Hi Ian and all,

My 16V Scirocco gained a whole new life when I replaced the 1.8L with a
2.0L. Low end torque to spare, and boogies like mad at the upper ranges.

I'd consider this engine for my Syncro Westy - anyone have experience
with a 2.0L 16V in a Vanagon?

Thanks,

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of ian Butler
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:33 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Bad Tiico's and Good Samaritans (story)

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Eric Zeno wrote:

>      This is interesting.  Someone a while ago said that the Tiico
> head was different than the US inline 4 Cyl.  Obviously this is true.

> All inline US 4 cly. engines except the diesel are non-interference
> engines, to the best of my knowledge.  I'm not sure about the newer
2.0L block.
>                                                                  Eric

Eric,
An exception to the non-interference rules are the 1.8L and 2.0L 16v
engines, 1986-1992(?) Scirocco and GTI.   10:1 compression on those,
too.

However, I don't think the 16v was ever a serious consideration for
Vanagon engine conversions.  Not torquey enough (at least my Scirocco
doesn't seem to be) in the lower RPM ranges.

ian Butler / ian@bluemoon.hplx.net
'88 Scirocco 16v, '87 Syncro GL