Recent content by RabbitGTI

Wow, thanks.

A friend of mine was driving across a rural area of Texas and went through a school zone a bit above the limit. The cop handed him a hefty ticket with the option of paying it or coming back for a court date. He paid it becuse he didn't want to drive half way across Texas for court. As he was...

Don't go fast in Virginia or the cops will lock you up and look in your butt.🤪

West Virginia Turnpike if ya can. Beautiful drive and stop at Hillbilly Hotdogs. Don Garlits Museum, if it's still there.

When I was a kid, the air was yellow and you could taste it. Nixon started the EPA to address that and other problems. The improvements in air and water quality are astounding. Of course that was when we had a real Republican party. This post is not political, it is a fact.

"Handling" has a lot to do with what you intend to do with the car. Autocross? Lapping days? More fun daily driver? A few mods that apply to any build are a limited slip diff and appropriate tires.

I would not want to sit in anything for a million miles. Good lord, it would feel like a prison sentence.

I bought a very used B122 decades ago. It was in rough shape, but I drove it all over the Midwest. Was like driving a dump truck, I don't even know if had synchros. Sold it for more than I paid for it.

7mm allen socket, long flat screwdriver to push pins out and a c-clamp to push the caliper in. Also have a tube of Sil Glyde handy to lube the caliper pins. If the pins are sticky and pitted, replace them.

Car is over 15 years old. Replace the vaccuum lines and check the Ts and check valves that connect the vaccuum lines. All that stuff gets kinda crumbly after that many years. It's all inexpensive and a good way to avoid future problems. Glad you got it going.

If it was my car I'd replace all the vaccuum lines and test. Next would be N75. Do simple things first.

Daughter stopped by and I put in a $15 Amazon resistor. She took off again and said it barely works on 1, works ok on 2 and 3 and 4 are fine. Also a faint smell now and then. I get the car back next weekend to see if blower is tightening up or something else is wrong.

Hi oilhammer, I have a major hankering for a GTI 380. Would be used for daily flogging and a few track days. I have read all your posts about the EA888 over the years, is it a matter of when, not if it blows up? It's such a hell of a deal with a limited slip and gorgeous retro interior for 30k...

Kinda off topic, but can you replace a dual mass flywheel on a DSG car with a solid flywheel? I've done a couple conversions of 2.5 gas cars with five speeds and not only is the DMF gone, but the clutch feel is so much better because the vague clutch bite point of the DMF equipped car is gone.

I've replaced them when the blower only works on high. This time the blower works on 3 and 4, could it still be the resistor? I won't get the car back until this weekend, so can't scan it or check anything.