Re: Seeking Advice....and lots of it!

[dogmatic <dharma@cocoloco.com>]

IanBX10@aol.com wrote:

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

Just call us roccans or something fun yet cheezy please, or we will be
scared of you

> 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.

Isn't there a way to upgrade to 5 speed?  Guys, I thought I saw a kit in
an older autotech catalog, help me out on this one.

> 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.

Yes, the usual volkswagon story

> 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.

Good choice john (english accent)

> 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!

Usual tune up after sitting for a long time stuff:  tires, battery,
tuneup, valve adjustment, get someone to check out the engine, as to the
fact as I can't see it, probably brakes, and anything that could rust
and cause problems, clean all the electrical connections and enjoy.(It's
an obsession, you will soon understand)

> 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!).

 Oh yeah, check CV Boots/ CV Joints (don't replace anything down there
with american parts please only GERMAN {DEUTSCH}), ball joints, tie
rods, struts/springs/strut mounts (go neuspeed/Boge, ND has packages
that come assembled, all you have to do is take of 6 or so bolts, remove
and replace and tighten 6 or so bolts) (It's an obsession, you will soon
understand)

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

Why not man, everybody else is doing it, come on man be cool like us, or
are we losers, I forget the point is, you can do it champ

> 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?

Keep the engine or die ( oh I am sorry forgot to take medication this
moring)  Change the exhaust ( I hear these Tri-Y headers are nice, with
a techtonics cat-back exhaust mmm,mmm,mmm tastes good baby)  I had fun
changing my manifold to a dual output and then getting the rest on, all
I have to say abu is that , YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET FRUSTRATED WITH
THIS CAR, OR THE SCIROCCO LIST POLICE WILL COME TO YOUR DOOR AND MAKE
YOU DRIVE A PIMPED OUT HONDA!!!!!

> 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

 I am kind of the opinion that you have a nice euro version of a car,
and that getting it back to stock/tuning up the car, maybe rebuild the
engine would make it a cherry car, I wish that I could find a euro MKII
GTI.

--
dharma

78 saab 99L (restoration pushed back to next summer)
83 scirocco 8v (almost done parting out, soon back to junkyard)
85 scirocco 8v (needs OEM axles, needs linkage repaired, needs exhaust)
88 Golf GTI (will be on the road in a couple of weeks)


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