erm, need some a2 parts / twin progress

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Don't even need to go that far...  :)

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JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Smith" <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
To: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>; "scirocco list"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: erm, need some a2 parts / twin progress


> Go to Barns And Noble and check out a Lowrider magazine. Then visit some
of the websites in the ads and you should be able to find what you're
looking for.
>
> Dan
>
> Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:
> turns out a1 strut housings dont fit a2 hub carriers. well that totally
> sucks. anyone happen to have, say, four of those lying about? or perhaps
2?
> i'm at a standstill on the upper strut mounting points unless i can come
up
> with some.
>
> a side note here: anyone know anything about those hydraulic kits for
cars?
> i intend to go with active suspension and could perhaps use the same slave
> strut assemblies (only without the intent of making the car bounce all
over
> the place). i did some checking but only found generic hydraulic slave
> cylinders. nothing that could handle the radial load that struts have to
> handle.
>
> /
>
> made some good progress today:
> http://www.malventano.com/scirocco/twin/cam/
> notice there is nothing holding that subframe up. well, there _is_
> something, just not below it:
> the hard to find m12x1.5 nuts welded to mounting plates:
>
http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/0-allyn/project/images/040731-114111-Z10.jpg
> in place:
>
http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/0-allyn/project/images/040731-145750-Z10.jpg
>
http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/0-allyn/project/images/040731-145759-Z10.jpg
> end result:
>
http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/0-allyn/project/images/040731-145630-Z10.jpg
>
http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/0-allyn/project/images/040731-183136-Z10.jpg
>
> with some luck i'll get the forward mounting points in place tomorrow
> (holding the forward parts of the front subframe in place), and will be
> getting the rear subframe situated during this coming week. once that is
all
> done, i will be about 90% to the point of having a 'roller', only problem
> being that i have no strut housings to use. ugh. man it sucks living in an
> area so vw deprived. i'd kill for a nice salvage yard full o' vws right
> about now.
>
> Al
>
> Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
> 87 Rieger Scirocco GTO 2.0 16v (daily driver, 200k, 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, 200k)
>
>
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