Today after work im hopefully welding a new downpipe as the one from the 1.6 rubs the bottom of the car at a certain rpm.
Grey_Smoke has been kind enough to send me a passenger fender and turn signal pig tails with his uncle who was visiting and lives near me!! (HURRAY!) for a very reasonable price too, i'm very greatful. I'm meeting his uncle on wednesday to pick them up.
I still need to book a time for the windshield to get replaced. I got extra days this week otherwise it would have been today.
RadoTD came over the other day and we drove each other's cars. There is something special about an AAZ powered Corrado. And his grin while driving my car re-assured me that my hard work might possibly be worth it once the jetta is a little nicer to look at.
I've got plans to paint the interior black as well. My friend tried out this dupli-colour vinyl & carpet paint and it works great on the vinyl - not so great on the carpet. So I think i'll take the seat covers off and the carpet out and soak them in a bath of dye instead of spraying them with a can.
Also, is there any chance that the pushrod in my transmission could be too long for the clutch set up i have? If not, Im thinking i should have found the 210mm plate that the pushrod pushes against. Could the 200mm one im using with the 210mm clutch, P.Plate and FW be fouling it up at all?
the reason i ask is my speedo jumped a couple times on hard accelerations and that clutch should never slip...
Could there be a slipage happening in the transmission anywhere? It definitely takes more torque than the old stock one but my stomach sank when i saw the speedo jump from about 70-80km/h...
ps. Expect to see a pretty sweet update from RadoTD and I. It has to do with intercoolers

we're stoked about it.
fuelly is retarded and wont take my trip mileage vs. fuel consumption. it goes off of the odometer reading vs. the previous fill up... which i think is stupid
anyways, i took 2 seconds to figure out my mileage and it is DISSSMALLL
19.0469393 MPG
that's over 12L/100km.