Drag Racing part 2 very long

[jp43044@netzero.net (jp43044)]

That thought had run thru my mind for about two seconds.  What made me
decide to go ahead is that this car is well beaten, and the P/O's never
really took care of it.  The guy I bought it off of dropped the project
after trying to complete a tranny swap.  He still thinks he's a Rally
driver.  (Sorry Wayne)  The parts would be of better use to a person who is
doing a real restoration or doing a few repairs.  As much as I would hate to
destroy a Genie car doing anything else owuld be cost prohibitive for
somebody.  Thanks for the thought though.


Erik
88 16V
88 Golf (Urban Insult Vehichle) I think it died this week!  What has the
world come to????  I am very bummed.
----- Original Message -----
From: Diamond Dave <dbarwick@sprynet.com>
To: jp43044 <jp43044@netzero.net>; <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 12:37 PM
Subject: RE: Drag Racing part 2 very long


> I hate to be "that guy", but since you are going to be tearing the car
down
> so far, why not just start with a beaten on 8V if your 16v is in halfway
> decent condition?
>
> 1) You'd have way less junk to remove
> 2) You could save a 16V from needless wreckage
> 3) cheap 8V's are pretty easy to find and in need of a beating
>
>
> I MUST be getting older. I always laughed at people who made this
argument.
> It's true though. Why ruin a perfectly good car to just tear it down? You
> could do the same thing with less effort on a  partially beaten car that
is
> one wheel into the wrecking yard already.
>
> My 2 cents,
> Diamond Dave
> 88 Scirocco **For Sale!**
> http://scirocco16v.com/profiles/david_b.htm
> 84 Jetta GLI
> http://www.scirocco16v.com/jetta_gallery/mk1jet.jpg
> Portland, OR
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of jp43044
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 10:42 PM
> To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Drag Racing part 2 very long
>
>
> Lots and lots of idea's.   I may shelf the EFI for now.  After the wedding
> (Sept 7th) I am going to start stripping everything out of the Scirocco.
> Other than the motor there won't be much left to know the poor thing
started
> life as a real 16V.
>
> On a side note.  Everything that get's pulled off will be for sale.  Body
> kit, interior, glass, dash, rear spoiler, power mirror's, park bench's
> (bumpers), etc....
>
> Any hoo, getting to the point.  Does anyone have a Weber Intake for a 16V?
> I have seen them and I know of at least two guys in Columbus that have
them.
> Setting up a crank trigger and MSD or Holley Ignition are looking very
> do-able.  That and I was talking to a buddie at work tonight who can grant
> me access to a mill to build adapters.  Holley 350 CFM 2bbls' would work
> perfectly.  They have very good slow speed response, and they have
> progressive linkage.  That means no bogging.  HA aha ha ha ha... I love
the
> way my mind works sometimes.
>
>
>
> Erik
> 88 16V
> 88 Golf (Urban Insult Vehichle)  I think it died this week.  What is the
> world coming too?
>
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