im gonna have a fiddle with the ignition timing in a bit.
Is there a way of testing compression without a proper kit?
ive taken spark plug out and stuck my thumb over the plug hole and there is high pressure behind it. any other tips and tricks?

just turns, been trying it for a while, so ive taken battery out to charge it for a bit.

A couple weeks ago the head gasket went on the motorway.
I finally got round to changing it by now i can't get it to start again.
Its had a new gasket, head bolts and belt. And ive timed it up using, flywheel mark (also put it at tdc @ #1 when head was off), inside mark on cam and on intermediate ...

Cheera guys, was kind of looking for something like a security torx bit or other stuff like that. So thats a small relief.

Autotoad: you answered my next question with lowering the car on the engine, I did it with minis wasn't sure if the rocco was too heavy or the overhang at the back too big ...

Before I go in and butcher up my engine trying to get it out, how far will I get before I get stuck and then have to put it all back together to go to a shop to buy a special vag tool?

Or will I be pleasantly suprised and they come out like a dream?

http://www.funksoulkitty.org/
its a mk1 but it covers quite a bit.

seems to be one of those websites that get thrown around a bit

ok, are there any favoured brands or types?

When turning hard at slow speeds, usually at full lock, there is a knocking noise coming from the floor. CV's seem to be alright, as well as balljoints and trackrod ends. Wondered if this was a common fault or if anyone has had this before?

the rear one will probably go on the sub box. its mainly where to mount the front one.

I had one fitted there in my mini, seemed like a great idea until a friend stood on it. The front seats in a mini were hinged at the front so the whole seat would tilt. This isn't a problem in a scirocco.

Well one will definately have to be around the boot area and I'm not to keen to screw it to the back seats (not sure if velcro will work). The other one will have to be closer to the front of the car to run both comps off it and the 6x4s in the back. i was thinking under a front seat, but then again ...

Where is the best place to mount an amp in a mk2? ive got 2 to go in and just wondered what the experts before me had done.
I am going for the as discrete as possible look as well.

I've got a 1.8 overbored to a 1.9, with a weber 32/36 carb at the moment. Runs perfectly apart from then the engine speed is somewhere between 2000 and 3000 rpm, I then there is a small loss in acceleration in this engine speed band and the car starts to kangaroo slightly, although its nothing ...

you don't even need the headunit keys really, i just used 2 flatheads and pushed from the back and it pops out. check for a break in the harness at the back of the head unit. there could be a short.

i had a gear and handbrake lock on my mini and that got stolen. steering lock on the scirocco now, untill i can fit a proper killswitch