Advantage and Disadvantages of 20v and 16v?

I will be going for big power but im undecided if to keep with the 20vt or 2.0 16v turbo, see plenty of the 16v hitting bigger power than the 20vs.

So atm im unsure whivh way togo..

advantage is power!

disadvantage is there petrol!

Advantage of abf is, from what I've read it can take 250 on standard internals. Throw a turbo on that and you've got a good power to start with. 

It's a lot of money to make a 20v fast, look how much smudges has spent on the ko4 turbo, will be money well spent but, it's cheaper to initially turbo a 16v. 

Argument I had other week with a mate, a standard 20v makes 150/180 bhp, a cammed abf with 4 branch will make 170 ish. Turbo it and its into the 200's straight away. Unless you start your 20v with a bam engine but they're costly to buy. 

The AGU engine I believe can take 300bhp on standard internals. I've spent a fair few quid on mine getting hopefully decent figures but I guess it's all down to preference at the end of the day. I got a KO4 setup for £500 with injectors etc.

Both engines will suffer with traction issues in the MK1 hence the need for a good diff to get the power down.

Ive done the K04 setup on an AGU, im talking big power 5/6/700 bhp, traction wont be an issue

Did you have a diff fitted mate? How did you find traction in first and 2nd?

Id be guessing 4wd? On that note, read Andy waites engine spec and go that way, either way it's going to need custom internals. 

One thing, I'm not sure how far you can get a 20v bored too, but you can bore to a 2.1 on an abf so you have more CC's to work with there. 

I'd be asking this on club Gti myself. 

smudger1980 said

Did you have a diff fitted mate? How did you find traction in first and 2nd?

Im doing the 4x4 conversion. 
I never had a dif fitted,  1st waste of time unlesd you feather the throttle, 2nd gear manages till full boost then slightly dtarted losing grip

Ah ok that'll be why then. Will find out with mine hopefully fairly soon when it's on the road

Ill ask on club Gti, but just seems to me the 16v is the better option.

Not looked into it in great detail yet but im guessing abf with kr head.
Of course internals will be uprated, if I stick with the agu lump ill bore that to 1.9 for lower compression.