What was that Scirocco subject again?

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

No, you cannot swap an A1 axle into an A2 chassis. It might actually bolt in 
(doubt it) but the design is quite different and would surely give you some 
interesting handling!! However, you can just swap the brakes and stub axles. 
ETKA lists the parts as being the same.

As far as putting a 16V head on an 8V, the 16V pistons have guite a 
pronounced valve clearance notch for the intake valves. The 8V piston does 
not have this. Whether the valves will hit or not is unclear (seems unlikely 
to me since the valves are pretty well closed by the time the piston hits 
TDC). Perhaps VW was trying to make the 16V a non-interference engine. 
Anyway, only one way to find out for sure ;^)
Personally, I'd think any advantage of the 16V head would be negated by the 
very low compression.
Sticking with the 8V the obvious things are cam, exhaust, swapping in a used 
2.0L.
Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dale Dillhoff" <db9561@dragonbbs.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:17 AM
Subject: (no subject)


> Ok I am getting a friends son into V-dub's.  Acquired a 1.8 8V automatic
> Golf.  I race 16V Sic's and have several parts cars laying around.  Can I
> change the rear axle out to get the disk brakes or do I have to find a 
> GTI?
> Do I have to change pistons or is there enough clearance in the 8V to put 
> a
> 16V head on it even if it has low compression.  Any hints as to how to 
> make
> him a "cheap" tuner car using Scirocco parts would be helpful.
>
> Dale
>
> 1988 Scirocco 16V
> SCCA ITA
>
> Still chasing the Honda's but caching up!
>
>
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