Let's start a retrospective thread

[brett at ataxxia.com (Brett Van Sprewenburg)]

Do it again (things that make me smile)
-2L 16v, worked
-3.94 R&P (smiles to 100mph with a high winding motor)
-All my own work (minus some body work, machining, and trans rebuilding)
-Corrado front seats, pretty comfi
-Decent tune system (not sound off, just comfortable)
-Never driving car in NY winter (best accessory for car - another car  
to drive)
-EM Sport front sway bar brackets (yes, I could feel it when a stock  
strap was broken)
-Smoothing out the 16v body kit along with other appearance items  
(bumpers, smoothed hatch, custom grille, etc)

Things I might yet live to reconsider:
-Creating a rather harsh ride with stiff motor mounts and GC / Koni /  
custom Eibach suspension
-Doing away with the A/C
-Not installing a Quaife or Peloquin

Things I wouldn't do again:
-Cheap alarm system (falses during temperature extremes)
-Rebuilt / reman rear calipers

Not much else, unless counting something like finding more time to  
stay on top of the cleaning and upkeep.

==Brett




On Mar 11, 2007, at 3:26 PM, DY Wong wrote:

> Do agains:
> 84' engine swap (but anything would be better than the 1457cc 78'  
> engine).
> Dupont Imron for repainting. Painted on Champagne Edition II  
> striping when
> repainting. (easier to care for and no uneven fading and peeling  
> like the
> factory decals) Lightened flywheel.
> H4/H1 headlights and relays.
> Drake port and polish.
> Drake re-curved distributor.
> Conversion to points-less ignition system.
> Quaife differential.
> Upper and lower front stress bars.
> Air oil cooler.
> Lot's of other small stuff.
>
> Don't agains:
> Rear stress bar.
> Not much else on the don'ts since I tried to do the homework on  
> stuff before
> purchasing.
>
> -Dick-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
> 95 Passat GLX
> Second Owner
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C Boyko [mailto:roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 6:35 AM
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Let's start a retrospective thread
>
>
> 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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