Brett, thanks for the clarification. That car is/was definetely done for the track, not a dialy driver as was being discusses on this list. My point was that it wasn't done with reliablilty in mind.
The owner met up with the Scirocco contingent from LA to head up to the show and there isn't a single picture of that car from the 4 days that doesn't show it with the hood up and toolbox in the picture somwhere. He was constantly adjusting or fixing something. What is shows is that any major engine swap or modification takes a great deal of time to sort out and make right. That aside, it's an awesome car and many of the modifications that were made for the 1.8t install are inspirational for us MkI owners building high HP cars. Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Haney [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 4:00 PM > To: Brian Honnold; [email protected] > Subject: RE: OT: 1.8T stuff > > > Brian, > > I believe I may be able to provide a little more information on the > Silver Scirocco 1.8T, if it was the same one that I saw: > > While it wasn't the prettiest thing to look at, it was FAST! It was > built by "Adrenalin Motorsport" out of Auburn, MA. { > http://www.adrenalinmotorsport.com/ }. I saw it at the final race of > the One Lap of America event at Watkins Glen, NY. The car was basically > a driver's seat and a motor; it was very stripped down, very > minimalist, very race oriented. Definitely not built with daily driver > duties in mind. It was quite the screamer on the track, the sound from > the BOV when that thing shifted coming down the front straight was > awesome. > > Pics and detailed specs can be found here { > http://www.adrenalinmotorsport.com/Projects/scirocco18T/scirocco_home.htm > }. They list it as having an Audi TT interior, but as I recall, it > didn't have that at the race. Maybe that was done beforehand and > stripped for the race, or added after I saw it (5/10/01). > > -Brett. > --- Brian Honnold <[email protected]> wrote: > [..] > > If any of you were at the New Dimensions show and saw the two 1.8t > > Sciroccos, those are great examples of both extremes of 1.8t install. > > The > > Black MKII was built by Momentum at a cost of close to 10K and with > > the > > exception of all the teeth rounding off third gear, has been very > > reliable > > and is ass puckeringly fast. The Silver MkI built by ? shop back > > east was > > much more thrown together at a similar cost but breaks every couple > > hundred > > miles. The owner freely admits that more time and money should have > > been > > spent making sure every aspect of the install was accomplished with > > reliability instead of HP in mind. > [..] > > > > Brian H > > 78 Ragtop Rocco, ABA based 16v Turbo > > at considerably less than $10,000 :-) > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
