winter upgrade list..

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« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2007, 12:36:21 PM »

Quote from: dreadlocks on October 30, 2007, 03:58:08 PM

15" Spacers in front and 20" in back w/hardware so I can put my rims back on in spring..

whoa, you must be running some kind of crazy offset to need 15 and 20 inch spacers.

Quote from: bricktop on October 31, 2007, 11:49:52 AM

ive seen on votex a few people that have done this work on their tail lights and it turned out looking great. but im all ears for ideas..

you have IM.

Quote from: bricktop on October 31, 2007, 11:49:52 AM

as for the motor, in either going todo a simple rebuild with the stock 16v thats in there now or ill get a ABA from the junk yard and put a p/p 16v head on it, knife edge diesel crank, itb or maybe carbs, some other internals and get rid of anything that is not needed. i plan on doing some kind of engine management to it but not sure of what yet. i think my reason for wanting a painless harness is to get ride of the mess ive got under the dash and it seems pretty easy to install.

I didnt think you had a 16v in that.. did you do the swap or buy it that way?


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Re: winter upgrade list..

« Reply #16 on: October 31, 2007, 02:13:07 PM »

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« Reply #17 on: October 31, 2007, 05:42:12 PM »

Quote from: parasight on October 31, 2007, 12:36:21 PM

I didnt think you had a 16v in that.. did you do the swap or buy it that way?

nobody ever thinks that ive got a 16v in that car, the 8v body throws people off all the time. but yeah, i built/swapped everything i had from my 88 into the 82 after i had painted the floors/jambs and engine bay.

here is a pic of what my car looked liked when i got it (not my car but very close)

and after

heres the donor 88, the only pic i could find.. only had the car for two months before a drunk driver took it out


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Re: winter upgrade list..

« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2007, 03:43:49 AM »

anybody that rebuilds a car should use a painless harness.

period.

i'd post a pic, but it's 4:42, i need to go to the store for contact solution, and i dont want to plug my portable hardrive in to upload the picture to my photobucket account.

but yeah, i'd have a painless kit in my 99 jetta if i didn't want to wire the power windows, locks, alarm, abs, and other luxurious bullshit. :)


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« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2007, 06:24:08 PM »

the more I think about it, the more I think I should finish my car the quick and dirty way, and purchase another shell and do a proper chassis buildup.

as fun as my scirocco is, it still has a torn front beam and has been punched in the nose.


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« Reply #20 on: December 04, 2007, 08:43:28 AM »

I had to have the red top replaced, but have that and the seat brackets now.. so other than the time constraint, I have no more excuses as to why I cant make the car run again.


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« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2007, 09:58:12 AM »

Other then I stole your Bentley.


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« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2007, 10:05:07 AM »

pfft.. I never read that thing anyway.

there isnt a chapter on "noises that sound like motor mount movement that really aren't" so I doubt it'd save me any time.


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« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2008, 07:36:17 AM »

Quote from: Duffman on November 01, 2007, 03:43:49 AM

Did those hicks at painless finally make a purpose-built harness for that application, or are you using one of the generic sports-application harnesses?


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« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2008, 07:52:47 AM »

for winter, hum. im........ geting my TT dialed in slow and painfully.

building a 72' fj-40 from scratch, so far iv been doing ok got a lot of rad parts for it jsut need to get it inside so i can go forth working on it.

building my rabbit pick up. its geting some uber nutty bs done nto worth talking about at this point.

puttign my golf back into 1 piece so i can drive it thru teh winter. so far iv found about eveyother part fuck not doing anythign on it for 2 years ug.....

oh and finishing my house.

oh oh oh oh and becoming a bigger drunk that i was in 07' ...... its hard as i keep running out of booze


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Re: winter upgrade list..

« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2008, 09:14:28 AM »

Quote from: parasight on October 25, 2007, 08:13:09 PM

what plans do you have for the winter?

1. gutted interior
2. axles
3. oil, plugs, filters
4. tires. $ ouch
5. safari rack
6. bumpers
7. diff locks
8. new headlight

not in that order necessarily

oops wrong forum, but mine's dead anyway.


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Re: winter upgrade list..

« Reply #26 on: February 28, 2008, 07:14:46 AM »

I took my list out and put it in the projects section...


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« Reply #27 on: February 28, 2008, 08:20:39 AM »

I have revised my winter list.

1. get car running again (got a new battery sitting on a battery tender at the garage)
2. make spark control work correctly so I can give shisler his distributor back
3. install 020 trans to re-tune the car and drive to mk1 madness
3. put in recaros with the brackets I have
4. reinstall the two wheels we took off the back

I had hoped to make more progress before this point, but I haven't had the time.


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« Reply #28 on: February 28, 2008, 08:58:35 AM »

ill shoot up to bust your balls and help ya get the rocco on the road..

only problem is id have to crash there ahah brain damage!


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« Reply #29 on: February 28, 2008, 09:37:08 AM »

no problem.. the garage has heat, and you can sleep in a canoe. thumbsup


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