The ABA has 2 variants- an OBD1 and OBD2 version. The OBD1 in the earlier MK3's is the better candidate as it has the squirters and a forged crank. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of neil n Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 1:39 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: A new project..inline 4 VW van On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: .... > My planned project is to pull the 1.8 liter and swap on the bottom end of > the 2 liter motor. The 2.0 liter ABA is supposed to put out about 25 more > ponies and I am told they are better designed for lower RPM running with a > forged crank and some under the piston oil squirters. |
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