Nice stuff Aki! I can hardly wait to get the Jetta done too! Four cars to work on right now, so time is short, but I know you're familiar with that! I hope you can get the Vento going 100% soon! I'll come and check it out soon too!
To all the people who have sent private messages to me during the last couple of months:
I'm sorry I can't reply to your messages more quickly, I'm just way too busy to go through all the forums......
I am still live and kicking however!!
Here's a little teaser:




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That's a picture comparison between the eBay-sourced Chinese H-profiles, and genuine Pauter X-beam rods.
The measurements differ because the Pauters are for a 1.9 and the China rods are dor the 1.6.
My friend will run the Pauters on his uber-super IDI 1.9, which will be little short of revolutionary.
As for me, I will be testing how the China rods do - the price is 4x less than Pauter, so It'll be useful to know how they stand up to the challenge of a high-power IDI! Just looking at them and checking for tolerances, the China rods don't look half bad, although you can already see the Paurters are in their own league.
Now if I only could get the other three cars done so I could focus on the Jetta again...