1.8/2.0 8v Golf GTi

[vx220]

Would I be right in saying there was an 8v GTi with a non-crossflow cylinder head?

And if so, what engine is this?

[Matt_N]

Mk3 GTI era was an 2.0 8v non cross flow, then Mk4 onwards the 2.0 8v was a cross flow, quite a popular conversion to eek a bit more from the Mk3 engines.

[Matt_N]

Looking aroudn to re-fresh my knowledge it seems the most popular crossflow conversion uses the head from the Mk4 era 1.6:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=...

[aka_kerrly]

New era beetles are a good source of cross flow heads.

Nice upgrade if you are fitting carbs/throttle bodies as they would then face the front of the car into direct air flow.