Scirocco Register

woohoo ive finally been tagged on this cheers kieran

Changed the gear knob for a polo gt one

Bought some clocks off ebay a while back. Just had a look at them, ones 140mph which i guess is std and the other is zero milage 160mph ones but whats interesting is the chane to how the miles turn

I think 160 mph clocks come from a 16v Scirocco/golf, not that they would go that fast

Yeah i thought it was a bit optimistic

Got some new tyres but not sure i like the look. Wheels are 8 and 9j and had 185/45/15 and 195/45/15 which is now 195/50/15 and 205/50/15 hides the wheels a little and takes away from the look the car had, may put the 195 on the rear and have 185/50/15 on the front and get more subtle stretch than before.

the original tyres were well below the std rolling radious and messed up the speedo

A few more things

Changed for clear indicators & repeators.


Also found this, a sign of lower days


Also tested the speedo against a sat nav, the polo was bang on but this was out by 10%

Even running standard wheels old VW speedos seem to over read, my golf over reads.

Yeah i expected it to be so but i think the satnav factors in 10% which is why the polo was spot on. Also noticed the needle doesnt sit on zero so some adjustments.

Probably try some spare clocks

Looking at the picture of the speedo above I think the needle should line up with the thin line just below the pin unused as a stop, if you very carfully lift the needle over the pin it should sit on the line.
If you do want to remove the needle I placed some thin card on the face of the speedo so not to scratch it and used a table fork to prise it off.

I did this on my Mk1 after having to dismantle the speedo as the miles stopped turning over as the cogs was slipping on the shaft.

I drove and checked mine on the satnav, made the dash look very simple!

Small progress

Ok there has been progress this

Added these parts to the conversion:

• scirocco 16v inlet
• scirocco 16v loom
• 16v 45° dizzy to clear brake res
• 16v waterpipe
• abf scirocco 421 stainless manifold
• 16v kjet fuel lines

May relocate and change the expansion tank as that side of the bay is packed. Probably use a smaller polo gt one





As you can see its all still pretty messy in there at the mo

Been working away on this,

Started fitting a 16v loom


And a heritage 421

That's close to your steering UJ boot, I would wrap that as they can catch fire if they get to hot!
I used a plumbers mat from ebay for a couple of £'s and I also wrapped my manifold DX engine 4 to 1 manifold.

The matt I bought
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silverline-Pl ... Sw8d9UvjW1

about time for an update

nothings really gone on with this yet, just sitting in the garage waiting for the motivation to return