Re: G60, VR6, or 16V, advantages/disadvantages (eurozex)
quote:[HR][/HR]My vote goes for the 2.1L 8V. I read in august's PVW of a guy that had a 2.1L 8v he was getting 160bhp and 175ft/lbs of torque!!! With that you get to save thousands over doing a complete engine swap. I really dont think 16V's and G60's are worth it, they dont provide tons of performance gain over a well tuned 8v. But if your dead set aginst an 8v setup my vote would go for the VR6, its fastest hands down aginst any of those engines....[HR][/HR]
1. I haven't seen the PVW yet, is this 2.1 8V a 2.0 bottom end with an 8V head, or is it a cross flow engine? If it is the cross flow that is VWs worst engine made.
2. For the G60s the engine blocks are bullet proof, its just the charger that is unreliable. All a G60 engine is is a 1.8 that was in the GTIs made to handle boost that makes a little over 150 HP from the factory. So that guy you're talking about in PVW did work on his engine for nothing cause he could of used a G60 engine and could of had a # of chargers to put in his car and would be making around the 200 hp mark. All I did to mine was just put a turbo kit from ATP and I'm shooting for 240 HP when I dyno it soon. It is a very good low end torque engine.
3. 16Vs are definatly a fun engine. You really don't see their performance until the higher RPMs. But pretty much like most vw engines once something goes its a chain reaction on the 16Vs. I think they are the most finicky engine from VW.
4. As for the VRs the sky is the limit! Its just the weight factor people mention, B.S. When you have a VR6 in an A2 it really doesn't matter. Yes they handle fine, and damn fun to drive.
5. Who cares if people tell you not to put in a 1.8T because everyone else is doing it. That engine is one of the most reliable engines out there now, and you only need the basics to make it fast. ( Chip, intake, DP...etc) The only thing that sucks is its hard to find one.
Basically its up to you what you want. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif and good luck
[Modified by CorradoG60, 1:56 PM 8-5-2002]
