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I'm getting closer to an agreement between my mind and wallet on an engine rebuild but still have a few questions. I have a '68 Squareback with manual transmission and stock FI which I want to keep. I want to improve the 0-60 times as getting on freeways is sometimes dicey and we Bay Area (CA) folks use freeways even to go to the corner 7-11. Improved top speed is not my target. I understand increasing torque will improve the quickness and I can increase torque by increasing displacement. Does it matter if the displacement increase comes from a stroker crank or larger P&Cs with an engine of this relatively small size? Since I want to keep the FI I am considering the following combinations of crank and PCs: Crank PCs Displacement 69mm 88mm 1678 69mm 90.5mm 1775 74mm 88mm 1800 The 1678 and 1775 may need an increase in fuel pressure and the 1800 may need an increase in fuel pressure and larger injectors. I would be using these components: Counterweighted 8 dowel crank Std heads but with some mild porting and polishing 3 angle valve job Std cam Std rods Verified good used case Std weight 8 dowel flywheel Full flow oil system All moving parts dynamically balanced I would really appreciate you ideas about these possibilities as well as suggestions for compression ratios. Thanks, Norman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org