Re: GOT MY 'ROCCO!

["Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@worldnet.att.net>]

aventari wrote:
> 
> At 10:52 PM 2/26/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >Well, after MANY MANY months of wanting a Scirocco, I picked up an 81 last
> >night.  I paid $1800 for it, and got the following: STRAIGHT BODY!  Original
> >Mars Red paint (beautiful shape), Eibach Pro springs, Tokico Illumina
> >Shocks/struts, GTi Teardrop rims w/new Yokohama 185/60-14's, K&N drop-in air
> >filter, Neuspeed throttlebody, custom exhaust (too loud, glasspack gotta
> >go!), '86 Jetta 1.8l 8v engine (miles?), '86 Jetta sport buckets (comfy,
> >hight adjustable!), Sub box (12") already fiberglassed and sealed into spare
> >tire well, armor door guards.
> 
> sounds nice! I love the way my 81 looks and drives, and yours is a lot more
> modified than mine!
> 
> >What it needs: Normal body work, parking lights fixed, exhaust replaced,
> >tranny replaced (has a WIDE ratio 5sp with bad 3rd gear syncro), parking
> >brake, etc....
> >
> >Here's my questions/requests/comments:
> >
> >- Anybody have an '81 Scirocco owners manual?
> 
> yup, I've got Bently, Chiltons, and a Haynes bibles.
> 
> >- Guy that sold it to me has a rebuilt close-ration GTi tranny that he's
> >willing to part with for $400...is this a good deal?
> 
> You definatley wont like that tranny at freeway speeds. I've got 81 tranny
> wide the widest gears they put in a VW and sometimes on the freeway (100+
> mph) i wish it was taller :)

a scirocco is not a Mercedes. if you want a quiet-refined cruiser for
the highway, forget it! go for that close-ratio tranny and install the
5th (.75) gear from your car. the lower ratio on the lower 4 gears will
do wonders for performance.

regardless, $400 seems a little steep, though. I've picked up decent '84
GTi trannys for as little as $150.

-- 
Scott F. Williams
NJ Scirocco nut
SCCA PRO RALLY navigator
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