Originally Posted by faltdach.net

What started life as a fuel injected 8-valve engine now had an alloy, twin cam, crossflow cylinder head with 16 valves. The new head necessitated the use of new forged pistons and the compression ratio was upped to 10.5:1. The oil pump, too was uprated, as was the capacity of the K-jetronic injection system and the whole bottom end was carefully balanced. Put into play by a new 5-speed GTi gearbox with a different drive ratio, the 16s rocketed to 100Km/h in 7.5 seconds, charging on to a quoted 209Km/h, pulling 136Bhp at 7250rpm. The differences don´t stop here either, there´s an unfamiliar distributor cap, molded at an angle rather than straight up, thinner and longer spark plugs and a baffled oil sump capable of holding an extra litre of oil. Visually though, the engine compartment was dominated by the fantastic 16s inlet manifold casting, curling over the cylinder