Mk1 Race Engine Discussion

[alex g]

[velly_16v_cab]

hmmm...oettinger 16v
very sexy motor, you dont see many of them about, my mate has one in a mk2, 185bhp

but they sell for silly money

[pepperwhite]

I had a word with the guy from MMI and he is building a cheap ass grenade race motor just for fun to see how much he can get out of a 1800 8v using stock parts. He has had some input from a couple of good guys with runs on the board and thinks it will come up with a silly rev limit and a bit of poke for a tin top.

i once met an old man who lived(RIP) in a caravan next to an aeroplane hanger and used golf motors with wolf management to fly aeroplanes. he made these metal caps that went over the big end bearings. he said this would give it a couple of extra thou day in and day out. i would have to trust him as he did have 3 aeroplanes with 1.6 donks in them.

and no he didnt die from engine failure! i wish i could have got the mintest 77 2dr alpine white he had sitting there for 25 years. mint like most people could only dream of. im making myself sad just thinking of it..

[Chris Eyre]

I've got a link from my saved as favorite's but don't know how to post it up. It's a link to a Scirocco that had a stageIII drake engine upgrade soon after the car was brand new & made 143bhp @ 6000rpm & susprisingly made 138ft.lb @ 2000rpm. I'll say not bad for a 1.6L!

golfworx - do you sort a link? Just a cut/paste or type the basic www. address in if possible.

Just interested in any Drake info, since it's so thin on the ground.

[Oneofthegreats]

golfworx - do you sort a link? Just a cut/paste or type the basic www. address in if possible.

Just interested in any Drake info, since it's so thin on the ground.

G'day Chris & welcome to VWW & I hope you enjoy it here & find it useful.

I had to check out your profile on clubgti & your not only an absolute wealth of knowledge, but have done some great thing's. I hope you can share some it from time to time.

Thanks for reminding me about this. As I've got them as "saved as", it comes up with my folder attatchment's

I've managed to get this one to work.

http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/

[Chris Eyre]

Thanks golfworx, that works perfectly and there is a great page here on the Drake motors, more than I've ever seen.

http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/drake.html

Thanks for the comments - good to know it's all worthwhile, and I hope we can cross-ref info some more over the www. I'll try to pop by from time to time, but have the CP settings set so that I'll get an email on PM receipt.

[Chris Eyre]

the 16v graff head built to suit a 1.6 bottom end

On a similar note, has anyone got any more information on Graf VW heads?

Similar idea as Drake, some aftermarket tuner, but information is so thin on the ground.