German engineering poll

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

You know, you bring up a good point. Scirocco's evolved quite a lot from
75 to 88 and the simple fact is that adding features to a design that
was not originally concieved with those features in mind inevitably
involves a lot of compromise.
The power steering pump mounting, front swaybar mount brackets and a lot
of the 16V installation features (which I'm just now starting to get
familiar with) are all examples of added features were the design
engineer really didn't have a lot of options to create a clean design.
Partly, the old 10 lbs of shit in a 5 lb bag.
Feature creep is a little bit of a sore spot with me since I'm asked to
do exactly this sort of design on a weekly basis.
Dan

eric chase person wrote:
> 
> The brackets that hold the power steering pump on, the 16v exhaust
> manifold, the clips that hold the door sill plates down, and the motor
> mounts are a few.
> The front wheel bearings, strut bearings, and sway bar brackets are also
> wonderfully under-designed.
> Basically everything that was needed to change the car over to accept the
> 16v motor in 1986 seemed very rushed and haphazardly designed, so we end
> up with stuff like the upper coolant ho$e mess.
> 
> But hey, it could be worse, at least we dont own Nissans.
> 
> Eric Person
> 86.5 16v
> 
> On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Rick Alexander wrote:
> 
> > There are a few items that I've found on our cars that don't seem to measure
> > up to the rigid standards of German engineering. The key way between the
> > crank and the cam gear is one and our external door handles is another.
> >
> > What is the opinion of the list? Are there more issues where it seems to
> > have been designed on a Monday morning or a Friday afternoon?
> >
> > Has anyone ever had a crank and gear machined for a regular insert key? I've
> > been thinking that this seems to be a logical solution but not being a
> > machinist I can't say how difficult it would be to do. Opinions?
> >
> > Rick Alexander
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> > http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/
> >
> >
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