In my younger days, I loved to see the performance enhancements such as this and could not understand why anyone wouldn't want to make their automobiles faster, handle better, and stop quicker.
As I get older, I now appreciate automobiles in closer to factory conditions. My own project car has a few upgrades including a swap to the 16V from on old low compression 8v, but I have had my fill of superchargers and turbochargers. There are Porsche owners in my family and looking at valuations of the older vehicles from the same generation as our MKIs & MKIIs, I see a increase in value of stock factory condition cars while modified Porsches are selling for a fraction of their non-modified siblings. (I wish our cars appreciated like their cousins from Stuttgart!) As a comparison, I recently changed the transmission oil/filter on my Audi Tiptronic and had to use my laptop to accomplish the maintenance. Much too complicated for my comfort zone. After dropping the tranny pan, there were electrical wires and sensors everywhere. Something I'm not too excited about considering the added complexity. Compared to my rebuild of the O2O AGB 5sp on my MKII it was a refreshing dose of old-skool engineering from a much simpler time. I just finished replacing the front control arms, KO3 turbo, injectors, vacuum valves, water pump, timing belt, PCV Pump, Auxiliary air pump & Hoses, motor mounts, coolant flanges, thermostat, Cam Chain tensioner, Cam Position sensor, Oil pump, Oil sensor and a host of other "maintenance" items on my 1.8T daily driver. I'm most proud of my successful upgrade to a B7 2007 center console which includes cup holders--CUP HOLDERS!. (I am getting older and these comfort "Modifications" are most appreciated. I'm looking forward to getting back in the garage and resume work on the old-skool MKII. -Les On Nov 11, 2015, at 1:16 PM, Larry Velez wrote: > Maybe it is just me but I am starting to see the online car press doing more > stories on Mk2s.. They seem to follow each other like a herd so I expect > we’ll see a string of them now.. > > http://www.speedhunters.com/2015/11/patience-is-a-virtue-a-supercharged-jetta-mkii/ > > Not a 16V but still nice.. > > -Larry > 91 GTI 16V > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/dc5cd251ff4e4239bfc305a90b389de4%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/650EBFAB-A91A-4EC4-BC28-3340D394ABB0%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
