Re: VW Sports Coupe Family Complete! (for now...)

[Nathan Dana <phishy20_1@yahoo.com>]

The G60 had the 1.8 Supercharged engine, not the VR6.



--- Jean-Claude Desinor <desinor@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>   I thought there was a discussion about the VR6 making the Scirocco
> nose heavy?
> 
>   Would it not make more sense to fix and sell it so you can get
> another
> engine? It might handle better with a 1.8T.
> 
> 	Jean-Claude
> 	84 8v
> 
> Neal Tovsen a écrit :
> > 
> > Well, I've been keeping my eyes on AutoTrader and the local papers,
> and
> > yesterday it finally paid off. I checked out the Orlando Sentinal
> on my way out
> > of the hotel yesterday morning, and found the next piece of the
> puzzle.
> > 
> > The new member of the family is a Black 1990 Corrado G60. I got a
> pretty good
> > deal on it, and it will probably become the engine donor for the
> '77 Scirocco in
> > a couple months. It's pretty ragged and has a million issues, but
> it runs
> > strong, shifts well, and brakes smoothly. That's all I need!
> Probably need to
> > rebuild the SC, but it doesn't seem to have grenaded yet. I may
> bypass the SC
> > and drive it from Orlando to Tampa for a while so I can get some
> use out of it,
> > but then again, a black car in Florida with no A/C and only one
> functional
> > window is NOT a good commuter vehicle! Maybe if I fix the pass.
> window and the
> > sunroof...
> > 
> > My coworker happened to have his digital camera at work, so I took
> pics at lunch
> > today. Pictures are at <http://sixteenvolt.tzo.com/vw/corrado/>.
> > 
> > Neal
> > '88 Scirocco 16v
> > '77 Scirocco TBD (G60???)
> > '90 Corrado G60
> > '99 Impreza 2.5RS
> > 
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