On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Gary Stearns wrote:

so swaps seem to be the best choice.  I'd rather see the swap use a VW
engine and not require a year of trial and error re-engineering.  So,
anybody tried a swap of a 2 liter 16V engine from a Golf, Jetta or
Passat?  I own a '92 Jetta 16V and the engine in this thing is wonderful
(after a swap of computer chip and a 2 1/4" exhaust.  The stock engines
with conservative tuning and pea-shooter exhaust are good for 134hp.  I'd
guess mine is closer to the euro-spec 150hp.
>

Hmm...From what i understand from the Autocrossers the 16v engines have
much less torque than their 8v brothers...

Allthough the only 16v i've driven was an 86 Jetta GLI, and i didnt drive
it far...I did notice a differnce, though..but it could have been for
other reasons..:)

Without the torque to move the bus around, the engine may as well be a
wasser....:)
....david (my few cents!)
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