16v model year differences

[jason@scirocco.org (Jason)]

At 06:48 PM 4/6/2003, Craig Steiner wrote:


>My 88 16v has the 140 speedo without upshift light or oxs counter.  No 
>chrome on door jambs. Has the lightbulb symbol for headlights, not the OE 
>(that symbol is on high/low beam selector).  Hazard light switch says VW 
>91.  Always assumed that was a replacement by PO?

No, they're all like that.
FWIW my 87 has a 140 speedo and has the Chrome.

RE:  Other questions, no, the 16V cannot do 160 -- top speed is generally 
accepted at 123mph.

Jason





>Just my $0.02
>
>R/
>Craig Steiner
>
>>cluster w/o upshift light had 160 speedo
>>Al
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Dan Smith
>>   To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>   Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 3:00 PM
>>   Subject: Re: 16v model year differences
>>
>>
>>   My 88 didn't have upshift light or oxy counter. I think the speedo 
>> went to 140 but I don't remember. I didn't have chrome on my door panels 
>> and my headlight switch was the symbol. Heh, I'm amused I can remember 
>> the headlight symbol and not the speedo. HTH
>>
>>   Dan
>>
>>    Michael Abatzis <abatzis2@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     >From: treed2@u.washington.edu
>>     >- 88's have a different type of plastic cover that runs along the 
>> bottom
>>     > of the door jambs
>>
>>     ? never noticed this. what's the difference?
>>
>>
>>     >- a large proportion of cars from some model year (86??) had 160 mph
>>     > motometer speedos
>>     >- the instrument cluster on 86 and 87 cars has the upshift light 
>> and oxs
>>     > counter box, 88 does not
>>
>>     my 88 had a 160 speedo and an upshift light and a oxs counter.
>>
>>     >out of curiousity I wonder if the engines the same or there are subtle
>>     >differences there as well?
>>
>>     i've been trying to figure out which cars had the door cards with 
>> the chrome
>>     strips vs. without. my 88 didn't have the chrome, my 87 does.
>>
>>
>>     I'm
>>     >looking for people to jump in and help me remember other stuff - heh!
>>     >
>>
>>     the headlight switch i think is different. ! some have the little 
>> lightbulb on
>>     it, some have the thing that looks kinda like this: OE (use your
>>     imagination...)
>>
>>
>>     >-Toby
>>     >
>>
>>
>>     -Michael Abatzis
>>     Hotlanta! GA-->Soon to be New Orleans!
>>     1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, finally taking orders:
>>     www.learnlink.emory.edu/~mabatzi/mikes_page1.html
>>     1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...
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