Author Topic: 16v head help!!!  (Read 824 times)

Offline bad-vw-boy

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16v head help!!!
« on: 21 February 2008, 12:57 »
I have an audi 2.0 short block, with an 8v head, how easy is it to swap it for a 16v head, what mods would i need to do ,and is the compression the same? i would be running it on throttle bodies hopefully.... :smiley:

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Re: 16v head help!!!
« Reply #1 on: 22 February 2008, 12:07 »
lot of work, pistons are different resulting in very low compression.  perfect for boost though!  Also you need to swap in the 16v intermediate shaft & oil pump, as well as the dizzy blank, and also the crank timing belt sproket.

In short, its not worth the effort, buy a 2.0 16v block instead ;)
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Re: 16v head help!!!
« Reply #2 on: 22 February 2008, 18:28 »
cheers looks like the best option :smiley: