Re: SCCA

2001-09-22 Thread Matthew Yip
I heard about the demise of Greg's car but wasn't present for the unfortunate happenings - I had to work that weekend and missed the race. I think Glenn Ty (on Vortex if nowhere else) knows the details. From what I've been told, the car was bent all over BUT that Greg didn't want a tremendous amo

SCCA

2001-09-22 Thread Vdubracer16v
Hey Guys, Has anyone in here evr heard of Greg Shaffer? He owns a couple FAST gti's and races them at Summit Point, Watkins Glen etc. Well he just sent his GTI to BSI racing in Florida and they made it the fastest ITB Golf 8V in America(in its class) He was doing really well with it and tol

Re: Engine Swap?

2001-09-22 Thread Matthew Yip
Method #2 is the easiest, even though you'll have to unbolt the CV joints. This is b/c the engine/trans have to slide about 6 inches apart before they become unmated. This usually requires that the transaxle pumpkin be elevated and the trans rotated to allow clearance of the right CV flange. I

8 Valve Turbo Site

2001-09-22 Thread Mark Reda
Does anyone know the URL for the 8 Valve Turbo Site? Mark Reda. _ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to majord...@netsville.com with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 1

re:GTI Book

2001-09-22 Thread Narcoleptic724
Sorry guys, it was first come, first served. I was giving it away from nothing.grilledpic...@hotmail.com was the "winner". Brian

Turbo Book

2001-09-22 Thread grilled pickle
I would like to learn about turbo's, whether I should get one or not isn't the point, I want to know the how what when why where stuff. Can anyone recommend a good book that explains how everything works and how to design a system TIA Chris __

Re: Engine Swap?

2001-09-22 Thread John Caldwell
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Steven Arguello wrote: > I know some of you have done this recently. I'm going to swap my dead 2.0 > for my spare 1.8 I want to keep the 9A trans . I'm doing this in my garage > as soon as I sell the family SUV. Keeping in mind that it's dropped 1.5" and > I'll have uncomforta

Engine Swap?

2001-09-22 Thread Steven Arguello
I know some of you have done this recently. I'm going to swap my dead 2.0 for my spare 1.8 I want to keep the 9A trans . I'm doing this in my garage as soon as I sell the family SUV. Keeping in mind that it's dropped 1.5" and I'll have uncomfortable, if any, access to underneath the car, my questio

GTI book

2001-09-22 Thread Narcoleptic724
Today while I was cleaning out the trunk of my new GLI, I found a book. VW Golf GTI: The Enthusiasts Guide. Pretty interesting book. I think its from around 1984-1985. A hardcover book with a black front. I really have no use for this book. If anyone would be interested let me know and I'l