VTEC Engine In VW

Anything is possible with enough work & money. You would have to use the whole driveline cause I think those engines turn the wrong way so our trannies could never be fitted. The real question is WHY????

I guess the reason would be 1 that those engines stock out the box produce

200 hp & 7000 rpm & 156ib/ft @ 5250 rpm. The H22A2 Engine. and it would be a crazy conversion. and it still gets 30mpg ... for a VW to have this type of performance you have to do alot of stuff to your engine... unless you want buy a turbo then you must use premium fuel... just wonder if it was possble to do a Vtec... there are lots of Good VW Engines... I was just a Water Wagens yesterday here in Seattle are and saw some pretty insane conversions but not mix with Rice.

-Lee

2.0T stock at 200hp and 207lbft with a flat torque curve... don't know the fuel economy but it's probably almost as good... Not like you'd get more then high teens or worse if you pushed either motor.

Weird conversion you want to do tho... kinda neat, don't know if it'd work easily.

Remember, you said 2.0T , that T is for turbo... Turobs always fail after a few years, H22 Engine is pretty much mentaince free. and there is someone in my area that seems to think this could be done, its more a Idea, not even something i would ever try. just wanted to know if anyone has done this, the coolest conversion I saw yesterday was a VW Golf GTI, but they have taken almost every peice from a Porcshe 944, The Seats, The Dash, The Engine, The Supension, The Transmission, plus more.. it was insane...

-Lee

Don't know about turbo's failing after a few years... maybe if you pushed it like crazy, or didn't use synthetic oil. Most turbo's seem to last 10+ years and well over 200K Kms on normal cars.

The GTI-944 seems kinda neat, but isn't it kind of a downgrade for the inside? The interior in the GTI looks nicer IMO. Wonder how they did a rear drive conversion on it - any website links, or was this in person?

Using the H22 for reliabbility, less maintenance.... I think I'd just tune an actual Honda, but that's just me. As for maintenance... I think my VW is pretty decent for it, I've wondered how blown away I would actually be with a Honda motor - I mean how much better can they really make it - Japanese are better at electronics and electrics those are usually what give people trouble on European equipment (cars and otherwise - We have some German machines with Japanese controllers at work... They tend not to break down too often, I'd love to see it like that on a car).

Yeah that doesn't really apply to most modern water-cooled turbos. Most can outlast the cars now.

Yeah I saw the GTI Converted with 944 everything at Waterfest 2005 last sunday here in Seattle....

The car was futured in some magazine not sure they had the mag with the car, but they gave it a title of "vorsche"

-Lee

I've gotta ask the obvious question... why not just get a Honda?

Meanwhile, the VW 2.0T makes 200 hp, and more than 200 lb-ft. In the Audi A3, it gets over 30 mpg highway, and makes it from 0-60 in a little under 7 secs.

-- Mike Smith

Oh, really? You know how many 1.8T engines VW has sold over the last 7 or 8 years? Turbos that are designed to last long, last long.

-- Mike Smith

This conversion I actually understand since it was VW who actually made PORSCHEs 924 that later evolved into the 944

yeah.. it's awesome engine... how ever you can go pick up a 2.0T for $1000 with tranny/ecu etc... you can how ever pickup a dead or crash prelude from the mid 90's with the H22a Engine... I love my jetta and I would nerver stick it in there.... This was actually a conversation stem from seeing the Vorcshe.... two others were talking at the time and Vtec came up. Since many techs view this forume I feel its the best place to ask.... its not something I or anyone was or is planing to do... just Theory guys... loosen up.

-Lee

i mean't you can't..... doh

Audi, to be specific, IIRC.

-- Mike Smith

Yeah I think it was going to be the Audi GT back then, but Porsche helped design it and did not want to shelf the idea since Audi decided not to produce them. But of course there are VW parts in it! And that is if IIRC! lol Or was that the Porsche 914?

later, dave (One out of many daves)

The 914 and 924 were both collaborations between Porsche and VW/Audi, specifically Porsche bodies/suspensions with VW/Audi engines.

-- Mike Smith

As other have pointed out, the H22 engines are mirror image of the VW ones. The stock VW has the engine on the right hand side of the engine bay and the tranny on the left, the H22 is made to sit at the left hand side. You could turn it around, but then you'd have 5 reverse and one forward gear... If you don't turn the assembly around, you'd probably have a hard time finding usable engine mounts.

I believe the newer iVTEC 2.0 liter engines are meant to sit at the same side as the stock VW engine.