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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: Four valve heads
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Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 20:22:53 EST
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> ...4 valve heads...
> 	- VW (yeah!): 1.8 liter 4 banger for Scirocco GTI,
> 	  with (ta-daa) hydraulic tappets, but no mention of
> 	  Golf GTI (booh!);

I believe a 16V version of the GTI is planned, but after the Scirocco.
Let's hope so - and hope it makes it over here!

> Properly designed four valve engines can have the same peak hp as a
> high strung, cammy, and generally balls out two valve designs (see
> Euro-spec Golf GTI), but with gobs more midrange power (see Honda
> Interceptor 750 V4 bike engine).

Actually, the 1.8 16V engine has, I believe, somewhere in the 130-140 HP
range, as opposed to the Euro-spec 1.8 injection engine which has 112 HP
(and which was designed to be less high-strung than the old 1.6 injection
engine, so as to give better economy and less noise).

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy