$15K scirocco shopping list

[bmcgarvey at gmail.com (Brian McGarvey)]

Well
Ive got 2k + 1k in trades to spend...
and Brett & I have already gone pretty radical..
Mk1's are lighter, but me and a Plasma cutter may fix that :-)>...
Paint.. who needs it.. its weight... makes it slower...
Brian
:-)
2.0L 20v Turbo + nitrous on the way..
2.0L 16v ITB car.. already runs.. sometimes..
both mk2;s...
unless you have a spare mk1 shell to donate to the cause...



On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:55:56 -0500 (EST), C Boyko
<roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> Not my idea at all, (give credit where it's due), but one which sounds
> very nice to me. Way outside my skill set, and I'd need a third (semi
> solid) MkI Rocc to do it.
> My philosophy is light and fast, within reason, so that there is still
> some faint hope of sticking the power. At this point, I'd settle for both
> of them running well at once, but that's another story, it'll get sorted
> out if I ever get off my butt, now that E-testing is over for the year.
> And the 16V is now modified back to "gross polluter" status till 2006.
> Small steps, I gots them kids to put through school. No $15K kicking
> around to spend.
> 
> Cathy
> 
> 
> 
> > Cool idea Cathy!
> > Course I have a plan too.
> > Once Shocky is gone, I turbo my 84 8V and get the 16V POS so I like
> > driving it.....
> > Then I'll start working on my plan. I'm slow as molassas, so no chance for
> > Cincy (that will have to
> > be the 84 for the third straight year, but 2005 with turbo finally!), but
> > we'll see after that.
> > Dan
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: $15K scirocco shopping list
> >
> >
> > Well, the other thing that would tempt me would be a project I've
> > discussed casually with another lister, and it could be done for less than
> > 15K. How about twin turbo 1.6s. If even you got 150hp each out of them,
> > you'd still have AWD with 300 hp on tap, and evenly balanced, minimal
> > weight. Driving the twin, even if you can hardly reach the pedals, leaves
> > a lasting impression.
> > Of course my hubby's wet dream would be a MkII, tube framed, tubbed out,
> > full out drag monster, mid engined (with a small block Chev or some such
> > foolisness). With lots of stickers.
> > So each to his own. I'm all over the sleeper concept.
> >
> > And I believe the question was "if you had 15K to sink into a ROCCO", not
> > a bimmer. So say you won the lottery and had your fleet of //Ms or
> > whatever, and were to spoil a Rocco for purely sentimental reasons. We all
> > know the ideal situation would be to have a fast cushy DD and a toy on the
> > side.
> > I could tolerate an M to get me to work, if I was forced into it...
> >
> > cathy
> >
> >
> >> Cathy, you and I are on that page.
> >>
> >> Corrado, stock exterior, under der hud, rice kuker!
> >>
> >> Tonee
> >>
> >> C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>> if I had 15K to sink in a car it would not be into a scirocco
> >>>
> >>> not trying to be an arse, but you will NEVER recoup the value of that
> >>> (knowingly I know because I sank 10K into mine..)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:26:03 -0500, GTG wrote:
> >>>> earlier I responded to a message about gullwing doors and it got me
> >>>> thinking...
> >>>>
> >>>> If you had $15K to sink into your scirocco, where would it go?
> >>>> And let's suppose time is no object, so those of you with fabrication
> >>>> skills can go off in that direction, too.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'll wait to hear what some of you think and then throw out my ideas.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Grant-
> >>>> Annapolis, MD/Louisville, KY
> >>>> 1980 in storage :(
> >>>>
> >>
> >> Okay, here we have the denial factor, I bet there are a lot of listers
> >> who've sunk nearly that in. (or at least 15K CDN, I guess you're talking
> >> closer to 20-25 grand in my dollars, that IS a lot) Recovering your
> >> investment? That means you're building to sell, not for your own
> >> satisfaction. Which is either unsatisfying or unrealistic.
> >>
> >> Were it me? I'd do the full rotisserie, windows out respray, and new
> >> seals
> >> (I'm hallucinating here, it'd be a MkI I'd be building), and a few
> >> carefully chosen Euro cosmetics. Something tasty for forward motivation,
> >> with powder coated everything, and suspension upgrades. But my vision is
> >> a
> >> uber-clean, stock look, and some hidden wickedness under the hood.
> >> Perhaps
> >> one of them snail shaped thingies stuffed into the exhaust, what are
> >> they
> >> called again?
> >>
> >> Honestly? I'm finding "hand me down Klaus" to be a lot of fun. No need
> >> for
> >> the $15K. There really is no "right" answer for this question, but it's
> >> a
> >> good question!
> >>
> >> Cathy
> >> 1999 TDI New Beetle
> >> 1987 2L 16V Scirocco
> >> 1979 1.8L 10:1 8V
> >> "Deja moo- the feeling you've heard this bull before"
> >
> >
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> Cathy
> 1999 TDI New Beetle
> 1987 2L 16V Scirocco
> 1979 1.8L 10:1 8V
> "Deja moo- the feeling you've heard this bull before"
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