1984 Jetta , TDI WE MUST! (1.9 AHU M-TDI)

[8v-of-fury]

wrap it thin sheet metal?

That is not a bad idea for the time being!

What are you using for the connector?  When you install the AWIC actual silicone couplers made for intercooler installs. 

Rubber. Which is perfectly fine for stock boost Yes I will be using silicone.. its just not readily available locally to me is all.

[8v-of-fury]

Look at what my bro picked up yesterday at an automotive flea market! $175!!! Coupe's gonna look beast!

[8v-of-fury]

NICEEEEEEE, Buddy who did the exhaust also cut that flange and machined the lip on the pipe. SCORE. PD150 with race pipe for $115!!

[8v-of-fury]

So 410! The AAZ Cam disk/plate is working pretty damn well, and the VEG-Injection .216's are also a very nice nozzle. Nothing odd became of their install, which I was fully expecting.. lol. I think the .216's ability to inject more, quicker coupled with the much steeper ramp'd and higher profiled AAZ Cam disk/plate it is a damn good combination for a 195-220bar DI injector.

The thing is literally nuts.. and I don't even have it dialed in yet! Awaiting my AWIC to come to me! Ordering it this week! WHAT-UP. Been holding off because their site is so full of great things, I didn't wanna pull the trigger and then need something extra.. eh?

I am definitely going to be purchasing their Water/Meth kit in the future.. It has computer controlled injection! Sensing boost input and EGT levels.. Frigging awesome

[vanbcguy]

I hadn't seen their Water/Meth kit before, that's pretty rad.  If you do end up doing a stand-alone VNT controller like I'm building it would be pretty easy to add water/meth control too, no reason to have another whole controller.  The Arduino has extra PWM pins and it already knows about throttle position and boost levels.  All you'd need is the reservoir, pump, nozzle and another FET for the controller...

[8v-of-fury]

I need to do the suspension again.. at the very least the springs and mounts really..

I have Monroe Sensa-Tracs and mounts all around, (Chris before you pipe up) they are a good strut/shock but I have a horrible spring kit on them.. Like a $55 RACELAND spring kit.. haha! They aren't bad for normal driving, but for me they don't do a good enough job dampening/rebounding.

I do not really enjoy the lowered business, as it REALLY diminishes what you can do with the car in terms of driving style. I am like 1.5-1.75" lowered from stock right now, and it doesn't have too much travel before the front end plows in to the strut tower and bottoms the struts out. Maybe I just need a good set of springs on these struts to make it all kosher?

[CRSMP5]

untill you drive say a monroe, beside a good german gas shock set up... you will never see how the valving in those is so far off.. they too strong.. you can think wht you want.. im telling you that insert is 90% of the issue....

hell maybe its too long for short springs so bottoms out?? the differance on the kubvan with its original build kofaps (only used as they were new and free) vs the koni in that aspect alone was impressive.. just ask mike.. he rode in it in philly before koni.. then madness after... same springs.. bump stops.. wheels/tires...

you really need to try a real set up.. once you do you will never buy that crap for vw again..

[8v-of-fury]

untill you drive say a monroe, beside a good german gas shock set up... you will never see how the valving in those is so far off.. they too strong.. you can think wht you want.. im telling you that insert is 90% of the issue....

I have an identical 84 in the drive way with Bilstein HD's on it, doesn't ride any better...

Stock top, Bilstein (obviously) lower;



The cofaps rode like *** because they were ***.. those aren't even a gas strut! Cannot compare them to a monotube gas charged strut. I am convinced it is the springs and a bad mount..

[8v-of-fury]

I will be ordering these to start..



This set comes with the later style bump stops made of higher durometer rubber then earlier mk1 to accomadate the heavier Cabriolet and Scirocco II

Each Kit Includes:

2 Meyle Germany Strut Mount Bearings

2 Kolb Germany Strut Mount Bushing Spacers

2 Meyle Germany Heavy Duty Bump Stops

2 Meyle Germany Dust Boots

[CRSMP5]

no i can compair them to the many i changed between 86 and 96... back when they had good german suspention parts... bilstines i have felt went poo poo long ago.. boge non existant... sachs = junk.. hell id worry abt new koni with what ive seen... but 1 thing certain.. monroe/kyb so on from local parts stores always rode like poo.. but you may be right.. not been in a mk1 with the local store stuff in over 15 years..

their gas pressure has always been obserdly high.. too stiff to compress.. so they tend to balloon shock towers.. rip shock towers out of caddies with less rust then german ones.. hell they always tended to give a lift to the front ends of a stock mk1 too...

what you describe on how it hits...

junk over gassed shocks...

tire pressure more then 28psi... hell my 15s run 25... yes 25... that number on side wall is max.. not reccomended tire pressure.. factory is 28 for a reason... and when low profile tires.. gotta drop lower.. but yes tires wear more.. but the arss feel better..

over sprung springs...

[8v-of-fury]

The springs are defo the crappiest set of drops I could buy.. I paid $58 for the set of four haha! They have no rebound properties at all lol.

Monroe did not have the Sensa-Trac 15+ years ago I do not think.. Have you ever read up on them? They are way more than what you pay for.. a really good strut..

Sensa-Trac products have a proven margin of safety:
Sensa-Trac shocks and struts adjust rapidly to changing road and weight conditions, delivering enhanced control with uncompromised ride comfort.
Sensa-Trac ride control products automatically adjust to changing conditions. They offer superior comfort for normal driving and deliver extra control when operating conditions get more demanding.

The Monroe® Sensa-Trac® strut with PSD (position sensitive damping) and the Safe Tech™ system combines our exclusive precision tapered grooves in the pressure tube with application engineered valving and Fluon banded piston to improve the ride, handling, and safety characteristics of the vehicle.

These features allow the Monroe Sensa-Trac strut to adjust more rapidly to changing road and weight conditions than any other available shock absorber.

The result: enhanced control with uncompromised ride comfort.

I was web surfing today, and I am definite I will be buying these in the VERY near future Do you think I should get the Cabby/Scirocco II style?

[8v-of-fury]

Pulled the front brakes apart to service them (routine maintenance, and it is why I get 5+ years to my rotors and pads 2.5 years to date on hardware pictured)




ughhh.... I found that the hard hitting right strut may have been blown, at the very least it blew my bump stop to pieces. It is a gas strut.. so I don't see where this oily fluid came from?




I also found out that I have cracked my exhaust at a weld from this past long weekends camping trip, and subsequent off road trail to get to the destination.. Sadness. With all this extra BS I gotta do, the AWIC has been back burner-ed for an even longer period of time which is totally non-heinous! On top of that I need to pull my passenger tie-rod and put in a new steering rack bushing, as I can hear the rack flopping around in there.. move it by hand too.

-Mk1Autohaus strut mount kit $100 shipped
-H&R sport/drops (set of 4) $277 shipped
-Steering rack bushing $31 shipped
-AWIC + full install kit and everything needed $580 shipped

Priorities are needed, but what is important?

[ORCoaster]

Oily fluid came from the strut case.  There is a bit around them all.  My guess is that it was hammering away and it just came out the top of the nut area where the strut shaft goes up.

And I just threw my old bump stops away last week.  They were the best but not as bad as yours. 

[410]

A gas strut also has oil in it.  The gas is added to prevent foaming of the oil.

[RabbitJockey]

what do you do to your brakes?