The 2.0 is easy to 'beef up'. There is a heap of info in the 1991-1998
European Car (VW/Porsche) magazine. Check your library. Lots of
companies/machine shops specialize in this. Stay away from Mark Stephens
High Performance, (rip off jerks).

Cheers

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications Counselors
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Kent Christensen [SMTP:lkchris@USWEST.NET]
Sent:   Sunday, January 23, 2000 11:01 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: increasing displacement/compression on 1970cc engine

re:  is there any way to increase the power without swapping engines
when I do this rebuild?  maybe some performance parts (cylinders,
pistons or something) to increase displacement or compression or both?

Porsche 914 (purists say VW/Porsche 914) used same engine with higher
compression.  Possibly other differences.