weekend plans

[koabi.brooks at gmail.com (Koabi Brooks)]

I got the car all hooked up and took it for a few drives this weekend.  It's
weird how the wheel now centers itself very quickly compared to before.  The
80% kit really helps the car accelerate out of the turns.  It has also
helped 2nd gear become more useful compared to before.  Most of all, it was
just fun to drive a scirocco again.

Thanks to Dan and Ron in particular for the tranny info.  I won't want to
tear another 020 down, but at least I have the "tools" to do so and a bit of
experience and knowledge.  I hope the tranny holds up!

This self-thread concludes now.

On 9/17/07, Koabi Brooks <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I lost the freaking triple square tool for the axles but the car is about
> ready to stop floating in the air.  Unfortunately, we lost power as a storm
> approached so car work came to an early end.  Oh and now my PC won't display
> video :(
>
> On 9/14/07, Koabi Brooks <koabi.brooks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I am tired of looking at my scirocco in the garage (finally have a
> > garage though!)  I got the tranny mostly back on last night so I will be
> > finishing that this weekend.  I have new A arms with installed balljoints
> > and bushings to replace my old A-arms that have somewhat out of round poly
> > bushings.  I was just wondering if I need to get the car re-aligned if I
> > swap A-arms.  I am inclined to believe that the toe might be different - I
> > guess I'll find out when I'm done.  I just got an alignment a few months ago
> > so I'd rather not do it again.
> >
> > I have new axles to put on and the transmission will get some fresh
> > fluid (leaning towards mobil 1 synth gear oil) and some new linkage pieces.
> > I hope the 80% shim kit and the 020 hold up!  I just want to drive the
> > thing.  It's not like I got the new suspension just to look at it.
> >
> > Future plans:  fix the steering situation.  The feel is good, but there
> > are some boot tears and a fair amount of leaking
> >
> > end of ramble,
> > koabi
> >
>
>