Well.. my battery just died so its time to get a new one. What lightweight options do you guys recommend? I drive the car on the street occasionally so it...
... I'll put it this way... the lighter the battery, the less it's worth it? There are two schools of thought here -- that our cars like having some weight on...
I'm using a Miata battery. Light, fully sealed (beacuse they're mounted in the trunk of a Miata) and enough power to start my Scirocco every time I've tried...
Street Mod drivers have life a little different than the FSP guys. Since an FSP VW is capable of achieving sub-1800lb weights, a well- prepared A1 VW will...
Here's what I am using in my FSP VW Rabbit (turbo-diesel)... Model: Hawker Genesis 16Ah Weight: 14lbs Battery technology: lead/acid, absorbed glass matt (AGM),...
Neal, I'm right on with your line of thinking, and our list of to do stuff is VERY similar. I think however that I'll be going with something simple for now...
... I won't speak for Neal, but I'll theo-rize that in a sport where a nationals-type course has around two dozen changes of direction on the yax axis, 60% ...
well duh :) ... but he made it sound like 60% was also better than say 54%. Didn't know if he meant that or not, or if its a function of power application or...
... Yeah, that's a good question, too... Now, what kind of front weight Neal has in his G60 'rocco _after_ he steps on the gas pedal is another question...
... 6-pt cage. It was in the car when I bought it. I would not have put it there myself. I do NOT think it is necessarily a good thing for an autocross car,...
...so *theoretically* a gel (or less viscous/less liquidy/transient-weight) battery would be superior to a water/normal-type battery, although on an ...
... As far as A1 cars, it has no real "baffle". It has a small sump baffle around the pick up to lower the chance of starvation around big turns but it doesn't...
Anyone good with electrics? My 1997 Golft GTI 4 Pot starter disintegrated. I purchased a new one after checking it was the same price as a re-build and,...
Gary Dee
SWISSGARY@...
Oct 7, 2003 11:48 pm
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... The main juice for your starter does not go through your fuse panel, but through a fusible link... I think. (To be sure, read your Bentley manual... ...
Is your seatbelt plugged in? My '92 requires the belt to be fastened in order for the car to start. Does the clutch pedal have to be in? If so, make sure the...
John Chepren
jchepren@...
Oct 8, 2003 12:24 am
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Gary, As CP said, you have probably blown the fusible link between the battery and the starter. Take your volt / ohm meter or test light and see if you have ...
... I'd be curious to find out what cars had the nicer tanks & what might be "upgrade-able." It'd be some interesting Errata for those folks needing factory...
'97 Golf has no fusible links. The only VWs with fusible links were the Westmoreland (US-built) cars. Have you applied power (+) directly to the solenoid...
Abe Potter
vwpsycho@...
Oct 8, 2003 2:37 am
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Rich, I have never had a problem with fuel starvation. I like to run it as low as possible due to my cars excessive weight. It finished nationals with about...
Yep, on my Jetta I could run with about a quart of gas in the car with zero starvation problems. The Scirocco was a different matter. Less than 1/2 tank and...
... Amen, Bro. Jerry! I was in a tippy, slower E Stock '85 GTI, a few years back, and had the same experience -- it either had enough gas, i.e., very near the...
A2s have no baffling in the tank. It's just like a dry-sump system. The main fuel pump sits inside a 2nd fuel tank under the car, fed by a scavenger pump in...
So the solenoid doesn't even click? How about the function of other high-draw devices, like headlights - nice and bright? I'm wondering how about the...
Yeah... I thought about it after I sent. My A2 ES experience was a '87 Wolf Jetta (non-cis) with one pump. Everything else (cis and all later A2 cars) seemed...
... so THAT's what that was in my fuel filter. A rotted o-ring. That was puzzling me for days when I replaced my choked up filter. Little bits of soft, black...
... No, it's probably a little less as we found out at Nationals. ;) On Thursday morning Jake filled up his Rabbit up to where the tank reserve starts. Should...
All this talk about fuel pumps and such reminds me of an interesting thing I saw when removing the fuel pump from an old Golf. The electric wires running from...
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