Okay, I forgot about the intake plenum. The 2.1 and many VW 1.9 rebuilds
need the later plenum chamber to fit on the case correctly. The throttle
valves are interchangeable for both plenums but the later throttle has a
larger opening for more power!

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Matthew Pollard
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: will a 2.1L long block wrk with 1.9L FI and hardware?

what about the air-intake? I though they were different. (the pipes on
the
top of teh engine that goes from the throttle body to teh heads)

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Old Volks Home wrote: