Re: Newbie... That's me

[leigh@schrader.dnet.co.uk (Leigh Caddy)]

Thanks for the info Jeremy.

I am indeed from the UK.  It seems you got a good deal from that old GTI!

I think I will start with the easiest (cheapest!) route and get hold of a
sports air filter and then go for the exhaust.  When (if) I happen to free
up some cash I may well go for the rebore and sports cam. There's 73K on the
clock at the moment...not bad for an '86...so I may have to take the
expensive route eventaully.

All the best,

Leigh


>Well, Leigh.
>First of all, I'll assume that you're from the UK as you've a GTX, if 
>not some of 
>this will be slightly irrelevant. Dealing with your questions back to 
>
>front (as I'm want to do), firstly the Jetex exhaust is certainly 
>very good, but as with all things, it might not suit everybody. So 
>far as increases in power, you can expect probably between 5 and 10 
>extra hp from this one. Bonuses (imho) include much meatier exhaust 
>tone, and boy does it look the biz from the back. Those twin polished 
>
>ports look absolutely tremendous from the back and give the rear end 
>some added presence.
>So far as the engine goes. Well, this was a sort of lucky break on my 
>
>part. I had originally planned to go the whole hog and have a brand 
>new 
>2.0l block, but this engine came up rather cheaper. Basically, it 
>appears to be a standard DX, bored out to 1.9l and fitted with a 
>Schrick race cam. And you know that when Schrick call it a race cam, 
>it IS a race cam. I'd had talks with Brian Ricketts about having my 
>engine rebored and rebuilt, but he is loath to retune anything that's 
>
>done over about 70k miles. (Mine had done 116k). So far as costs go, 
>if it's less than 70k miles, you can change the cam and have it tuned 
>
>and polished to get about 136bhp for about £800-900 ***Please note, 
>all these prices and figures are from memory, so they may not be 100% 
>
>accurate*** However, over about 70k and things start getting 
>expensive. You will need a new (or rebuilt) block and this starts at 
>about £2,500. For this you will get about 142bhp. To be honest 
>though,  if you're going to spend that kind of money, I'd go for a 
>G60  (if you can find one), although you'll have to still use the GTX 
>
>gearbox, as the G60 long throw won't fit. 
>Other alternatives are, well go the 16v route. Complete engine 
>systems can be had for about £500 (or less if you're lucky). However, 
>
>I don't like the lack bottom end torque compared to a rebored 8v.
>My engine, as I said was a lucky break, as I happened to come across 
>an old MkII GTi that was a complete disaster area, apart from this 
>rather sweet revving engine. It sounded awful at idle, but this, I 
>found, is due to this *wild* Schrick cam (don't ask me the figures, 
>I'm not technical enough). A deal was struck and a week later £450 
>changed hands and I was driving home in a rather rickety 1981 GTi 
>(hand-painted sick green as it was I still managed to keep up with an 
>
>M3 on the way home.) The engine was swopped out by my local garage 
>and a week later I had possibly the (second) fastest Storm in the 
>country (Mike Trullock has a G60 engined Mk.I Storm). Call me 
>slightly potty, but the suspension and braking mods are still sadly 
>awaiting. 
>BTW I've also gone the darkened rear lense route. I assume they're 
>from US 16v cars as I needed to drill out the light enclosures as 
>described, but after that they were a perfect fit. They really do 
>look magnificent. Another highly recommended mod.
>Final mod that I would recommend, is anti-coat hanger door lock 
>lifters. I tried a few before I found one that would fit, but Mk.4 VW 
>
>Polo ones work a treat, and look very smart and trendy too. Plus, 
>added bonus, they cost me 94p for the pair from my local dealer. 
>(What's this VW being cheap, never.....) Get them whilst you can... 
>
>> Hi there,
>> I have a Scirocco GTX with the same 112 bhp engine (DX) as 
>yourself. I'm
>> interested in the BR Motorsport engine.  Is this a conversion or 
>does it
>> require a totally new engine?  What sort of cost does this entail?  
>I am
>> also thinking of getting hold of a Jetex exhaust - is this the best 
>exhaust
>> to get?
>> Leigh Caddy
>> 
>> >Hi, just thought I'd introduce myself to the Scirocco home page. 
>> >I've been a Scirocco owner for the past 7 years, and have for the 
>> >past two had a Scirocco Storm. In case you don't know, the Storm 
>was 
>> >a UK only edition with the BBS bodykit, colour-coded, full leather 
>
>> >interior, electric windows, tilt and slide sunroof, the 1800 
>> >injection (112bhp) engine and 14" Montreal alloys. 
>> >Mine has been subtly altered over the past two years to 
>incorporate a 
>> >high spec Panasonic, Macrom, Acoustic Audio stereo system, Jetex 
>> >twin-port 2.5" exhaust system, Momo wooden steering wheel, 15" 
>Zender 
>> >Monza alloys, and 1900 BR Motorsport engine (about 155bhp). This 
>> >really is a superb motor, and easily outperforms (in a straight 
>line 
>> >at least) my Corrado G60* (until the mods start happening on the 
>> >Corrado...)
>> >Despite covering 122k miles it has managed to get some pretty 
>> >impressive results in the Concours events in the UK this year, 
>> >including 1 first, 2 seconds and a third place (plus a joint 
>9th... 
>> >out of 10)
>> >I hope to enjoy what is going on on the Scirocco list and to hear 
>> >from fellow owners (and who knows, maybe even fellow UK Storm 
>> >owners). Was there an equivelant in the US? I'd be interested if 
>> >anybody knows of any other special edition Sciroccos and their 
>> >details.
>> >
>> >*The Corrado's currently for sale if anybody's interested. E-Mail 
>me 
>> >at this address and I'll send you the details.
>> >
>> >Anyway, TTFN and happy Scirocco-ing.
>Jeremy R. Bromley (Events Manager, Corrado Club of G.B.)
>                                      jbromley@enterprise.net
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