If you're looking for throttle return springs - just buy the universal spring from your local parts house and devise some method of attachment. For street applications, I prefer a fairly stiff return spring since it keeps my foot from "falling" to the floor. For the racecar, well, that's another story.
As for the rebuild - $500 is roughly what it costs me to do it myself in US dollars. I figure on a set of rings, rod and crank bearings and a full set of gaskets. If you have the rebuild performed by a shop, expect 2 or 3 times that price. --- Steven Arguello <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with all those opinions. > I recently switched throttle bodies and the tension on the original > (2.0) > was harder and better matched to the feel of the brake. The 1.8 > feels like > it has almost no tension, in fact it sometimes sticks at a little > above > idle. > At worst I was thinking of adding another complete turn on the > clock spring > on the throttle, that is if that's the only thing providing > tension. > Anyway, I was hoping someone had already done the thinking. > Could you tell me what brand to buy? I'm probably going to buy > these on the > web and I really won't know the quality till I have them. > By the way you recently mentioned that you could have a 16V bottom > end > rebuilt for +- $500. How sure are you? Where would I find a shop > like that > in the northeast US and did you mean American dollars? I asked 3 > reputable > VW mechanics how much to change a head gasket on a 16V and they > were all > between 450 and 500. Did you mean crankshaft only and not pistons, > rods, > rings etc? Sorry about all the questions. ===== Matthew __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
