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Subject:Re: An engine transplant: ? (subie alterntaive) long post.
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sun, 9 Sep 2007 17:43:40 +1200

>I agree.
>
>This has been pointed out before, but more problems than success
>stories tend to be posted on conversion (and other) email lists.
>
>And a SC on a 1.8? Wow! My gut feeling is that it might take "life"
>out of the engine prematurely.

The VW 1.8T HAS an "SC"... but a nonturbo SC, at least a
Lysholm-type, would allow the engine to run cooler than  a
Root-stype, much less a turbo-type.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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