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    VW Mk I part out!

    Everything is sold!
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    Misc. 020 Trans Parts

    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...
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    Strut bolts!

    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...
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    Oil Pres. Update!

    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...
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    Oil Pressure drop!

    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...
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    I lost 7 seconds!

    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...
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    BFG Tire users

    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?
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    Installing a Wide Band O2 meter

    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...
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    Mem. Day at BFR

    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
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    Need Tube bender

    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...
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    Looking for a 2.3L adj. cam gear!

    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?
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    Another driver suffers a heart attack!

    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...
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    I found my old race car!

    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...
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    Finally raced the "Rocco"!

    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...
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    1.8L blocks

    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...
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    Got my license back, finally! Long.

    I posted here about some problems i have had with my ITA 16V Scriocco. So many in fact that I was in danger of missing the last MCSCC Wheel-to-Wheel driver's school for 2011! I last raced in 2003 after getting my license in 1988. I held a MCSCC instructor level license at that time and had a...
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    No Spark!

    I have a 1988 Scriocco 16V with CIS-E. Had a head gasket let go a few weeks ago. Swapped out the engine with another one I had. When I tried to start it I got no spark! I double checked all my connections. I have the Bentley book and have done some of the checks they listed. Just wondering if...
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    Problems with a VW 16V

    I've been working on getting this ITA Scriocco 16V ready for a drivers school in July. As part of that process I attended a HPDE event last Saturday. The car handled quite well, no bad habits and the car would rotate nicely when I lifted the throttle on corner entry for turns that did not...
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    3 Hr Enduro at the Autobahn CC.

    Not all details are finnalized but MCSCC is holding a 3 hour enduro on Saturday evening June 11th at the Autobahn CC near Chicago, IL. The race should start at 5:30 PM and run until 8:30 PM. The full track will be used. Link attached: http://www.autobahncc.com/ With a total length of just over...
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    One of the last races of the season.

    http://www.myautoevents.com/pls/mae/frmEventDetail.Show?psevent_id=11105 Not a SCCA regional race but one of the last races in the Midwest takes place this Sunday at BFR. 40th running of the Loooong Race. 50 laps at BFR! Over 150 cars pre-registered!
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