Good Job Josh. Over the past 4 years I have heard all kinds of trash. Its about time this issue got cleared up!
Mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "josh Wyte" <[email protected]> To: "list 16v" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 1:59 PM Subject: [A2-16v] The 2.0 16v head IS the better head vs the 1.8 16v head! > Ok, > > I finally got all fed up with continually hearing all > this hearsay about how the 1.8 16v head is the one to > get. Lots of conjecture thrown around with no > substantiation. > > Well, I decided to go right to the horses mouth and I > talked with Darrell Vittone@Techtonics today. > > Wanna know what he said? If you aren't going to port > either head, he prefers and recommends using the 2.0 > 16v head!! Says it has better exhaust flow than the > 1.8 16v head and that's what matters. > > When I directly asked him about the rumors that the > 1.8 16v head makes 10-12 hp over the 2.0 16v head, he > told me that he'd never seen that on the dyno. > > He also said that both heads make about the same power > and torque, but if he had to choose between the two, > he'd pick the 2.0 16v one. > > I also asked him about the 16v camset that they're > currently selling. It's the same setup that VW used > in their A3 2.0 16v 150hp motors that were released in > Europe and we never got. I'm unsure whether TT copied > the grind, or if they're importing the cams from VW in > Europe directly. > > So there you have it. > > -josh > > ===== > Josh Wyte > Momentum Motorsports > 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free > http://sbc.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v >
