Scirocco died sort of...

[slash2@mindspring.com (Scott Rose)]

I prolly just swap it for now and work on getting manifold, turbo, etc.
The rocc has been sitting a month so far anyways.  Need to do brake work.
Weather in St. Louis has been crappy for the past couple of months.  So
considering I'm in construction, I get the shaft when the weather gets bad.





At 02:13 AM 3/13/03 +0000, you wrote:
>ahh, turbo too? didn't realize you wanted to make a 1 year project out of a 
>1 day project :)
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>-Michael Abatzis
>Hotlanta! GA
>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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>>From: Scott Rose <slash2@mindspring.com>
>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>Subject: Re: Scirocco died sort of...
>>Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:54:15 -0600
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>>I know they're 8v's, but why not have an abf knockoff with lower
>>compression for a turbo.  Not too worried about ease.
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>>At 11:30 PM 3/12/03 +0000, you wrote:
>> >aba's are 8v.  you're looking for a 9a (2l 16v); i got 2 of them. #1 is a
>> >shortblock from a passat with 90k on it. check my sig for #2.  but why 
>>not
>> >just replace the headgasket? MUCH easier than an engine swap.
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>> >-Michael Abatzis
>> >Hotlanta! GA
>> >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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>> >>From: Scott Rose <slash2@mindspring.com>
>> >>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> >>Subject: Scirocco died sort of...
>> >>Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:10:14 -0600
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>> >>Well the headgasket blew today.  DAMN.   sucks.  Well needless to say,
>> >>Anybody know of a 2L aba 16v for sale?  I figure upgrade instead of
>> >>rebuild.  I'll keep ya'll posted.
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>> >>Scott Rose
>> >>88 red 16v
>> >>Import R  "solid shift" linkages for VW A1 chassis
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