Re: Wrecking yard fun...

[Night Shadow <soltwede@ucsub.colorado.edu>]

This debate went around awhile...and no, no 86 rocco's cam stock with
hydrolic heads...there were a rare few 88 8v's with hydrolic heads though
(yes 88 8v roccos)

Eric


On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote:

> Ask 'em how much they want for a Golf II throttle body- it's the same!
> (grin) I bet they won't charge you nearly as much for it. And this has been
> a source of debate for some time... or maybe I'm just stupid, but I don't
> think that the '86 Sciroccos are hydraulic heads... I think only the '88
> Cabriolets got hydraulic JH's... can anybody say for sure? I mean, I just
> had an '86 Scirocco, and I did take the valve cover off it once, but I guess
> that wouldn't tell me anything.
>     -Josiah
>     '84 GTI
>     '87 QSW
>     http://hamp.hampshire.edu/~wje97
> 
> ROCCOsw wrote:
> 
> > Hey guys,
> >      I just got back from a local wrecking yard.... lots of VW's.  I
> > ran across an 86 Scirocco 8V that had a bunch of racing stickers and
> > stuff on it so I decided to take a look under the hood.  Anyways, this
> > is what I found:  Adjustable cam gear, K&N filter, 4 into 1 header,
> > blah, blah, blah.  I bought the filter and the gear for $10.  Quick
> > question:  the cam attached to the gear was stamped as a VW/Audi
> > product, I don't remember the serial numbers, could/would this be a
> > G-grind?  Also, could I use this (if it were a G-grind or performanace
> > regrind) in my 81 since the cam is for a hydrulic head vs. my solid
> > lifter head.  I think it's kinda useless if the guy had all of this
> > work done to his car w/ just a stock cam (it was advanced like 10
> > degrees).
> >      I also found a door (complete) for my car for $75. The same yard
> > wanted like $150 for an Audi 5000 tb.  Is he asking too much?  Thanks
> > again for all the help.  Also, I've heard that early Rabbits with the
> > 1.5L had a factory G-grind... is this true?  If so, what years?
> >
> > P.S. I'm thinking about using the gear on my '94 Golf. If it is a
> > G-grind cam and it is for a hydraulic head, I might slide it into my
> > Golf.  Sorry about the length!
> > ==
> >                           Steve
> >                           '81 Scirocco (in process)
> >                           '94 Golf CL (all show, no...)
> >
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