines are different on
> the input shaft of the 16v transmissions versus the 8v, so only a 8v
> clutch disk will properly slide onto the input shaft of your FF tranny.
>
> So, to reiterate, the disk itself is the big key here, you must always
> match it to your trans. Also, you'll need to get the larger flywheel to
> accomodate the larger 16v pressure plate. Your engine should have the 190
> MM flywheel, and 16vs used 200 or 210 *cant remember for sure*.
>
> --
> Eric
> www.vintagewatercooleds.com
>
> 79 VW Iltis
> 81 Scirocco S (TDI Swap project)
> 90 Corrado TDI
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow swap project)
>
> Dan Smith said:
> > I know it's a good idea to go with a 16v pressure plate with an
> 8v clutch
> > setup but can I just use a whole 16v clutch setup? As in disk
> and pressure
> > plate? It will be on an FF/FN tranny. Here's the info from the ad of a
> > setup I'm looking at:
> >
> > this is a used 16v race pressure plate, and race 4 puck disk. I
> bought it
> > from Techtonics Tuning. The company that makes it is Kenedy Engineering
> > Products (kep) . The pressure plate is tripple banded as shouwn in the
> > picture, and is bullet proof! The clutch will hold 250+ hp with no
> > problems. The clutch only has about 5-10 thousand miles on it.
> >
> > Ideally I'll be putting out around 200whp or more if I'm lucky. I'm not
> > really planning on racing, mainly I'll be using the car for general
> > driving around but have a 2nd car for delivering and more abusive
> > conditions.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Dan
> >
>
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