help with my addiction

[max at digitaldownpour.com (Max Phillips)]

Hi Steve,

I'm afraid I can't answer all of your questions off the top of my head; however, if you have the cash I HIGHLY recommend the european ignition distributor.  It's a really nice improvement on the stock JH engine.  If you end up having to buy a distributor anyway, I'd say it's worth trying to score the european version.  They are getting tough to find, though.

I have a JH Rocco too - I'm running the euro ignition distributor, dual outlet manifold/dual inlet downpipe, g-grind camshaft, and factory 4k transmission.  It has some nice get-up-and-go, to say the least.

-Max

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Lewis" <stevearino54@hotmail.com>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Sent: Sun, 16 May 2004 16:31:43 -0400
Subject: help with my addiction

> well guys im falling on my knees and begging for help or mercy from the vw 
> god or the scirocco gods. my 82 scirocco came to my with a puny(i think 
> thats how you spell it)1.7. i decided after a year of driving it that this 
> just wouldn't do. it just so happens tha the gods favored the thought of an 
> engine swap as they brought my 2 more sciroccos. now before anybody decides 
> that i truly am the luckiest guy in the world, both were very, very rotten. 
> one although had a very low mileage 1.8l jh motor. i swapped it in and sold 
> the 9a tranny to help finance the swap and now its in and holy cow it goes 
> like hell compared to the 1.7.  now here is were it gets interesting and 
> also were my questions lie. i used the old fuel dizzy,lines,throttle 
> body,and exhaust. i switched to the shrouded injectors as mine were drippng 
> when hot. the questions are what the hell is that little vacuum hose from 
> the back of the head at #4 cylinder do?
>   my next question has a bit of a story too(sorry    really i am). i used 
> the 1.8 distributor until my stuppid canadian tire distributor cap dropped 
> the button and distroyed the distributor(fogot to put in the little cover). 
> no i have the 1.7 advance?retard distributor in there and have the retard 
> plugged. no the car is f!@#@# slower than ever before and sometimes feels 
> like it has a slight miss. the question here is do i put on the vacuum 
> advance from the old 1.8 dis or do i get the whole 1.8 distibutor. also i 
> have noticed she almost stalls when i snap the throtle when hot it drops 
> bellow idle to almost stall.  oopps almost forgot i set the timing at 6 
> degrees advanced.
> 
> sorry for the rambling and you folks truly are the best support group for 
> this lifestyle
> 
> steve
> 
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