daft questions!!!

ive been reading up about the 2.0l audi converstion (3a enngine)

but its all starts gettin abit complex after a while

firtsly what are the big advantages i presume its power but what sort of figures are we talikng!!

is there a reason why you use the 1.8 head and not the audi one?????

im sure i had more questions than that!! but cant think of at the mo.

Not sure on exact power output for the 3A, but the 2.0 8v from the '92-'92 Audi 80 (engine AAD) has 115bhp - only 3 more than the 1.8 GTI one (DX).

This wouldn't be a big improvement, which is why, to make use of the extra capacity, you need to use the GTI head, as it flows better, and has more sporty cams. (The original Audi set-up is more geared to family motoring)

I have an Audi 2.0 16v (ACE engine) with 140bhp, but I am about to fit the cams from the Golf Mk2 GTI 16v (KR engine), which I'm told should give about 10bhp more.

so what extra output does the gti head give you?

how do i know which gti engine ive got mine is a 83 gti cabrio.

if its only 3bhp then theres not much point really is there. may as well just spend the time and money on cams n stuff

andunp said

if its only 3bhp then theres not much point really is there. may as well just spend the time and money on cams n stuff

If you use the GTI head, you will get a lot more than just 3 extra bhp, but I'm not sure how much, however using GTI cams on my Audi engine should give me an extra 10bhp, so there's a guide…

With the relatively restrictive head (1.8 flow on 2.0 block), you should get loads of torque, so acceleratio should be good - bhp is most useful in looking at top speed (which you can't use).

cheers mate it all becomes clear (as mud) now.

still sounds like an interesting option.

Its not just the power gains you should be looking at, you will get loads more torque!

As Zak says you will gain loads of noticeable torque with a 2L bottom end, but won't rev much past 5K.

You need a stage 1 head and fast raod cam at the very least to get the power gains

just putting a cam in on its own won't do much tbh