OT: Toys for Boys. A new toy for Allyn

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

> http://www.vintagewatercooleds.com/~scirocco/bm12.jpg

i'm making something very close to that actually - out of a few stock gauge
clusters i have around here. that pic is of the cluster from the second
(red) twin that was made. mine will look more like the one from the original
(blue) twin:

http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/twin-1-cluster.jpg

Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric S" <scirocco81@vwmail.net>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>; "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>;
"Chris" <vze28h54@verizon.net>; "scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Toys for Boys. A new toy for Allyn


>
> Allyn,
>
> Add finding one of these to your list! ;-)
>
>
> --
> Eric
> www.VintageWatercooleds.com
>
> 79 VW Iltis
> 81 Scirocco S (*TDI* swap and complete restoration in holding pattern)
> 81 Rabbit Truck 2.0 16v Motronic
> 90 Corrado TDI
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical rebuild in progress)
>
>
>
> --- "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:
> as much as i'd like any of these machines... if i had one, i'd have no
place
> to park the cars!!!
> very impressive, but i'll hold out for the one thats big enough for me to
> walk up to the controls, type in "twin engine scirocco", come back in an
> hour and start 'er up :)
>
> ...till then, its nose to the grindstone, and the headaches that go with
it.
>
> i've spent the entire break so far:
> - coming up with a double-redundant, 4 channel, braking system.
> - finalizing the design for the active suspension (only loose end is where
> to get the actual struts). anyone got a bud working at koni/boge/etc??? :)
> how about some experiences with cheap struts that can actually be
> disassembled (and modded to my specs). any of the pistons i have found
> simply arent designed to deal with the large radial stresses that are
placed
> on the strut while cornering.
> - working on some formulas for coordination of 2 engines, active
suspension,
> traction control, virtual-lsd, abs, and a bunch of other crapola.
>
> planned for the next few days:
> - weld up the gaping hole down the center of the floorpan (where the
'hump'
> used to be).
> - sitting on me arse :P
>
> Al
>
> Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
> 87 Rieger Scirocco GTO 2.0 16v (daily driver, 190k, rocco #6)
> 86 Kamei Twin 16V Turbo Scirocco GTX (30% complete, rocco #7)
> 86.5 Occo 16v Trailer (rocco #8)
> 90 Passat GL 16V (the wifes new daily, 190k)
> 87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (wifes daily, 290k) **FOR SALE**
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> To: "Chris" <vze28h54@verizon.net>; "scirocco.org"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 10:49 PM
> Subject: Re: OT: Toys for Boys. A new toy for Allyn
>
>
> > A frealin Daewoo?  Get a real machine.  Here's something basic:
> > http://www.gbicincinnati.com/arrow/arrow.html
> >
> > And something fancy:
> > http://www.cinmach.com/products/images/v5-2000.jpg
> >
> > All kept running by my guys:
> > http://www.gbicincinnati.com/gbistory/rightpeople.html
> > (that's me in the plaid shirt...)
> >
> > 8|
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > --- Chris <vze28h54@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > http://www.domss.com/products/model/model.asp?model=ace_hp5000
> > >
> > > At bottom of page click on:      Cutting Demo Video             (.wmv)
> > >
> > > If Allyn doesn't have one of these, I'll bet he has it on order.  Just
> the
> > > thing to finish the twin.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure how I got on their mailing list.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > OK, maybe a few girls would like one.
> > >
> > >
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