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[Smokestack]

Glad to hear it's doing good for you. I know my neighbors didn't like the open header, especially when I would start work on it at 8 in the morning. 

[snoopy]

I can imagine.  Why is it that as soon as I get this thing back up and running we have nothing but snow and icy roads 

I swear, all the front tires do is spin.  Every once in a while I get a good patch of dry asphalt and I let it have it.      To quote my favorite line in the movie RoboCop "I LIKE IT!"

Probably not as fast as it could be.  But the turbo will have to wait till later.

[snoopy]

UPDATE: Well I have to say that I've been pretty impressed with the little GTI.  Two weeks ago while on my way to ground school I pulled out onto highway 24 heading into town just behind a new (within a few years) lexus 250i ~ I hit it and cut to the fast lane to pass them.  He hit it as well probably thinking he could out-accelerate me and move over to the fast late also.  No such luck.  2nd gear 6500rpm and I shifted, he wasn't pulling away.  By 3rd gear, 5000 rpm, he started inching away and my out-of-round tires started wobbling ~ besides that I realized I was probably speeding and back off.   Seeing that I had two kids in the back (11 and 13) I was very pleased with it and was grinnin' from ear to ear.

Wouldn't you know, when we both caught the red-light at the 24/94 intersection, he didn't attempt to race me.  I tooled up to speed and prepared to make a right, he then sped by me like all of a sudden he was in a hurry.  I was stoked.  It was very nice to do well against a very late-model car. 

To date, I'm 3-2-1.  Three wins; Focus, new F150, and something else.  Two ties: Lexus mentioned above and a 10 year old Dakota R/T sport truck (Was extremely pleased that a V8 short-bed, standard cab 2wd 'sport' pickup couldn't overtake me).  And one loss this morning to a new WRX ~ but he was turbo'd and that's kinda unfair.  I'm sure I surprised him a bit, same conditions as the Lexus ~ turned onto 24 behind him, both of us hit it and cut to the fast lane to pass the merging traffic.  He distanced himself about a car length from me.  Then at the 24/94 light, he let it redline before he shifted, and I didn't have a prayer.  I guess I need a turbo now.

Anyway ~ to the reason I'm updating this.  I'm looking for a good tuner for the VW in the colo-springs/denver area.  The car is quick ~ even fast, but I just feel its not doing as well as it could.  I'd like to have it put on a tuning machine and check the emissions (I think its running rich) to see if it can be tweeked (may be running rich).  Also lost the cold-air bypass thing (warm up regulator that lets additional air in) and it runs very rough when cold.  I figure its best to have a real tuning firm tweek on it before I call it good to go.

Any ideas?

[Smokestack]

I'm glad to hear that the car is still running good. Unfortunately tuning CIS is a bit of a dieing art. Ed (Southcross) is the only person that I can think of that is really good with tuning older CIS systems, although I think I heard that RS Motorsports knows a thing or two about it. Most people will tell you to convert to a newer style of fuel injection, preferably standalone, if you want to really tune your motor to your upgrades.  Until you do that you probably will not see the full potential of your motor.

[greggearhead]

Ed's probably your best bet.  I've done quite a bit with CIS over the years, but would have to dust off my notes - & I don't have a gas-reader, though used to do it with just a narrowband gauge.  Be surprised how much you can do with that. 

[snoopy]

Time to update the thread a bit.

Putting in the motor. 


Removing the chain.


FINALLY IN! 


Seeing the motor in there being held up on its own motor mounts was a relief to say the least.  The motor swap took WAY longer than I anticipated... but hey, its one heck of a motor.

Starting to put all the little stuff back on....like the intake.


Looking pretty good in there.


Clearance on the serpentine setup was pretty tight, but we were able to give clearance pretty easy by moving the motor to the driver side a little.


After that it was all about wiring.  I hate wiring and know nothing when it comes to these.  So we packed it up....


And took it to a guy (Chris aka SmokeStack) that knows his stuff.

[snoopy]

Within a few weeks, Chris had the motor put back together and in working condition.  Did a great job too.  THANKS CHRIS!  I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH


With that done, and the motor running, it was time to get the exhaust done.  I'm good friends with the owner of MufflerMasters ~ I dated his niece's best friend in High School (small world) so.....


...I had Mike lengthen the standard 4-1 header 3/4" and then do some fix'n on the collector.  Chris put it in, and they attached everything.


As you can see, adding the 3/4" to the headers down-pipe length was about perfect.


Then we used a flex-pipe between the collector and the TechTonics 2.25" exhaust system.


What I like about the TT system ~ and something I've incorporated into all my Scout exhausts is the small glass-pack style resonator.

