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Title: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: bob23 on 11 April 2012, 14:04
Is there any 16v head that can fit on a 2.0 8v block? Just wondering if any used the same engine block or if they were a completely different engine.
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: Diamond Hell on 11 April 2012, 14:07
Different engine.  You can't just plonk the 16V head on.
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: bob23 on 11 April 2012, 14:12
cheers.
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: danny_p on 12 April 2012, 00:03
some of the 8 and 16v engines share a common  block, got to change a lot of bits tho before you can duff a 16v head on tho
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: bob23 on 12 April 2012, 00:22
Quote from: danny_p on 12 April 2012, 00:03
some of the 8 and 16v engines share a common  block, got to change a lot of bits tho before you can duff a 16v head on tho

I only asked as I was offered a recon 16v head for £20, wondered if I could put it on my 8v, save me buying a complete 16v engine.
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: tweed on 12 April 2012, 07:28
That's more work than fitting a vr6 engine
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: Diamond Hell on 12 April 2012, 07:52
Quote from: tweed on 12 April 2012, 07:28
That's more work than fitting a vr6 engine

Yes, but the 16V won't try and bankrupt you with fuel consumption.
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: bob23 on 12 April 2012, 11:37
Quote from: Diamond Hell on 12 April 2012, 07:52
Quote from: tweed on 12 April 2012, 07:28
That's more work than fitting a vr6 engine

Yes, but the 16V won't try and bankrupt you with fuel consumption.

This isn't a worry to me as anything I do I'll get better mpg, my current car is doing 17mpg on a run, compared with the 52mpg I was getting when I first got it, even a vr6 will do better than that that.

I really want to put an audi s3 engine in it, but I think I'm going to end up with a tuned vr6.
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: brianpologti on 12 April 2012, 20:36
You could buy head , sell on make money to go towards 1.8t vr6 etc
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: bob23 on 12 April 2012, 21:11
Quote from: brianpologti on 12 April 2012, 20:36
You could buy head , sell on make money to go towards 1.8t vr6 etc

It was a mate that I gave 2 decent sets of alloy wheels, a heavy duty van battery, a 100 ton roller bearing and a 2.5d transit engine and gearbox last year, the £20 was really just to pay for the postage, I'll just wait till he has something I can use.
Title: Re: Can any mk3 golf 2.0 16v head fit on a 2.0 8v block?
Post by: gti gaz on 14 April 2012, 18:40
lots of work and not all are compatable