Daily driver: 1:8 or Heron?

[Dave]

Hi Dubbers!
Question: I have a Mk1 golf with a stock 1.6 motor. I have recently aquired a 1.6 Heron with K Jet and a 1.8 8v with Weber Carbi.
I'm wanting to know which motor would be better for my Daily Driver to give great performance & driving pleasure?
No technical babble... just an honest opinion!
Cheers
Dave

[GRN_VAGN]

1.8L hands down if you get the weber set up well

I got a 1.8L with stock carby, and extractors and its miles in front of the old 1.6L

[Jarred]

IF you can get the heron set up and running properly on Kjet, I'd go for that. But it's hard to find people that can tune it properly.

Same goes for the carb really. If you can get it running & tuned nice, the 1.8 will give it a nice bit of power and make it an entertaining drive, but the 1.6 would probably rev harder!

Why not 1.8 with Kjet?

[GRN_VAGN]

dont see difference in revs between the 1.8 and 1.6 to be honest.

Still pull 6k easy with the 1.8, the old 1.6 would do 6500 but would loose power at 6k.

[Dave]

Can that be done? Can the Kjet be used with the 1.8?

[GeorgeMK1]

Can that be done? Can the Kjet be used with the 1.8?

Correct me if im wrong, but all you need is the right manifold?

Dont think its that hard, and would also be pretty nice!

[Bora Sport]

There is no substitute for cubic inches or in this case cc's. Having said that is the 1.8 a GTI engine or a lesser tune.

[Preen59]

Correct me if im wrong, but all you need is the right manifold?

Dont think its that hard, and would also be pretty nice!

All the 8v counterflow engines have the same pattern for inlet and exhaust. Everything is interchangable. The only issue is that if you have a carburettor engine it won't have injector holes above the inlet ports.


Oh, and you're in Tassie so if you need any help contact Andrew Robinson from Robinson Automotive (gtimk5 on the forum). Awesome old school VW mechanic with many years (like 30 or something?) of experience. Cut his teeth on Mk1's i'm pretty sure.. Really nice guy. I'm sure he'll be able to sort you out with parts and tuning if you need it. If you want his phone number i'll PM you it.