Was thinking to myself the other day as to why someone wouldnt upgrade to 94s if they needed new cylinders and pistons on their standard 1600. Would it be ok to hav a 1916 with standard cam, heads, carb and manifold? What sort of price would you be looking at for the machining for a 1916? Would the power increase be worth it?
u could would be good for torque
barry has an engine pretty much that same setup
but while its split to get opened out may as well chuck in a decent cam and do some headwork to take full advantage of the increase plus that makes it easier to do mods further down the track
You'll find a Pobjoy (for example) built 1916cc with Kadrons, decent exhaust and appropriate cam for standard DP heads delivers about 80hp at the treads - that's approaching double the standard VW's output
It's really a shame to 'half-build' a 1916 with standard breathing
Pay your debts, CxxT
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
well my case was already bored for that size cos it used to be an 1835 but also im not really keen on how close to the headstuds cutting for 94mm goes but if u use 8mm studs its no real biggy and most guys go for 1916 over 1776 cos it costs the same to machine the case/heads for either and theres no real price difference between 90.5mm and 94mm P&Cs
