11-09-2013, 01:56 PM
Same reason why there's a 1.6 HDi producing more power than we've ever seen from a 2.0 8v, 2.0 16v or 2.2 16v... Because someone didn't f*ck about with silly hairbrain ideas that will never work and did things properly from day one.
The engine mounts are DEFINITELY different, they're a longer block - that's why the conversion is more hassle.
Everyone knows my opinion on this, from a first glance, the 2.0 8v engine will produce the same power as a 2.2 or a 2.0 16v - you can eventually get more from the 2.0 and 2.2 16v with funkier head porting, but the 8v as a basic design is easier to extract power from since it flows better from the factory - that's all down to emissions... You're better off with the lighter 2.0 engine, no hassle with mounts...
The way I see it - you can buy a 2.0 8v HDi for sub £200, if you spend as much on the 2.0 8v that everyone knows how to map and don't fanny about with shitty hybrid turbos, stick on a DECENT turbo, get some decent manifolds made, sort out the valvetrain issues and stick some hosepipes for injectors in it - 250hp is childs play.
OR you could spend the money putting a 16v in, making everything fit, pissing about with management, probably sticking with the standard turbo etc - you could see 180hp with a remap.
Put it this way 1.9 PDs with a GTB2260vk on with some big injectors are quite easily seeing 300hp - that's a pretty regular figure, yet we're still wanking over 180hp HDis... Do the same with a 2.0 CR TDi and you're talking 320+hp - put one of the 66mm GTB specials on, 350+ isn't unheard of.
The engine mounts are DEFINITELY different, they're a longer block - that's why the conversion is more hassle.
Everyone knows my opinion on this, from a first glance, the 2.0 8v engine will produce the same power as a 2.2 or a 2.0 16v - you can eventually get more from the 2.0 and 2.2 16v with funkier head porting, but the 8v as a basic design is easier to extract power from since it flows better from the factory - that's all down to emissions... You're better off with the lighter 2.0 engine, no hassle with mounts...
The way I see it - you can buy a 2.0 8v HDi for sub £200, if you spend as much on the 2.0 8v that everyone knows how to map and don't fanny about with shitty hybrid turbos, stick on a DECENT turbo, get some decent manifolds made, sort out the valvetrain issues and stick some hosepipes for injectors in it - 250hp is childs play.
OR you could spend the money putting a 16v in, making everything fit, pissing about with management, probably sticking with the standard turbo etc - you could see 180hp with a remap.
Put it this way 1.9 PDs with a GTB2260vk on with some big injectors are quite easily seeing 300hp - that's a pretty regular figure, yet we're still wanking over 180hp HDis... Do the same with a 2.0 CR TDi and you're talking 320+hp - put one of the 66mm GTB specials on, 350+ isn't unheard of.
