GRM report...was:Re: Mixture question

[scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)]

That is the car.

Message from Katy: "You bastardize that thing like the GRM car, and expect
several swift kicks to the nuts"

You've been warned Mac.   Frank, I'll handle you myself, thank you.

-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

1979 Dasher Coupe 2.0 8v
1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
1990 Corrado TDI
1990 Fox Wagon 1.6 Heron Head 8v
1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)


Nate Mellom said:
> I'd have to agree, especially if it's this one, which I'm 99% sure it is:
>
> http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/D_Conyers/P1010001sm.jpg
> http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/D_Conyers/P1010002sm.jpg
> http://scirocco.dyn.dhs.org/vw/list/D_Conyers/P1010003sm.jpg
>
> Hell, I have a seriously rusty '81 I'll sell ya, it's beyond repair.
> Don't rape and pillage this one, it's too pretty.
>
> Nate
>
>
> Dan Bubb wrote:
>> Goddammit! Why turn a perfectly good MK I into one of you POC GRM cars??
>> Bring the goddamn thing over here for a place to park and I'll see if I
>> can't find a decent home for it.
>> Maybe, just maybe, if you're nice to this car, let me have a chance at
>> finding it a good home, I'll help you tune your fucking VEMS GRM car.
>> Probably spend six months trying to figure out the hyroglyphics of
>> tuning
>> your fucking VEMS to try to save this one car.
>> I'm serious!
>> Dan
>>
>>
>> From: "Brian McGarvey" <bmcgarvey@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:41 PM
>> Subject: GRM report...was:Re: Mixture question
>>
>>
>> Cathy, et al..
>>  Well after much handwringing after the winter and realizing there was a
>> puddle of frozen water under the car.. we let it sit for a long time,
>> but in
>> hopes I took the ECU with me...
>>
>> I worked on the ECU alot..
>>
>> My brother "fixed" our sunroof issue..
>>
>> Brett provided it a place to be worked on and live..
>>
>> So Brett and I worked on the two white cars last weekend.
>>
>> The GRM car now starts and runs. problem from before was extremely
>> fouled
>> plugs.. It now has toolbox barrel specials.. We'll take more if you have
>> em..
>>
>> So the GRM car now has all new engine management, EFI running lowZ
>> injectors, trigger from the dizzy, and ignition via dizzy.
>>
>> Repairs to be performed next.. Radiator replacement (not as simple as it
>> sounds ITBs are in the way). whoo hoo found out its for a 6pack of
>> beer..
>> thanks Brett!! and .. fill your name here.
>>
>> Now we have to get the master tuner down to Bretts to give it some
>> magic..
>> Bubb.. Bubb.... Bubb.. free beer.. Bubb.. Free Beer.. Bubb... and a ride
>> down and home if you want it..
>>
>>
>> Now for the NEW news..
>> The GRM team just acquired a sweet MK1 for the GRM race.. were going for
>> concourse points with this baby..
>> 81, white 2.0L aba, with Zender kit... More to come soon.. BTW if your
>> in
>> the Balt., DC area I need a place to park it..
>>
>> BigMac, Brett(Frank on good days), Bubb (some days), BrianH, BradM,
>> ByronM
>> and the other B's involved/implicated..
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/23/06, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>On 9:43:31 pm 05/22/06 "Brian McGarvey" <bmcgarvey@gmail.com > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Because I didnt know all the facts.. You said 8v @ 10.1:1 compression
>>>>I immedialty assumed non-stock or 2.0l aba. I can confirm the small 8v
>>>>(1.7EN) CIS-Lambda will run an 11:1
>>>>2.0L aba -- although not well the JH CIS fuel dizzy and armature
>>>>works much better doesnt knock at WOT... or hot days.
>>>>
>>>>But the basic thought was VW in the 70's and 80's was worried about
>>>>long lasting cars and pretty good fuel mileage. so running lean at
>>>>load would be seemingly a bad idea. I was assuming you were not
>>>>getting enough fuel at load...
>>>>
>>>>and since your running CIS ( no lambda correction ) and knock box (
>>>>ign retard on knock) you are running a non-factory option setup.
>>>>IIRC...
>>>>Rich at idle + stoich else is ok. afaik...
>>>>
>>>>see you in a couple days..
>>>>Bigmac
>>>
>>>Yeah, I went digging into my Bosch stuff and it suggests rich at idle
>>> and
>>>WOT, stoich the rest, but I may try a bit rich provided it will idle,
>>>since
>>>it's an ethanol blend I'm most likely to burn and it has extra OH
>>> groups,
>>>so more O, less HC as it were, so needs to be a bit richer than 14.7:1
>>>most
>>>likely. (thanks Timbo for reminding me of that). The Bosch manual
>>> suggests
>>>
>>>13.1-15.1 as the range, and I'm lean of that now for sure. (15.9:1) It's
>>>straight CIS, as you said, and a JH with RD pistons and solid lifter
>>>head/G
>>>grind. A nice quick engine, not a monster, but that will come with time,
>>>and this one is bags of fun as it stands. :D
>>>
>>>See you soon, bringing the GRM project? Oh, and thanks, seems you're the
>>>only one who replied.
>>>Cathy
>>>
>>>
>>
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