V8 Displacement

[Theron J. Bliss]

     Ok, here's my chance to sound like a complete retard.  I was
curious about a couple of aspects to increase output of my 3.6 liter
motor.  I have heard that porting and polishing, and blue printing and
balancing would greatly improve the output and response of my motor.
Here are my questions on that:
What is involved in doing this?
Will it really make much difference?
What kind of costs should I expect?  (will I have to sell my kids?)

    Secondly, I had heard that the 3.6 and 4.2 liter motors have the
same block.  Does this mean I can get 4.2 heads, and bolt those onto my
motor, and have a 4.2 with 270 +/- hp?
Do cams do much for these motors?

TIA (from a guy who obviously has no clue.  Hey, I've been a 4 banger VW
guy all my life)

Theron J. Bliss
Massachusetts
1990 V8 Quattro
198,000 miles
Lago Blue, Grey Connolly leather

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