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Subject:Re: Upgrade to 2.0L 16V
From:Ari Ollikainen
Date:Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:45:39 -0700

At 6:12 PM 8/2/98, Curtis Gatlin wrote:
>Can this be done, who does it on the west coast, has nayone had it doe and can
>it be done to a Synchro for less than 3200.
>

        I don't think you'd be satisfied with the result...the 16V engines
        are pretty gutless in the lower rpm ranges. At least this was true
        of my Scirocco16v with the original 1.8L 16V...it came alive above
        3000rpm.

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