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["Brubaker, John" <JBrubaker@AMF.com>]

Hello all,

I just wanted to give everyone some feedback on the latest two mod's 
that I have completed on my 80 Scirocco S.  The first was the 
installation of the Techtonics Short Shift kit ($50).  I can't say 
that I'm overly impressed with this mod.  I do notice the shorter 
throws, but they don't seem like a 50% reduction (yes, I assembled 
this correctly and at the 50% setting).  I think more like an 80% 
reduction would be more of what I'm looking for.  Besides that, all 
you receive for $50 is one piece of metal and a shifter linkage 
bushing set (which I appreciated).  I guess it's mostly that it wasn't 
what I expected.

Oh well, this second mod more than made up for the disappointed in the 
short shifter.  As I said before I already had the larger throttle 
body from an Audi 5000, but I hadn't port matched the intake manifold 
to the TB.  Well, I went out, purchased a kick ass tool ($6) for my 
dremel and went to town (I think I have written about this 
already...).  I port matched the intake manifold for both the TB and 
the head.  Anyway, I finally reinstalled the intake manifold 
(discovering a few holes in the boot that attaches to the tb), and 
discovered that my engine's exhaust note had dropped an octave or two. 
 Once out on the road, I noticed a surprising difference in the power 
and notice that the power band had changed a little.  It seemed that 
my horsepower and torque were decidedly up (by how much and can't tell 
but I'd say at least 10HP/10lbft) as well as when this peak hp was 
available seemed higher on the tach.  I may be talking out of my ass, 
but that's what my butt felt while sitting in the car.  Needless to 
say, I have a very big grin on my face and can't wait for the drive 
home.  My car has been on jack stands for about three weeks and it's 
such a joy to have her on the road again (especially since she kicks 
even more arse).

John
80 Scirocco S

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