Date:         Mon, 31 Dec 2001 19:36:41 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Engine conversion questions
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>But, the thing that left me scratching my head a little is the stats
>on horsepower and fuel consumption.  It appears that the 2.0L Golf
>I4 seems to be the engine of choice.  All the horsepower and lower
>fuel consumption to boot.  How?  So it is a newer engine, but not
>that much newer.  How is it that for less than 100cc diffeence
>between my 1.9L and the Golf engine that you gain almost 20
>horsepower (20% increase) and 5-9 more miles to the gallon (also a
>20% increase)?
>
>One would think that there is a more cost effective method of
>updating the existing engine to see similar gains.

There's a better one. Go Subaru power. Better (much better, if you
choose the right engine) power and torque, greater reliability,
smoothness etc... and you keep it a boxer!

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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Ph: 0064 (3) 473-8863 fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527
1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan
1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van
1989 Toyota Corona 2.0D Select CT170 diesel sedan
1992 Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel MPV (=narrow "Previa")
1984 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with 260hp Subaru SVX flat-6 &
Porsche G50 trans)
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