I'm using a Eurosport Race header and race exhaust. It's extremely loud! It
doesn't scrape the ground, but it's pretty close, I guess that's why it's
labeled "Race Only" (the exhaust and header). I haven't put my front swaybar
on yet, I guess for mk1's the rear is most important.
Fred
From: Anthony Pelletier <[email protected]>
To: vw racer <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Driving impressions of Autotech Cam set... (long long long)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 04:59:18 -0700 (PDT)
Cool, I can't wait to finish building & swapping my
2008cc motor into my Scirocco I. Its probably going
to be fall before I start because I can't bear to be
without my toy for the summer months. I think I am
going to run the same cam set up. The car is also my
second car. Did you use the tt race header? Does it
drag on the ground? and can you still run an after
market front swaybar?
have fun terrorizing the streets.
Tony
--- vw racer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well this motor is rough and I can totally tell it's
> not near as balanced as
> the 2035. This motor has tons more top-end. I'm sure
> we could all guess
> that. And ofcourse not as much low-end, but since
> the car is much lighter, I
> don't really notice the lack of low-end. Plus it's
> not a daily driver, so I
> drive it really hard. Most shifts(after it's fully
> warmed up) are at 7k or
> higher(it doesn't want to stop there, but I make
> myself do it). All in all,
> it's very fun, but when it comes time for a rebuild,
> i'll do the 2035 again,
> no questions.
>
> Fred
>
>
> >From: Anthony Pelletier <[email protected]>
> >To: vw racer <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: Driving impressions of Autotech Cam
> set... (long long long)
> >Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 11:38:24 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >How do you like your new 1984cc with 260-276 vs
> your
> >old Jetta motor with the 256's? Different kind of
> >power?
> >
> >just wondering
> >
> >Tony
> >
> >--- vw racer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > My 2035 revved great, but I think the balancing
> and
> > > lightening had alot to
> > > do with it.
> > > Fred
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Clayton <[email protected]>
> > > >To: [email protected]
> > > >Subject: Re: Driving impressions of Autotech
> Cam
> > > set... (long long long)
> > > >Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 10:14:00 -0700
> > > >
> > > >Hi Denis,
> > > >Ya know, I sort of have had the same thing
> happen
> > > to me on my car, only
> > > >the opposite. I have a nice rabbit converted
> to
> > > 16v's. The person who
> > > >built the car was meticulous, anal retentive,
> and
> > > spent lots of money on
> > > >the car. It had a 1.8l though and I could
> never
> > > understand why someone
> > > >would put all this work into their car and
> leave a
> > > 1.8l in there. When
> > > >I would take the car out to the green river
> road
> > > and blast it, I was
> > > >always ***amazed*** at how quick the car was.
> On
> > > the track, it was a
> > > >thing of beauty. It would rev to the redline
> and
> > > keep building power...
> > > >I felt like I needed another 750-1000 rpms
> because
> > > I was wasting
> > > >something by not revving higher. Well, too
> much of
> > > a good thing is not
> > > >possible so I installed a 2.0l bottom end.
> > > Absolutely no other
> > > >changes... just a straight swap. What I
> received
> > > was great low end...
> > > >but a marked decrease in the top. Before, if I
> > > started out bogging the
> > > >car in first and just kept if floored, the
> power
> > > would build and build
> > > >and build all the way to red, then do it again
> in
> > > second. Now, it
> > > >starts coming on down low and starts spinning
> the
> > > tires at around
> > > >4000rpm. It runs out of steam around 6000 rpm,
> as
> > > compared to the 1.8l
> > > >though. Thought it might be cams, so I stuck
> in a
> > > set of Schrick
> > > >268's. Feels a bit better now but still isn't
> the
> > > same feel as before.
> > > >I can only imagine how your car feels with the
> > > 2008. Anyway, long story
> > > >short, I achieve aproximately the same speed at
> the
> > > end of the straights
> > > >and the car has the same top speed as before,
> but
> > > the car is not as fun
> > > >to drive around. Been thinking about doing a
> 1.8l
> > > with the 2.0l pistons
> > > >to end up with a slightly more powerful engine
> that
> > > dosen't have all the
> > > >problems that come with stroking a motor.
> Another
> > > thing that might help
> > > >all this is putting Motronic in. I don't think
> > > CIS-E is up to fueling
> > > >the bigger motor with lots of mods...
> > > >Clayton
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 23:26:41 -0400
> > > >From: "Denis P. Goldman" <[email protected]>
> > > >Subject: Driving impressions of Autotech Cam
> set...
> > > (long long long)
> > > >
> > > >Ok, now that I have a few days to play around
> with
> > > the new set, I have =
> > > >mixed emotions. =20
> > > >
> > > >Back in the day, my old 1.8 used to be a fast
> > > revving fun motor. =
> > > >Lightened flywheel, euro intake, tt black box,
> made
> > > this motor a lot of
> > > >=
> > > >fun, but no power down low. Then I went to a
> high
> > > compression 2008cc =
> > > >motor. Wow. The low end power of this thing
> was
> > > absolutely sick. =
> > > >Quite a quick car. That's how the motor was
> until
> > > this weekend....
> > > >
> > > >Now with the new cams in, the motor has turned
> into
> > > a higher revving, =
> > > >power-up-top engine. This isn't a bad thing,
> as
> > > plenty of low end =
> > > >torque is still there. But it just doesnt snap
> > > your head into the seat
> > > >=
> > > >at 3000rpm anymore. Instead, starting at about
> > > 2500 on to about 6500, =
> > > >the power is very steady, and just builds and
> build
> > > and builds. My =
> > > >friend said the motor feels somewhat like a
> VTEC
> > > now. Now, I am =
> > > >assuming this is due to the fact that the new
> > > camset has a much wilder =
> > > >exhaust cam, with higher lift, etc. Idle
> hasn't
> > > changed at all by the =
> > > >way. Sounds very much like stock, and is very
> > > steady (not like a 268 on
> > > >=
> > > >an 8v 2.0l). Anyway, the thought has even
> crossed
> > > my mind to put the =
> > > >old euro intake back in along with my stock
> exhaust
> > > cam.
> > > >
> > > >Then there comes the whole idea of cam
> timing....
> > > I know for sure now =
> > > >(100% sure) that my cams and my crank are in
> > > complete sync with each =
> > > >other. I avoided that whole part of
> 'tightening
> > > the timing belt and =
> > > >throwing off your timing' problem. I was
> thinking
> > > I could mess with my
> > > >=
>
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