Let's start a retrospective thread

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

Ok let me say it first before I continue... You are thinking OMG what
the hell is he gonna say?!?

"By Grabthar's hammer, by the sons of Worvan, you shall be avenged!"
Don't want to disappoint the anti OT peeps.

LOL sorry.

Do agains... pick up a ratty 85 and rebuild it.  It was definately the
root of that love/hate relationship.  The engine swap was the crucible
for the mechanically impared.  With alot of booze and help from Stan
it was finished.  I had that car longer than my first wife.  The
scirocco at least was faithful and never let me down--can't say the
same about my ex.

WTF was I thinking catagory...
-having the ashtray removed for the Empeg unit, Ipods came along a few
months later that made a half din sized mp3 player obsolete.
-Hollowing the cat, not a huge gain.
-Dropping the resonator--made it sound horrible.
-Cracking a set of all red tails.
-Buying a scirocco on the west coast via the internet and driving it
across with alot of faith; buying an older scirocco in Ohio and
driving it back to the west coast... (some kind of reverse migration
thing.)
-Leaving said scirocco in South Dakota after it died...  Getting half
way to SD and figuring out I left the keys in Seattle.  Breaking into
my own storage unit at 4am and "stealing" my own car.
-Oh yea, buying a car with remote start already installed.  Shitty
idea #1.  Leaving the car in gear--shitty idea #2.  Getting the remote
wet and getting dragged towards the bay... priceless.
-Trying to do shocks and struts without an impact gun.
-Not pulling disc brakes off the donor car.
-Thinking a 16v dash swap would be an easy thing to do.
-Putting car seats in my scirocco.  (and the R)

Oh God there's more but it would require effort to continue. lol




On 3/11/07, Mtl-Marc <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Here is my take while I watch the snow melt in the back alley:
>
> Done and good:
> H1/H4 lights
> Euro bumpers
> 16V body kit
> Big brake upgrade
> Home port job
>
> Not-yet-done-but-sure-to-be-good
> Stroker motor 2.1L to replace 1.8L
>
> To do:
> Megasquirt fun with big ass late euro Golf intake=> bigger ports than
> regular 8V intake.
>
> Would love to:
> Quaiffe
> Smooth/red rear tail ? la Gingster.
>
> NOT:
> Jetex suspension, bouncy and does not track that good. H&R/Bilsteins to come
> Street parking. Got my front grill smashed/hood scratched
>
> Cheers.
> Marc
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : C Boyko [mailto:roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca]
> >
> > Yeah, to steal the term from another thread, retrospective it is.
> >
> > Like what have you done that was good, or a waste of time/money?
> > I'll start:
> > Engine swaps for more displacement: Very good!
> > I was discussing with the boy this morning that the only
> > VeeDub in the driveway with the original engine was the bug.
> > So for my 8V? Going from the stock 1.6 to the high
> > compression 1.8 with a few nice bolt ons: Hp increase from
> > 66.6 to 97.7. Yeah, that was worth it.
> > And I'd say the same for the 2L 16V, but that was also a case
> > of non running to running, not like I had a good engine taken out.
> >
> > Styling? Euro bumpers: SO worth it, saves weight too.
> > Lighting: Getting rid of the sealed beams... SO worth it.....
> > So let's hear it then, the list is WAY too slow.....what
> > would you do again, and what would you not bother with or
> > avoid like the plague....
> >
> > Cathy
> >
>
>
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