These allow you to run a less restrictive muffler but still have good sound dentening.  Keeps it quieter without as much back-pressure.

Trying to get a good shot at the whole exhaust.


I'll be honest, I didn't like the sound of the muffler I got from TT....so I had the guys at MM remove it....


We could leave it like this!


Na... wanted more of a throaty sound ~ so a 40-series Flowmaster was put in...


Unlike the flow-through design of the TT muffler, this one has baffles to eliminate some of the sound.  Still flows great though.

[snoopy]

With that, the new muffler was welded into place.



Tip made, and welded in too.

Speaking of, that rust to the left of the exhaust tip ~ that's about all there is in the whole car... SO different from Scouts.

I swear, I can't seem to get any good pictures of the GTI ~ so here we go. 


The back...


Gotta have a 'Life is Good' sticker when you own a Dub.


Another shot of the back..


A few more.. Oddly enough, this is after a few days of rain.

[snoopy]

I'm sure a few of you saw the 'for-sale' sign in the back window.  Well, its true...its for sale.  WHY?!?!?  is the question...wel l here ya go..


Parents out there see the reason pretty clear.  When I picked up this Rabbit and started this journey I had 2 kidos.  Now I have 4.  Simply put, I love the car, and will keep it...but I'm in process of picking up an mk1 jetta.  Something with 4-drs.  Something I can open a rear door and put the kido into the seat with ~ cause I'm old and this body DONT like bendin' over like that.  I know, "no pain, no gain".  

More of the interior.

The Corbeau BajaRS is a nice seat.  Worked well in the GTI.  I didn't want anything too flashy (attract too much attention) so it fit in there perfect.

Dash area.


Oh, and I haven't put in the other front seat.....

...again, kidos.  They are never careful with nice things.  I would be pretty upset if I found McD's ground into a new seat.... PRETTY upset indeed.

As for the driver seat, I got a new cover for it.  All the grease/grime and metal shavings from my welding job really took its toll on the driver seat (as you can see above).  I picked this new cover up to replace it, but as long as I'm nasty, its staying off the seat.

I should say that the flash was on and the material on the new cover looks kinda gray ~ but if you look at the seat in the original plastic bag, you'll see its plenty black.  The new material Corbeau is using is a little shiny...so it reflected the flash.

[SwiftMKIII]

Car looks great. 

One of the guys on here has a MKI GLI that he's working on.  He might be wiling to trade, who knows?

[snoopy]

Car looks great. 

One of the guys on here has a MKI GLI that he's working on.  He might be wiling to trade, who knows?

Is that Theron ~ the guy that bought AJs GLI project?  I'd need something complete if I were to trade.

[Random_Task]

giggity

[snoopy]

giggity....giggity

Fixed it for ya.

[rockinveedubs]

i've got a 4 dr rabbit with the same motor... wanna trade

[Smokestack]

i've got a 4 dr rabbit with the same motor... wanna trade

Not quite the same motor. Although, if this was horse shoes or hand grenades, you might get a point. 

[snoopy]

I appericiate the offer.  I really do, but I kinda got my thoughts locked on a Jetta.

[Random_Task]

the one i told ya about?

[snoopy]

the one i told ya about?

Yupper.  That was the one I stopped off and saw earlier and told you about at the GTG ~ the wiring nightmare.

[Random_Task]

i figured it was that car. wiring dont scare me, it's a nice challenge compared to everything else.

[rockinveedubs]

SO you have a price on the GTI?

[snoopy]

i figured it was that car. wiring dont scare me, it's a nice challenge compared to everything else.

Dude, I understand simply running wires to the location is one thing, the rats-nest abomination I saw in the engine bay is more of REPAIRING the wiring...if you know what I mean.

SO you have a price on the GTI?

$3500obo

[Random_Task]

mm yeah. good excuse for a tuck

[snoopy]

Well its crazy that I've gotten so much interest in the GTI but no one has stepped up.  So while I have it, I'm going to keep on keepin' on ~ if you know what I mean.  Step 1: Found some Mk2 Recarro seats up in Denver that i'll be going up to get (was going to go last weekend but the road conditions up there were a bit nasty).  Going to throw those in, also looking for some misc interior bits and pieces.  My thought is, now that the motor/powertrain is in good shape, start working on the interior.  Don't get me wrong, the interior is pretty clean, but its far from perfect.  Now that I have all the hard stuff finished, I can start working on the easy stuff.

Speaking of...Ran into a guy that parts out Sciroccos and has a full dash system from a decent car.  Thinking it'd be a different dash system ~ not sure yet if that's what I want to go with tho.

[snoopy]

Sold the GTI this afternoon.  What to do now..... hum.....

[Random_Task]

if you can find a rocco front end setup, hook a brotha up