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    ITB VW GTI now on eBay

    My 1985 VW GTI ITB car is now on eBay at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...item=4568661685 This was a project car for European Car magazine( see www.europeancarweb.com and click on "Project Cars") and is absolutely race ready! The car is located in the Twinn Cities of Minnesota...
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    Part 4 and 5 of "Race Ready Golf" on Website

    I have finally convinced my bosses at European Car to put part 4 and part 5 of my "Race Ready Golf" series from the magazine onto the web site. You can see it at http://www.europeancarweb.com/projectcars/ I hope you enjoy it! Look for Part 6 in an upcoming issue. Kevin Clemens Lake Elmo, MN...
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    Anybody have a Volvo 142 to sell?

    Having moved to Minnesota, where the lakes turn hard in the winter, I was hoping I might find an old Volvo 142 to play with in ice time trials. I know, they are rear wheel drive, but that's half the fun, isn't it? Anyway, anybody have a running, moderately rust free streetable 142 that they have...
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    Engine Failure (1.8- 8v)

    On the pace lap yet! At IRP this weekend for the double regional, leaving turn one heading toward turn two when there was a loud bang and the car filled with smoke. I was turning about 3,000 rpm in third. No, honest I was, you can see it from my in car video. You can also see all of the smoke...
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    Oddballs of the World Unite!

    How come some of the more interesting odd-ball cars don't have a place to race in Improved Touring? Right now I am racing a ubiquitous ITB VW Golf, but thinking about the future, I have been watching eBay and the classifieds and thinking what might be fun and different. Yet it seems everything...
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    Cam Timing after dyno runs

    I know everyone has addressed camshaft timing before, but a quick search through the archives and I couldn't find anyone with this specific problem. I just did some dyno runs on my 86 GTi ITB car to play with ignition timing and fuel enrichment. On my best run I saw 98 horsepower at the wheels...
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