[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
New to List, needing a little info
Eerily small universe. Yes, I'm in New Mexico right now actually. I always miss all the good stuff at home. Jay and Ben were the first people I thought of when I discovered that the Dub that was sitting up town was a Mk1 'Rocco. Jay once told me that Ben had a disgusting love for Mk1 'Roccos even though they were underpowered and flimsy compared to the Mk2. I was just happy to find a VW for sale real cheap in New Mexico. Dubs are rare down here.
Rave Racer
'81 Scirocco Mk1 1.8L 8V Digifant 2
'89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX gone but not forgotten
'87 Audi 4000 Quattro Sedan
http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid=110
'72 Triumph GT6
http://www.triumphowners.com/uploaded/34/50-50-111014_20raveracer-gt6-1.jpg
'83 Toyota Tercel (yoda) ...is no more
http://spaces.msn.com/raveracer77/photos/
----- Original Message -----
From: C Boyko
To: raveracer77
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org ; roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 08:52 PM
Subject: Re: New to List, needing a little info
Just my email is at UoG courtesy of a good Scirocco buddy, though I did
graduate from there, and my daughter currently attends as well (both
BSc's). I'm way down on Lake Erie, just returned from cruising Niagara
Falls with a whole bunch of VeeDubs. There's a great show there tomorrow,
at Fireman's Park on Dorchester if you're mobile. Or are you in New New
Mexico now? In that case, it's a bit far:) And Jay and I have crossed paths
a time or two, (not to mention that our projects have occupied the same
shop space quite often) It's a pretty small universe we live in eh?
Cathy
On 3:43:39 pm 06/24/06 "raveracer77" <raveracer77@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> Oh, my God, you're at the UOG!!! I Graduated from Centennial CVI
> in 96. My Jetta was the Eye and Ear sore of Guelph for three years
> from 98 to 2001. It was bought by Jay Ewing and stripped for parts for
> his king of the hill competitions. That's when I had the Monster Audi
> that Guelph also hated forever. (see pics below). My Fiance works at
> Ultra on Stone Road. Actually I'm going to be coming home in a week
> for the wedding, sadly not driving. New Mexico is a long way.
> Well anyway, the GTI is a Mk2 and the struts themselves wouldn't
> bolt up to the Rocco 2 hubs because the bolts on the Rocco are closer
> together by a half an inch. Besides, I'm better off selling the Koni /
> Eibach combination complete and getting something proper. To make do
> for right now though, I do have some other parts from three other cars.
> I just don't know what the spring rates are. It looks like the Golf
> 8V that I have apart is stiffer then what I've got on now. For the
> rear I don't have to do an alignment so I might check them out, but it
> might make it worse.
> Rave Racer
> '81 Scirocco Mk1 1.8L 8V Digifant 2
> '89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX gone but not forgotten
> '87 Audi 4000 Quattro Sedan
> http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid=110
> '72 Triumph GT6
> http://www.triumphowners.com/uploaded/34/50-50-111014_20raveracer-gt6
> -1.jpg
> '83 Toyota Tercel (yoda) ...is no more
>
> http://spaces.msn.com/raveracer77/photos/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: C Boyko
> To: julie@menloparkrandd.com
> Cc: raveracer77@yahoo.ca ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 01:25 PM
> Subject: Re: New to List, needing a little info
>
>
> Yeah, welcome, us girls seem to be the official greeters, eh Jules?
> And any MkI is good with me. Now as for your springs? If you are
> intending to go to a 16V, stick with a 16V spring set. That being
> said, anything stock that's original will probably be way too tired
> out for your tastes! (and will that GTI set work? That's A2
> chassis, no??)
>
> Cathy, on a break from the "shining", car show for both of them!
> 1987 16V, 1979 8V, neither are concourse winners, more go than show,
> depending on their "moods". :)
>
>
>
> On 2:42:28 pm 06/24/06 julie@menloparkrandd.com wrote:
> > Hey, welcome to the list! A MKI no matter the shape is always
> > welcome. And don't let the MKII guys get you down :) I might
> > have a few spares that might help in the future. (I'll know for
> > sure soon). Good luck!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ew to the Rocco list but not new to Dubs or lists. I'm on Vortex
> > and the yahoo list as well, and was on the Triumphs list at
> > AutoX when I had my GT6 and you might also remember about four
> > years ago some ice racing pics posted from the Audifans list
> > when I had my quat. But I'm here now and that's what matters.
> > First I'd like to say it was a complete fluke that I found a MK1
> > 'rocco in Southern New Mexico but I'm glad I saved it. It's an
> > 81 in rough shape, bad paint, a leaky aftermarket pop up roof,
> > and a poorly swapped 91 1.8L 8V Digifant 2. My first non CIS VAG
> > car ever. I also have saved a 88 GTI 16V from going to the
> > wreckers after a T-bone.... So there's hope yet. I'm less show
> > and more go kind of tuner so I'm not worried about the paint
> > accept to clean up the rust and get rid of the horrible hole in my
> > roof. The intermediate project is still to rip out the 1.8 16V
> > and put it complete into the Rocco because I know it runs. The
> > ultimate finish is to build up a 2.0 ABA block with 16V head and
> > 85 to 89 Turbo deisel tranny or 4K tranny, and then look into
> > Turbo. I had good experiences with my 89 Jetta GTX 16V when I
> > > blew the original tranny and had the TD tranny put in.
> > > So that's me in a few lines, I've shed much blood on Dubs in
> > > my past and intend to shed more then a few more liters in the
> > > future. My first question to this list is based on my
> > > suspension. The car came with Rocco 2 hubs on the front with
> > > the 10.1 discs and drums on the rear but the thing is it also
> > > had all the suspension from that Mk2. I swapped the rear discs
> > > off of the GTI already so I'm good there for now, but the
> > > suspension is driving me nuts. Does anyone know the spring
> > > rates or where I can find them for: 1. Stock 88 GTI 16V
> > > 2. unknown Rocco 2, probably stock
> > > 3. Stock 91 GTI 8V
> > > 4. Eibach / Koni yellows set up from 88 GTI
> > >
> > > I have access to all of these suspension parts and don't know
> > > if I can use any of it. While bleeding my brakes last night I
> > > discovered that I can flex my rear springs by hand. I've never
> > > seen a rear spring that soft before, is that normal?
> > > Any other suggestions for a budget rocco running on luck and
> > > pixie dust?
> > > Rave Racer
> > > '81 Scirocco Mk1 1.8L 8V Digifant 2
> > > '89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX gone but not forgotten
> > > '87 Audi 4000 Quattro Sedan
> > > http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid
> > > =110
> > > '72 Triumph GT6
> > > http://www.triumphowners.com/uploaded/34/50-50-111014_20ravera
> > > cer-g
> > > t6-1.jpg
> > > '83 Toyota Tercel (yoda) ...because it was free
> > >
> > > http://spaces.msn.com/raveracer77/photos/
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Scirocco-l mailing list
> > > Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Scirocco-l mailing list
> > Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
> >
>