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Date:         Tue, 21 Jan 2003 12:33:22 -0500
Reply-To:     ian Butler <ian@BLUEMOON.HPLX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         ian Butler <ian@BLUEMOON.HPLX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Bad Tiico's and Good Samaritans (story)
Comments: To: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <3E2D777D.9748899B@fyi.net>
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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


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