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Subject:Re: inline hybrid motor?
From:Chris Szpejankowski <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Date:Sun, 29 Mar 2015 11:32:12 -0400

I have this setup in my Syncro. The early ABA block have oil squirters as well, which is beneficial for our high-load applications. 

Look up AEG motors. Those have nice factory tubular headers which with some minor tweaks bolt on to the 1.8 heads. 

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Dnia 28 mar 2015 o godz. 14:50 Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):

> The motor is a hybrid of an ABA 2.0 liter Jetta block('93 Jetta) and 1.8
> liter eight valve head from a '92 Rabbit.  These essentially bolt right up,
> 92 head on the 93 block. The configuration of the older head allows it to
> go into the Vanagon with all Vanagon parts and no hump or raised engine lid
> inside.  The deck heights must differ or something to end up with a higher
> compression ratio....
> 
>> On Mar 28, 2015 10:19 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Don, care to explain this?  What is an "inline hybrid motor"?
>> 
>> ---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>>    As I was tuning my inline hybrid motor
>> 
>> David McNeely
>> 
>> 
>>

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