Questions about Wallys ride

[juse]

How did you end up using Passat springs? And from which generation Passat are they?
You see I`ve been trying out different springs with my DIY struts.
What I need is a pair of springs with stock diameter but quite short and soft enough...

That picture is a bit old...today my little brat has a little more healthy steel on her...
Justin

[Wally]

Passat 2-door model (Coupé) of about 1978 it was I believe; one of the the very first models anyway. You'd want the REAR springs of them for you 03 front struts

Those can easily be used in a stock strut and lower about 4 cm and be 25% stiffer than stock.
I have however also used Golf 1 struts and lowered the bottom 1303-perches some as well. I think its about 10 cm lower now, but because of the large diameter wheels it doesn't look that low.

[juse]

OK, Passat springs are now on my shopping list.
How about Golf MkI or Polo MkI rear springs? Has anybody tried those and do their dimensions fit??
Justin

[Wally]

Do you really think I went to the trouble of specifying that exact springs if much more easy to find Golf or Polo springs would fit in a stock 03 perch?

[juse]

I understand that means you already knew that only Passat springs will fit? Am I right?
Justin

[Sandeep]

Hi Walter,

I just watched the video ... very enjoyable :agree:

Can you describe what kind of speeds you obtained on the track ... how were your tires and brakes ? How did the gearbox and engine perform ? I noticed a few puffs of smoke from the incar video ... any idea what that was ?

Looks like you had a lot of fun on the track. Is there anything you may consider changing in the overall setup of the car ?

Thanks,

Sandeep

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Sandeep

Hi Walter,

I just watched the video ... very enjoyable :agree:

Can you describe what kind of speeds you obtained on the track ... how were your tires and brakes ?

Relatively low; I have a digital speedo which is very accurate; With the 2,4 I did about 175 km/h at the straight, but this year with the 2 liter we only reached 150 km/h max but it was with only on 3,5 cylinder....(hence the smoke...)
Funny thing is that from the video it seems not that fast, but when your inside, it sure is thrilling!

How did the gearbox and engine perform ? I noticed a few puffs of smoke from the incar video ... any idea what that was ?

Very well, but the JE pistons were used when I build this engine and it turned out that the oil scraper (control) rings of at least one cylinder were too far gone. One cylinder consistantly had therefore a lot of oil blow-by and greased that one plug a lot. Only when the engine was hot, it ran flawlessly but I have removed the head on that side and it appeared that the exhaust valve had 2mm carbon build-up on it...
After changing out the oil control rings, the smoke has gone. Learned a lot from that experience!

The gearbox shifted mucho better without any grinding, but the shiftrod needs to be adjusted somewhat I noticed for more precise shifts in some gears.

Looks like you had a lot of fun on the track. Is there anything you may consider changing in the overall setup of the car ?

Thanks,

Sandeep

It handled very well actually, but ultimately, I want to install a rear sway-bar (have one, but because of my wide semi-original 915 tranny-carrier, it doesn't fit ) and a slightly more lower setting in the rear.
And I may want to try the Kamaii front spoiler and some other small changes; not because handling is poor, but because I think it may get even better

Greets,
Walter

[65Cabby]

Hi Walter
Just read your blast at EBI, a very nice timing slip.

Can I ask how your idle is, as I have a similar sized engine although type 1 with a DTA ecu. I noticed you don't run a ISV. Do you get differing idle rpm dependant on the engine temp.

thanks

Richard
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