In USA, all A1 chassis cars (rabbit, scirocco, jetta 1, cabriolet) have
throttle body on flywheel side.
Even some A2 cars, like the G60 corrado, have throttle on flywheel side.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Per Lindgren
> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 1999 9:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
>
>
> Helmut Zeidler wrote:
>
> > Very interesting article, I haven't heard about
> > before. I have an article about all generations
> > of Golf GTI, but on all CIS layouts inside
> > this vehicles, the throttle body is on pulley
> > side. So, Oettinger turned the intake manifold
> > by 180 degrees.
> >
> > Does someone know, how this would be possible?
> > Or, is the intake manifold from a different
> > vehicle? It is for sure, that the long black
> > tube from fuel distributor to the throttle
> > body is a modified from the Golf GTI that years.
> >
> > Regards
> > Helmut
> > '80 Vanagaudi
>
> I'm not exactly sure about all GTIs, but I seem to remember looking at
> the engine of a 1981 GTI, if I'm not wrong, the throttlebody was at the
> flywheel end. What I am 100% sure of, is that the 4-cyl Audi 80 (4000)
> and VW Passat (Quantum) have the throttlebody at the flywheel end. I
> also know that the 1,6/110hp GTI engine was the top engine for these two
> cars, before the 5-cyl was available.
>
> PerL
> 88 Syncro
>