On Jan 14, 1:10*pm, "Peter Dohm" wrote:

Interesting. *I did not know that the 8 valve VW was lighter than the Type
IV, especially since I believed that it probably had an iron block.

Peter

They are iron blocks, just really nice and thin. But tough. Burn
about 3 gal per hour (18 mpg @55mph) wide open throttle going up the
hills around here in 3rd/4th gear which works out to around 55 Hp?
Not all that much but it never would over heat and 250K+ miles is
quite common. The kids with turbos still didn't have cooling problems
and they are probably a lot closer to the factory 100 or so HP claim.

The 2.0L version with the cross flow head would probably package the
best. I've got one on an engine stand that I was going to put in a
Q2. Decided I don't like Q2's. Still have the PSRU sprokets and a
turbo sitting on the motor.............Got to get rid of some of my
junk.
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Leon McAtee