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Re: My 1.8 20v non turbo, needs a boost, please help?
« Reply #10 on: 23 August 2006, 21:37 »
I never implied I know all Gaz.

do you have a link to that as I would like to read it? My knowledge is pretty much all on the turbo 20v rather than the n/a version so I was going by the layout of that head and block.
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Re: My 1.8 20v non turbo, needs a boost, please help?
« Reply #11 on: 23 August 2006, 21:47 »
im on a new lappy but ill try and find it, lay out is same as mk2 16 all be it efi and with a coil pack, but each plug has a lead same as 16 and it has been done, removed the rubber bung from the head, ther inlet cam has a key in it to fit a dizzy (mine did anyway.. i should know i took it to bits enough) and the threads in the block for the dizzy to be mounted..then a normal coil was fitted with a vacum advance (same as you would running a mk2 16 on carbs with out ecu...) not hard really if you know how a basic engine works then you should be able to figure it out really....

ill find a link and pass it on.. but its reall ,, i was that fecked off with the lack of power from my 1.8 20v n/a i wnet world wide to find a reasonable increase in horsepower at not alot of cost....

i do believe the peeps that did your 1st engine conversion also put one on carbs in a mk1??

oh yeah, even though the vvt solenoid is discontected full use of the 20'vs was used and they were on about adding one that was operated at certain revs.

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Re: My 1.8 20v non turbo, needs a boost, please help?
« Reply #12 on: 23 August 2006, 21:51 »
I had no idea the 20v lump was very similar to the 16v KR. I retract whatever I said above lol.
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Re: My 1.8 20v non turbo, needs a boost, please help?
« Reply #13 on: 23 August 2006, 21:56 »
thats what it was the daughter of mate... with an extra inlet valve and vvt in some cases, theres a gasflow chart on vortex too showing the non turbo standard head one of the best flowing heads ever made, but they had to tame it with cams and stuff so as no to be too close the the agu turbo engine.....along with emissions and stuff

ill be searchin in the morning going to buy some vr6 bits early tomorrow now from ebay so off too bed

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Re: My 1.8 20v non turbo, needs a boost, please help?
« Reply #14 on: 31 August 2006, 00:21 »
heres a link for the 20v carb manifold, for sale as in this country... this will enable n/a ans turbo charged 1.8 20v'ers to runs carbs on there engines, the rest of the puzzle is out there and i will find the links to prove as i looked into it years ago as was fed up with the performance of my n/a 20v.... off to watc a film, off tomorrow so will do many a search as vw vortex changed bugtime since i was last on there...

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