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Seeking Advice....and lots of it!



Dear List,

After some months lurking on the list, I have to say it is an excellent
forum!

I thought it was time to crawl out of the woodwork and seek your advice on
the renovation of my completely stock European, Silver '82 1600 8V GTI 4
speed.

To give you all some background, I bought it some 6 years ago with 110K miles
on the ticker for $800 (what a buy!). After getting it back on the road I put
another 20K on the clock with no problems whatsoever, bar the usual
maintenance to keep her on the road.

Since then I have moved abroad to earn some money and the car was stored in
my garage. It is now time to get her back on the road and, with the benefit
of the Scirroco restoration fund that I've been squirreling away since
moving, it should be possible to have it pretty much rebuilt to a high
standard! Thing is I want to "drive" the car so over the top changes which
would make the car unreliable on a day to day basis are out.

My initial thoughts are "Where do I start?" There is no hurry to get the car
back on the road so it will be possible to do the work over some months if
necessary. Its determining where to begin that is my problem!

I would like to have the car perform to a really fast road specification so
power, handling and braking are, I believe, the initial priorities. Cosmetics
can come along later (and believe me there is a lot of work required in this
area!).

As I'm not (and could not) do the work on the engine myself, I thought that
it would be worthwhile starting there!

So, should I ditch the 8V and look to put in a 16V? What mods should I look
to carry out on an engine to give me maximum reliable power? What are the
implications of changing the engine? Do I need new wiring, and other
difficult to obtain parts?  I am shying away from additions like
turbochargers and the like, am I correct or is it worth considering? What
about the exhaust and outlet?

I appreciate that these are BIG questions and they probably require fairly
detailed responses but what I'm looking to do is find the consensus and apply
it to give me the "LISTS" version of a modified Scirroco!

Any help and assistance you could proffer will be gratefully appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Ian Brennan


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