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__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.comReceived: from [12.30.230.113] by web113.yahoomail.com; Thu, 03 Feb 2000 08:19:55 PST Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 08:19:55 -0800 (PST) From: Percy <[email protected]> Subject: Re: 2.0L question To: Ben Randolph <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Length: 2566 Hello, There is one little thing that is different about the *blocks* - there is a set pin near the drivers side rear of the block that needs to be re-located before installation. I Think it needs to be moved to the next hole closest to the passenger side. (Actually, Vice versa if you are installing a 2.0 L head on a 1.8 L block.) I learned this one the hard way a few years ago. Another trick to ease the installation of the head is to take your old head bolts, cut the heads off them, and slot them for use with a flat screw driver. this assures that everything is lined up right the first time. Just remeber that a 2.0 L head has smaller intake ports, and *may* hurt upper end performance if not ported. If you have the 2 heads side by side, compare the intake ports- there is quite a difference. the good part of this is that the exhaust ports flow better, giving you a little motre low end torque. HTH's! Percy. Balance Performance 90 Jetta GLi 76 Rabbit 2.1 16v !will I ever get this car done?! 89 Jetta 2dr (German made)Winter beast --- Ben Randolph <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: "Dennis Scriba." <[email protected]> > > > > If I want to bolt on a 2.0 L to my 1.8 L head, is > it just as simple as > > finding a low milege 2.0 L block out of a, say a > Passat, and swappin? > > yep. its just that easy. any 2.0 16v block will > do. you'll need > headbolts and a headgasket, but thats about it. you > might as welldo the > clutch, and a rear main seal isnt too expensive, and > thats a worthwhile > "while youre in there" thing. of course theres > other things you *can* > do, but nothing thats really necessary. > > btw, i did actually reuse a gasket and headbolts > once (with no problems, > i might add) but thats cause i was in a rush and i > was planning on > scrapping the car in the near furture anyway. > > > Dennis(from Canada) eh! > > :-) i was just in canada the other day...took a day > trip to niagra. > the whole time i couldnt stop laughing, simply cause > i was in canada. i > was in a whole differnt country. it was great. > > ben randolph > international 92 16v gti > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in > the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
