OK, some Scirocco talk...

[mardak at cogeco.ca (Mark)]

> -----Original Message-----
> bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Ron Pieper
> Subject: OK, some Scirocco talk...
> 
> Finally getting to the point where I'm reassembling stuff for keeps.
PS
> rack is installed, new
> tie rod ends, ball joints, control arms, and poly bushings are in. 


Ahhhh, there's nothing quite like the feeling of "perfect tightness"...
Ya know, that feeling you can only achieve when no-one else has taken
her for a ride yet.  You can consider yourself lucky if you achieve this
"perfect tightness" even once in a lifetime...  :)

Ahem...

Sorry, my mind got off track there for a minute...   Oh ya, bushings,
ball joints and such....   I went from a car that was actually unsafe to
drive on the road (the 80 with EVERYTHING loose/shot) to the 81 where I
had new rack, tie rods, ball joints, poly bushings, strut bearings,
etc...  I had done all of these things separately on the various A1's
I've owned over the years, but never everything all at once.  Perfect
tightness...  Enjoy it while you can, cause it doesn't last long!  ;)


> Tried to make some UHMW
> bushings at work but had no boring bar and ruined the little stock we
had.
> One of my guys made me
> them out of bronze, but who wants heavy bronze bushings at the front
and
> poly at the rear?  One
> day I might make me some from aluminum but like so many things with
me,
> don't hold your breath.


Sounds cool!  Would bearings be a good idea instead of bushings?
(control arms and rear beam brackets)?

 
> Still farting around trying to figure out my pulley arrangement.  Hint
#2:
> DON'T buy your engine
> piecemeal: my formula of naked 16V block, naked 16V head, no donor
car,
> and a car originally with
> an 8V has left me scrambling for parts for literally months.


Went though the same thing with my ABA/JH combo...  Sourcing the correct
parts for a Franken-engine swap can be a huge PITA...

> Megasquirt still is fits-and-starts, although Benny and I are nearly
> finished.  Gotta source $50
> to get the custom-made rail from a local bud.


Ordering my "kit" later this week - gonna go the MSnEDIS route...


> Time, space, and money, it's always the same old things.  But I fall
> asleep smiling.


Life's too short not to!

Mark.
80 S
81 S  ABA/JH/4K