Engine/tranny Question

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

I agree with Daun. The cars are light. I have a MKI with a 16v and the power 
can scare me at times  :)
1790 lbs with 120 bhp? Thats enough to take on a 6 cyl Mitsubishi. (Man am I 
glad I slowed down when I did  :)



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
>To: "E.Noval" <aion@sdf.lonestar.org>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Engine/tranny Question
>Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:01:43 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- "E.Noval" <aion@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> > I just signed onto the list.
>
>Welcome to the list!
>
> > My main problems with my 85 are that the tranny keeps
> > slipping out of
> > 5th, and the 8v engine just doesnt cut it for the places
> > I drive.
>
> > So Id like to find out who has gotten 250hp or more out
> > of their rocco and
> > how this can be done with another engine.
>
>Simple.  You do not need 250hp in a Scirocco - the car is
>quite light.  It would be a rather undrivable beast and the
>frame would be a pretzel in no time.
>
>  Can anyone give
> > me any ideas of
> > what can be transplanted in the car (engine + tranny
> > combo) that will
> > fit without too much "slicing and dicing" of the car?
>
>Ok, let's start tackling the problems with your car.
>
>First, the tranny popping out of 5th = low gear oil.
>Hopefully you've not done any real damage to the
>transmission yet.  If you have, see my second point listed
>below.  :)
>
>Now as for the "pick-up" issue.  There are several things
>that can significantly help your car in its current state.
>
>First, open up the exhaust a bit.  You'll want to ditch the
>4-1 "toilet bowl" exhaust manifold for a 4-2 exhaust
>manifold / dual downpipe from an earlier Scirocco / Rabbit.
>  Combine this with a free-flowing cat-back exhaust
>(Techtonics is highly recommended.) and this is generally
>accepted as adding 5-7 h.p.
>
>The next big thing I'd recommend would be a transmission
>with a better final drive.  The stock 9A you have now has a
>3.67 final.  Try sourcing another close-ratio 'box with a
>3.89 or 3.94 final - such as the 4k or 2h.  Check the
>"gears" chart on Scirocco.org.
>
>And then if this still isn't enough for you, installing a
>2.0 8v engine is the next logical step.  Several folks on
>the list have done it (I'm not one of them, yet) so a plea
>for their help would be in order.
>
>Currently, my '86 still has the stock "toilet bowl" exhaust
>manifold, stock exhaust and stock tranny.  My '85 has all
>of these modified, and is a very different (read much more
>fun and fast) driving car.  (The '86 exhaust let go last
>week though, so the TT system arrived tonight....
>muhahahaha).
>
>
>=====
>Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
>'81 S, '85, '86 & '88 Sciroccos, 90 Passat Wagon, '56 Cessna 172
>For Sale: '80 Scirocco S, '81 Scirocco, '82 Scirocco.
>"I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong."
>
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