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New to List, needing a little info

    Ahoy hoy all.  I'm new to the Rocco list but not new to Dubs or lists.  I'm on Vortex and the yahoo list as well, and was on the Triumphs list at AutoX when I had my GT6 and you might also remember about four years ago some ice racing pics posted from the Audifans list when I had my quat.  But I'm here now and that's what matters.  First I'd like to say it was a complete fluke that I found a MK1 'rocco in Southern New Mexico but I'm glad I saved it.  It's an 81 in rough shape, bad paint, a leaky aftermarket pop up roof, and a poorly swapped 91 1.8L 8V Digifant 2.  My first non CIS VAG car ever.  I also have saved a 88 GTI 16V from going to the wreckers after a T-bone.... So there's hope yet.  I'm less show and more go kind of tuner so I'm not worried about the paint accept to clean up the rust and get rid of the horrible hole in my roof.  The intermediate project is still to rip out the 1.8 16V and put it complete into the Rocco because I know it runs.  The ultimate finish is to build up a 2.0 ABA block with 16V head and 85 to 89 Turbo deisel tranny or 4K tranny, and then look into Turbo.  I had good experiences with my 89 Jetta GTX 16V when I blew the original tranny and had the TD tranny put in.

    So that's me in a few lines, I've shed much blood on Dubs in my past and intend to shed more then a few more liters in the future.  My first question to this list is based on my suspension.  The car came with Rocco 2 hubs on the front with the 10.1 discs and drums on the rear but the thing is it also had all the suspension from that Mk2.  I swapped the rear discs off of the GTI already so I'm good there for now, but the suspension is driving me nuts.  Does anyone know the spring rates or where I can find them for:

1. Stock 88 GTI 16V
2. unknown Rocco 2, probably stock
3. Stock 91 GTI 8V
4. Eibach / Koni  yellows set up from 88 GTI

    I have access to all of these suspension parts and don't know if I can use any of it.  While bleeding my brakes last night I discovered that I can flex my rear springs by hand.  I've never seen a rear spring that soft before, is that normal?

    Any other suggestions for a budget rocco running on luck and pixie dust?

      Rave Racer
'81 Scirocco Mk1 1.8L 8V Digifant 2
'89 Jetta 1.8L 16V GTX  gone but not forgotten
'87 Audi 4000 Quattro Sedan 
 http://www.audifans.com/registry/view.php?action=viewCar&carid=110
'72 Triumph GT6
 http://www.triumphowners.com/uploaded/34/50-50-111014_20raveracer-gt6-1.jpg
'83 Toyota Tercel (yoda)    ...because it was free
 
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