shim kit on a turbo 16v

[peter at thescirocco.com (peter)]

Thanks Dave!

I know Derrick, and he's been over my house at least 5 times, and he's
probably just looking for  2nd opinions.

Here's my recommendation for any forced induction A1/A2/A3 with an 020:

The Peloquin differential with the 80% kit, or the 40% if you have a
problem with manual steering...

http://thescirocco.com/020Peloquin.html

Here's the pic Peloquin sent me:
http://thescirocco.com/images/peloquin%20020%20differential.JPG

The shim kit by itself, is not enough for 350hp... ;)

Peter
302.832.8989
http://thescirocco.com


-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Dave Ewing
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 4:03 AM
To: Scirocco-L@Scirocco.Org
Subject: RE: shim kit on a turbo 16v

I believe the kit you are referring to is the peloquin shim kit and it
is
(last time I heard) was $80 or so from someone here on the list
(peter??).
BUT, if you are wanting to beef up the tranny I would start with a 16v
trans
(I like the gearing in the AGB) then decide what type of  diff you want
to
go with.  Opinions on this list will differ but I think for the money
the
phantom ain't bad but you also have to consider what you are going to be
doing.  For drag racing with slicks, I'd definitely shuck out the extra
dough for the quaife as I bet the slicks will eat the phantom up pretty
quickly but if your just gonna zip around the streets and beat up on
some
Honduhs and want to save a $500 then maybe the phantom will work for
you.
There are other diffs out there but most are generic and may need some
work
to fit unlike the quaife but the quaife also comes with an unlimited
warranty that even covers racing so you could swap the thing from trans
to
trans as you change vehicles.  I have never broken down and bought one
myself but I have driven and ridden in other's cars that have them and
they
are nice!!  The shim kit you are talking about is about the cheapest and
easiest upgrade but it's effectiveness is questionable although better
than
stock.

I'm sure others will have more input on this subject as well.  HTH!!

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Derrick flo
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 11:59 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: shim kit on a turbo 16v


I have a scirocco 16v turbo and I want to beef up the tranny a little.
I
was looking at the shim kit for 100 and I was wondering if it will beef
up
the tranny?
Also I was looking a the phantom grip differential and wanted to know
how it
was?  I'm going to be rebuilding a 9A tranny and I wanted to know what
to
put in while I'm in there.