I realized that it's been ages since I bothered updating this thread. Since then I've done quite a few things to the car. Comfort wise I've added power windows, heated and powered mirrors, and swapped around some interior stuff. I had the heated Recaros in for a little while, but they're really showing their age so I pulled them out (foam has degraded on the bolsters and driver side seat webbing is ripped). While I wait to refurbish them I've installed confetti seats from a mk3 GTI. Drivetrain wise I've changed out the .89 5th gear for a .75. OMG that made a huge difference on the highway! I've added an AEG intake manifold with a filter on a stick, and some lightweight and adjustable timing gears.. Some parts I've acquired for future use include a supercharger off of a Mazda Millennium and a chipped Digi1 setup with intercooler from a Corrado. The only reason I'm going to be running a Digi setup is because it's the quickest way for the car to get boosted. Eventually it's going to be replaced with a flexfuel Megasquirt setup. I'm hoping for next year, but I'll have to see. I've picked up a headliner from a Golf with a sunroof I'm in the process of fixing. The car is also rolling around on some BBS Mahles I've refinished that I picked up from Greg.
This supercharger was contracted with IHI and built by Lysholm. It's comperable to the Lysholm 1200AX as far as the internals are concerned, but the beauty of it is it's size. It's only about 6" wide and 4" tall. It shouldn't be too hard to fit in.
The wheels measure 16x7 ET23 in the front and 16x8 ET11 in the rear with 195/40 205/40 Falken ZE-912. I'm using Racelands 5x120 to 4x100 adapters to mount them. They stick out a fair amount. I was able to pull the front fenders to fit them, but the back needs some extensive body work to get them to work properly.
The intake manifold went in pretty easily. I still need to clearance part of the throttle body where it's hitting the hood. It's the little eyelet part you can see in the photo.
