Re: Rejoining the fold - 89 Scirocco

[Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>]

--- Nathan Marentette <nathan@www.x5ca.net> wrote:
> I just found a 1989 8v .. I didn't even know there was a
> non-16v
> 89 Scirocco (I'm in Canada).

Yep.  Lucky-ass Canadians.  ;)

  it's black on black, all
> safetied and
> emission tested and A/C and that .. can anyone tell me
> about how
> this car would differ from my old '84s ?

Won't differ too much.  Still has the JH engine, though I
think they went to hydraulic lifters in '88.  Big
rear-wing, larger fuel tank (13.7 gal.)...   *perhaps* a
bodykit, though that might have been just for the Slegato. 
(Another one of those "only in Canada" things - dammit!)

> Which decodes to an 89 8v alright.  any advice ? would it
> be worth
> spending a few extra hundred to go 16v? i don't want to
> get into a
> maintenance nightmare, I sold the corrado to downsize my
> life for
> a few years.

The 8v cars *are* cheaper to maintain in many cases, as
well as cheaper to get speed out of.  If living on a budget
is what you're after, I'd say stick with the 8v.
 
> I really like the quick peppy tossable nature of my GTI
> .. it reminds
> me of my old roccos.  The Mk2's didn't get any heavier
> from 84 to
> 89 did they ?

Not appreciably, no - unless you've got the bodykit on it.

HTH!


=====
Daun Yeagley
'80 Scirocco S, 
'81 Pickup
'82 Pickup
'85 & '87 Scirocco 8v
'88 Scirocco 16v
"Never joke, taunt or dangle what might be seen as a challenge in front of the powers that be.  The universe is listening."  -Lane Wallace.

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