The 16Vs arn't what you are looking for!  Their power is strictly high end
and the Vanagon really likes power in the 2500 to 4000 range.  I would
sooner put a 1.8L 8V in there!  The ideal motor is a 2.0L from a 93+ Golf
or Jetta (ABA engine code) or from a 2.0L Audi 80 (3E engine code).

At 20:56 5/11/98 -0700, J. Andersen wrote:
>For anybody thinking about swapping motors I just found a magazine at
>Borders that might be useful.  Its title is VW POWER, it is a special
>put out by European Car mag.  In it is a section on swapping watercooled
>motors between various sedan body styles but it has a chart that shows
>all the years of watercooled sedan engines, their sizes, horse power
>rating and features(like injection, lifter types and valve
>configurations).   It helped answer my question about what year has what
>horse power.
>        I think I need to find an 88 Sirocco 16 valve motor for the 80
Westie I
>am going to offer 300.00$ for. that is if the guy that owns it hasnt
>sold it yet>
>
>        DrRufo
>        SOCal-81 vanagon
>
>

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