richystran 7 3 Cars Posted December 17, 2006 Right just pulled the inlet manifold off my car i bought as we are going to pull the engine out for a bottom end rebuild AND i see rust not what i would expect on a 1.9 8v bottom end! also i could see a hell of a lot of porting has been done on the head, its just looking better and better all the time just a pitty the big ends are buggered. Anyway would anyone have an idea of what bottom end it would be as i need to order bearing etc soon. There cant be too many bottoms that fit the 1.9 gti head?!?! Cheers Richy will get pic up soon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richystran 7 3 Cars Posted December 17, 2006 (edited) Plus the dip stick is on the front of engine unlike the gti block on the back! Edited December 17, 2006 by richystran Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 245 3 Cars Posted December 17, 2006 If its an iron block then maybe your car had an XU10 engine fitted by a previous owner who ported the head to fit the 205 GTi inlet manifold. Sounds very possible from your description. Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richystran 7 3 Cars Posted December 17, 2006 cheers graham, im not mechanically minded but i sorta see what your saying! So its a 2.0 block and due to them having a diff inlet they ported it up so it would be a smoohe fit?! Anyway the bottom end has had alot of work done too i can see balancing has been doen with little nicks here and there also drill holes, someone has spent a clean fortune on it! also there is a kent cam! This car was never on the road with this spec as it was only to be build as a track car! So would there be any advantages to using this engine over the alloy 1.9 8v? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 245 3 Cars Posted December 18, 2006 If it is an XU10 then they would have had to port the head to suit the port shape of the 205 GTi inlet manifold, whether they've done it smoothly or just to get by who knows. richystran said: So would there be any advantages to using this engine over the alloy 1.9 8v? Nothing in particular imo, its heavier & lower powered (but higher torque). Although this is when its fitted with a cat so the power might be closer to the power that a 1.9 engine should be when fitted in a 205 without it. You might have an engine that someone started to do the 2044cc conversion mentioned in the pinned topic on here by fitting a 1.9 GTi crank into it, only way to check is measure the stroke & see if its 86 or 88mm. Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richie-Van-GTi 74 2 Cars Posted December 18, 2006 if its the 2.0 8v with a kent cam then it will be the pt37 IIRC, onlyone kent do for the engine and its profiles are very similar to a gti cam, On the head you should be able to tell if its the 2 litre head or gti head by the spark plug locations. GTi are set down insiude and 2.0 are sat proud at angles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
