Recent content by jimbbski

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I have come into possession of multiple 020 transaxles and misc. parts. I don't need all this stuff and I don't want to throw/scrap anything someone else could use.I have just about all of the internal parts in the way of gears, shift linkage, etc. Send me a PM if there is anything you are...

I'm looking for some strut-to-carrier mounting bolts that have off-set or eccentric washers built in for camber adjustment. I need some that are 12 mm or 1/2 inch in diameter and about 65-75 MM long, that's 2 3/4-3 inch. The one's that fit MK I VW's are kind of what I need but they are only...

I spent some time this evening trying to get this thing to run correctly. It has in the past so I know it has to be something that's just out of adjustment. Well I think I finally figured it out. I'm no VW expert, far from it. Give me a Ford, any Ford engine and I know what I'm doing but with...

While trying to figure out why the car doesn't run "right" I keep seeing an oil pressure drop at the car warms up. At start up cold the pressure will rise to almost 80 psi and then hold at 70 psi for a bit. As the engine warms the pressure will drop down to around 40 psi at 1200 rpm. As the...

I just got back from a MCSCC race at Road America. I qualified at 2:56 which while not fast was faster then a CRX and a 1/2 doz. Miatas. I messed up the start when I missed a shift, that's on me but during the rest of the race I went backwards and all due to lack of speed on the straights! The...

I have a FWD car 15X7 wheels and 205/50X15 tires. What tire pressures are you looking for hot with these tires? And what kind of pressure gain do you get cold to hot?

I plan on installing a wide band O2 sensor with a meter that will give me an air/fuel ratio. Can I just use this O2 meter instead of the stock O2 with my CIS-E fuel injection system? It has an imput for that per the instructions and one for data logging. Also if someone can point me to where...

Midwest Council races at BFR on Sunday with a HPDE on Saturday. Plenty of track time. The HPDE will have a group set aside for racers with passing allowed anywhere! http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae/frmEventDetail.Show?psevent_id=12904

Looking for someone in the greater Chicago area that has a tube bender that can do 1 3/4 X .095 DOM tubing. I'm helping out a guy building a Lemons car and he messed up the main hoop. It could be fixed but he'd rather restart with a newly bent hoop. He bought a "your weld it" cage kit from a...

As part of a Lemons car build I am in need of an adjustable cam gear for the Ford 2.3L engine. I plan on having the head milled and want to get the stock cam back to stock or near stock timing. Anyone?

Here's a link to MCSCC web site with a report on what happened at BFR this past Saturday Oct 29th. Driver is a friend of mine, I've known him for at least 15 years. He has built a number of race cars over the years for himself and others. He would give you the shirt off his back if you...

I have raced 3 different cars. My first was a 1980 Ford Fiesta preped for ITC in 1988. I raced that until 1995. That year I bought a 1993 Mustang Cobra "R" and raced that until 2003. And even now that I have the Scriocco I still wondered what happened to my Fiesta. Now last weekend I found out...

I would have posted sooner but I was out of town last weekend and then returned home only to come down with a hell of a cold. On Aug 27th I finally raced my ITA 16V Scriocco. I last raced back in 2003 with a Mustang. This car has been in the building process for over 4 years. I either had the...

I'm no VW expert so that's why I'm asking. Can you substitute a 8V 1.8L block for a 16V block? I know that the 16V block has the oil squirters but other then that how are the blocks different or are they so similar that you can use one for the other? Lets not get tied up with IT rules as...