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Re: Brazilian GOL and Scirocco
The engine mounting isn't good for weight distribution, the engine is in
front of the drive wheels instead of over them. So that makes the car very
nose heavy. Although I have been thinking about making a Fox for auto-xing
in Street Mod. But it would use an aircooled Type IV motor with a turbo.
According to the rules, it should be legal, they're both VW engines. Type
IV motors can be bored out to almost 3.0L, close to the limit for a turbo
engine in the class, and would put out around 200-250 hp. It would be
lighter than the watercooled motor, shorter so it would even out the weight
distribution some. And it wouldn't be as tall, so it would lower the center
of gravity. And if you look at those pics of the early Gol, that's an
aircooled motor in there, so it shouldn't be too difficult of a swap. Now
all I need to find is a Fox...and enough money to build the engine...
Kenneth
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Peterson" <mpeters6@rochester.rr.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Brazilian GOL and Scirocco
Hmmm...1.8l mounted front to back in a hatchback. Might be interesting,
better weight distribution? Possibility of dumping an S4 2.7l Twin Turbo in
there? :):):)
Curious.
Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hernán Moreno Mora" <hernanm@elcolombiano.com.co>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: Brazilian GOL and Scirocco
With the information supplied by the list, I finally found the answer in
http://wj2d.100megsdns.com/vwfox.html
"The Volkswagen Fox was produced in Brazil and imported to the U.S. from
model years 1987 to 1993. Available body styles included a two-door sedan, a
four-door sedan, and a two-door station wagon. The front and rear were
mildly restyled for 1991, and the two-door wagon was dropped from the U.S.
line at that time. Although it looks somewhat like a first generation VW
Golf (U.S. Rabbit) with a trunk, the Fox is actually a different car. The
engine in the Fox was mounted front to rear, rather than sideways as in the
Golf and Jetta. All U.S. Foxes were powered by fuel injected 1.8 liter
engines rated at 81 horsepower. Power steering and automatic transmission
were not available on the Fox. Early models used a 4-speed transmission. The
GL Sport and some later GL and base models used a five-speed transmission.
The Fox was sold in Latin America and in Canada, but not in Europe. In
Brazil, the Fox sedan was known as the Voyage, and the wagon was called the
Parati. There was a very sharp looking small pickup truck version called the
Saveiro and a hatchback version called the Gol, neither of which was
exported to North America. The Fox sedan was also produced in Argentina,
where it was called the Gacel."
There are some phtos of the Gol at:
http://www.lunaticfringe.org/vwfox/specs/Fox-origins.html
Thanks to all!
Hernan Moreno
Colombia.
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Marc scirocco Québec [mailto:marc_scirocco@yahoo.ca]
Enviado el: Viernes 23 de Noviembre de 2001 01:11 AM
Para: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Asunto: Re: Brazilian GOL and Scirocco
Sorry to say this, but if you look sideways at the
GOL, it just looks like a Chevy Chevette!!
The doors, quarter panel, hatch, bumper, taillight...
No thanks for me...
Cheers.
Marc
--- Hernán_Moreno_Mora <hernanm@elcolombiano.com.co>
a écrit : > Is the GOL made in Brazil in 1993/94 tha
same
> Scirocco? Or based on it?
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