... was. ... in a fwd VW. There's got to be some difference between a run of the mill "car" battery and that designed for a tractor. I don't know anything...
I would look elsewhere in the gear box for other debris that could have caused the break - perhaps a broken syncro cog or something. Short of flat out over...
Thanks for the info. I took out the mainshaft and the pinion shaft today and the tapered bearing just above the pinion gear is mangled. its all bent out. my...
... An interesting note about Redline gear oil - Mannix and I had trouble using Redline stuff in the EP car, and found that BG Syncro (really watery stuff)...
For those that are using 14" wheels you should check out the Tirerack's website. They have two lightweight 14x6 wheels available. They are Kosei K1 TS and...
... and that designed for a tractor. I don't know anything specific about how they (tractor batteries) are constructed, though. Does anybody else? <<< I know...
... Classic loose bit would be a tooth or three off the reverse gears. Did you check those? Maybe that's where the bit came from that caused the obvious chaos...
... Oh, and I forgot, VW moved to synthetic gear oil in '86 or so, so why don't you? It can help you get it in to gear on those 5 F mornings, if you have 5F ...
... Wow, that raises the next question, how much particulate matter could there be in thar? Interesting. Dirt from assembly process... and... uh... CP...
RPI sells a sport suspension kit for A2's that comes with VR6 upper strut bearings.. So i take it the A3 bearings fit the A2 chassis? they are supposed to be...
Hmmm. Interesting :) Actually I didn't know BG was still around (of course I haven't looked either). I used to use their stuff, along with Bel Ray, back in my...
... Syncro dust (not to be confused with fairy dust ). It only bronze/brass but it's gotta go somewhere. Rich 145fsp [Non-text portions of this message have...
... That's one of _the_ best mods to do to an A2. Lasts easily two-three times as long and IIRC, doesn't have to have the whole thing replaced when the time...
... Never did - although it didn't cure my personal tendency to screw up 2-3/3-2 shifts. :) -- Kevin Wenzel kwenzel@... Performance Machine Works, LTD ...
... For a few years, I was hesitant and timid about my 2-3 upshifts, until I remembered that Geoff had installed a 4 speed transmission in the car a long time ...
-ive broke 2 vw trannies, both the diffs broke in which i think pieces ran through the final drive b/c both of mine had broken teeth off of the finaldrive...
The tranny is fully apart now.. I think what caused the final drive to chip was the head of a rivet on the back side of the diff... typical. its been gone for...
Do the VR6 strut bearings raise the A2? the guys that sold them to me said they would raise it like half an inch.. anyway to make it so it wont raise the car?...
... I'd venture to say it's more like a 1/4 of an inch, but YMMV. And I think It's just something you have to live with. When I had 1 1/4 in. lowering springs...
... That's it, right there. Most folks who buy these bearings have lowering springs. Heck,most folks have lowering springs, except for two Rabbit GTI's in...
P.S. Being a don't-lower-it-don't-raise-it grampaw, when I bought strut bearings a year or two ago, Potterman sold me some G60 strut bearings, rather than VR6....
Yea the car they are going in is lowered... with suspension technique springs i believe.. they arent too bad.. but coilovers would be nice... just a little...
Anyone see the DSP/FSP results from Atlanta for Saturday? Anyone see the X class results for CO region today? Kevin won X class - 1000 points, best pax for the...
Did anyone notice the cool stuff this weekend? Kevin won X in Colorado - best pax time. RAD. Geoff and Chris both beat Hoelscher in Atlanta. D and F were in...
Greetings from the Great White North, I am looking for your thoughts on shocks/springs. I have a 1985 Scirocco. I have been running RPI performance shocks...
Thanks! Fun National tour! Well.... Hoelscher was on A3S03s after his Supra broke putting it on the trailer. Then something happened to the Fiat or the owner,...
We've beaten Steve before at an Atlanta event -- us on fresh tires, him on ancient, hard old tires. Then we went to KS and things were, well, the same. Adding...
... My basic pattern in the past two years or so: Run one: WIMPY. Just pathetic. Two seconds off a mediocre pace. But no spins or oversteer. Run two: an...
Congrats to Geoff and Chris, especially with Geoff being sick most of the weekend. Steve and his car were definitely off this weekend. I watched Steve run...
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