Re: asheville 2k+1.5 (rieger gets more hp, free of charge)

[Eric L Ellis <elf16v@juno.com>]

It was really a kick for me to have a driveway full of Scoroccos.  I
believe that everyone that came by, left with a better running car. 
Especially Chris COLEMAN, not Jevens. Lesson there seems to be that new
parts aren't always the answer.

Thanks to Allyn for the inspiring ride. It showed me that you CAN'T break
those huge slabs of rubber on the rear free on a wide body Scirocco and
how important it is to have lateral support from good seats as a
passenger durring a 90 deg. right hander.

With any luck we can all get together again...and work on my car. I know
we can cram 4-5 more Sciroccos in the drive next time.

Eric
Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun!
http://www.geocities.com/blitzkrieg16v/


On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:17:29 -0400 "Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>
writes:
>     So since Eric got the 16v keys in, and rons mount brackets showed 
> up, i figured i'd make the 4
> hour drive up to Eric (Ellis) place this weekend. There was a huge 
> turnout, i think at one point
> there was 7 or 8 sciroccos there, all in Erics driveway/workspace. 
> Alan Hoglen was taking yet more
> stuff out of his engine bay (A/C), and fixing a water pump. Chris 
> Jevens was puting his rocco back
> together after ripping the head half apart/chasing engine gremlins 
> (and it worked pretty good
> afterwards from what i understand). As for me, i was a tad busy. 
> With seemingly endless help (and
> Erics endless supply of tools), the Rieger got new mounts 
> (driver/passenger), belts, tensioner, cam
> seal, crank seal, intmd shaft seal, and about 35+ hp (!!!). How 
> could that stuff give me 35+ hp???
> Before disassembly, we lined up the cam/crank to tdc to ease 
> reassembly. With the cam at 0, the
> crank was at what would be the 12 degree mark. This means i've been 
> driving around for 4 months with
> cam timing 12 degrees retarded (thats 2 teeth, for those 
> interested). Mark off one more gremlin
> inherited from Ryan. Once everything was put back together, i go for 
> a drive and realize the real
> gain of a full tt exhaust and shrick 256's. my god. until now it 
> seemed to drive like any other
> scirocco, only a little weaker due to the wider tranny (so i 
> thought). let me tell you, the tranny
> is no longer in the way. the powerband now has a distinct peak and 
> wants much more to throw me into
> the back seat (not back into the seat, into the back seat!), and the 
> engine past the front bumper.
> oh, i finally degreased the tranny label plate enough to read the 
> code on it. its a "FN", for those
> interested.
> http://reality.sgi.com/rogerb/Diesel/VW_020_transmission.html
>     as you can see, its wide as hell, with one of the tallest 5th 
> (after final drive) ratios. i
> think i need to get one of my spare stock 16v trannys and send it to 
> one of those tranny rebuilder
> gurus for a 6th gear conversion and that stud bolt fix thing. i 
> better send it out now so i can get
> it back sometime in 2003 (heheh).
>     on the drive back from Erics, the engine vibration was now gone, 
> so i was able to tell where my
> shutter was coming from. it only does it under acceleration. let off 
> the gas, shutter is gone. looks
> like im changing half shafts before this weekend (waterfest).
>     I must say, everyone i have met with a scirocco has been 
> incredibly nice. The guys up there in
> asheville only reinforce that. You guys are great! Thanks for all 
> the help/parts.
> well, enough babblin for now, im off to contact that guy on ebay 
> that is sellin me a motronic
> conversion.
> al
> 
> Allyn Malventano, ET1(SS), USN
> 87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 160k, rocco #6)
> 87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles :)
> 
> 

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