RE: WOOHOO! 6-speed at last!

["Neal Tovsen" <sixteen.volt@verizon.net>]

Congrats! I had no idea you had to actually cut the fender to get it to fit.
Seems the shop could have done a little cleaner job with the cutter, but
otherwise it looks awesome. I love the shift knob.

I just received my "new" tranny too! Rebuilt 9A with Quaife and VW
Motorsport gears (only 700 miles on it!). Unknown final-drive ratio though.
I suspect 4.25, but no matter what it is, you can't beat the $1000 price.
Even if I end up having to swap out the R&P, it's a good deal.

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Michael Carlson
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:09 PM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: WOOHOO! 6-speed at last!
>
>
> I FINALLY drove my Scirocco home tonight!
>
> Four and a half months and more money than most people would consider
> spending on a 'roc later, she finally has her 4K with .71 sixth gear and
> Quaife installed.  <drool>  I'm grinning like a deranged Cheshire cat.
>
> Everything appears to be working just fine so far (all 20 miles
> of it), and
> I even used the 6th gear on the way home.  The mech who did the
> install left
> a matching pair of small patches in his garage to demonstrate the
> Quaife. :)
> After a brief test drive, we put her back on the lift to check things out.
> There's a brass plug of some kind on the end cone, and it's leaking just a
> little bit of tranny fluid.  I'm going to try and call Vince
> tomorrow to ask
> about that.  It's pretty minor so far, so I'm going to leave it until the
> 500 mile tranny fluid flush.  (All Redline, of course.)
>
> Pics can be found at
> <http://members.home.net/mikes.vws/Sonja/Pictures.htm>,
> and I plan to take some more pictures with her new 15" SSR Competitions in
> the next couple of days.
>
> I just hope the weather stays decent long enough for me to get some good
> miles on her before it's time to tuck her back into storage for
> the winter.
> So much for the 'summer project car' concept...
>
> Just had to share...
> Mike Carlson
> '84 Scirocco Wolfsburg Edition
> '95 GTI VR6
> http://members.home.net/mikes.vws
>
>
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