>You aren't an idiot. A moron, maybe, but certainly not an idiot.

Hey, you did just forget the smiley after that, right?? :)

>You CAN get acceptable power from the 2.0 liter without going into
>crazy-weird stuff. Consider the following relatively inexpensive
>improvements to your stock 2.0.

I am thinking I might go such a route. I spent enough time under the hood
of my race cars as a kid that I can probably do it myself. The wife left
me, so I have lots of time, and room in the garage <g>

Will I find a listing of all the 'special tools' that I will need to do
the pull out, rebuild, and reinstall, in the archives. I am not much on VW
engines, but its all pretty much the same. I just hate it when I go to
work on a vehicle and find that I need a torx tool, or something unique
that I need to go to a dealer to get.

I am of the impression that there is enough knowhow in the group and in
the archives to get me through it.

Thanks a lot for the pointers. Sounds a lot like what I would do to get
more out of a 327 Chevy.

Where should I shop for the heads, the crank, and the bigger pistons??
Should I just buy them, or rework the ones I have?

Much obliged.

Regards from Utah,

John