8v Transmission upgrade? WAS: Transmission Question

[sirocco@telocity.com (Randy B)]

Well, I just sold my 87 16V Jetta GLI to Ruben (VERY hard on cars).
Bought it from Craig with ~160K, sold to Ruben with 172K with the original 
clutch/engine/trans/shocks/springs.
No sign of clutch slippage, passed smog, pulls hard, starts instantly when 
cold, rev's to 7K, will do 120mph on flat ground and the suspension is 
still taut.
Go figure, some times you get a lemon, sometimes you get chunk of 
granite....maybe I shouldn't have sold Olga....hmmmmm......

Randy
81 Scirocco S "Mars"
81 Scirocco S "Cosmos"
87 Jetta GLI 16V "Olga" - Sold to pay rent

At 10:34 AM 01/29/2002 -0800, Benjamin Harder wrote:

>--- ATS - Patrick Bureau <pbureau@attbi.com> wrote:
> > Actually  my 9a tranny is a 8v model and is going to be matched back to
> > another JH engine, 1.8L. I just wanted to add more transmissible power to
> > the transmission (engine will be tweak but nothing in the range of a turbo
> > model), I have planned to get a lighten flywheel, was thinking 16v pressure
> > plate with Sash Clutch or 3 puck clutch for 8v. My current clutch/pressure
> > plate are 5 year of age and are not slipping if that give you an idea how I
> > treat my car!
>
>  Sheesh...that's nothing...my '93 Passat's clutch is original (8 years),
>yet has over 185,000 miles on it...still not slipping!
>
>I think Daun's 16v has the original clutch and he's now over the 200k mile
>mark, right Daun?!  That should say something about the stock clutches... ;)
>
>
>=====
>Benjamin Harder
>86 Scirocco 16v
>80 Scirocco
>93 Passat GLX
>
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