Little makeover for the '79

[jayjay]

i'm running a high comp 8v atm... they're silly motors to drive around in... 16v stock...? good bye 20vt mk2 scirocco..

[16v_kid]

What i dont get it why not just throw in a 16v if your spending all that money.

Wouldnt a stock 2L 16v make just as much power as the 8v you're building or better yet slap on a trubo haha?

Yeah we will man but this is just a experemental engine, and to have fun mean while.

[16v_kid]

Striped.

[16v_kid]

Bits and pieces...

Ground Control- Top strut Camber plates



Stress bars/sway bars



Bottom end nearly done, trigger disc also in.



Rear camber plates, -.5 degrees.


Pauter rods and pistons.


Stay tuned

[jayjay]

i think those bars up there are stress bars..? like for tying suspension towers and chassis stiffening.

looks good mate. sounds like it'll be good fun to drive

[16v_kid]

Thanks dude!

Yeah, they are stress bars, I just tend to call the sway bars.

[jayjay]

lolz. Should also stick a fat sway bar on the back.

what sort of 1.8 block are you using?

[Jarred]

madness. heaps of yummy parts there!

[16v_kid]

lolz. Should also stick a fat sway bar on the back.

what sort of 1.8 block are you using?

Cause we will have the rear bar for the harnesses, I think it will help with the stress on the rear end so no need for a rear bar. Good point but (:

The block is from my dads old GTI, short block 144mm.

madness. heaps of yummy parts there!

[Spyda]

I think he was talking about the sway bar the goes along the rear axle. I would have thought a sway bar does more good than a stress brace on the rear?

Whats the benefit of the added negative camber on the rear?

Are you guna engineer and road register it? Should be prity zippy when its finaly done.