Automatic IDI, myth or reality

[RabbitJockey]

tyler built his mom an automatic aaz mk1 jetta with no turbo tho

[Laurentian]

A guy I knew had one new from dealer back in '86 and yes it was blue in and out.
He had a set-up with the dealer where they would come over and boost / start
the car free of charge when it would not fire up.
The guy did not keep it very long, his first and last VW.
Seems everyone had a VW back in the late eighties...

[8v-of-fury]

Yeah I remember seeing tylers moms car in there for the disection when I picked up a 1.9 head off of him. I wonder how that turned out?

Vw In the 80's was the car to have

I am so gonna put an aaz in front of an automatic maybe the 01M though.. That extra gear would be nice lol.

[BigVWman]

we did an idi auto 81 4door red rabbit for my mom back in the early 80's. She never did get the hang of a manual trans. It was slow but reliable.NOT a freeway car by any means. She drove it for years till the HG failed for the third time and we upgraded her to a gasser cabriolet. The 010 is a fairly strong trans there is a guy on vortex running one on a turbo gasser making quite a bit of power and says its bulletproof. They are simple and not much to go wrong in them! You can always add the clutches to make it similar to the audi5k, i think the vanagon 010 also had extra clutches.

[RabbitJockey]

we did an idi auto 81 4door red rabbit for my mom back in the early 80's. She never did get the hang of a manual trans. It was slow but reliable.NOT a freeway car by any means. She drove it for years till the HG failed for the third time and we upgraded her to a gasser cabriolet. The 010 is a fairly strong trans there is a guy on vortex running one on a turbo gasser making quite a bit of power and says its bulletproof. They are simple and not much to go wrong in them! You can always add the clutches to make it similar to the audi5k, i think the vanagon 010 also had extra clutches.

where do u live, this sounds like my old car

[truckinwagen]

never had a vw idi on a vw automatic, but I can say this about the IDI isuzu mated to an aisin warner automatic

I never thought I would like an automatic, and with the stock motor it was a real turd, but now that I have it making more power, I kinda like the auto

no loss of power for shifts(it actually accellerates faster during a shift) and you can load the drivetrain at a stop making takeoff much faster.
with a turbo, you could actually spool it while stopped, eliminating turbo lag issues from a stop, and since you stay in the throttle during shifts(hard in the throttle) you wont loose any boost in between gears.

I still like manual transmissions for the added control they give, but for going fast in a straight line nothing beats a well setup auto!

-Owen

[rabbitman]

I've alway liked autos better when they had a powerfuller engine hooked to it.. A gutless engine with an auto tranny is miserable to drive.....

[catlin_cava]

I will contribute to this 7 year bump!

I KNOW OF ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1988 Jetta Coupe(I am actually in the process of buying it for a project ) 1.6N/A AUTOMATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SLOW AS @#$#@#()* But he gets more MPG then my TDI lol

[BigVWman]

where do u live, this sounds like my old car

Back then I lived in Saint Clair Shores Michigan!
Currently apex nc
Are the fella that bought it by chance?

[RabbitJockey]

where do u live, this sounds like my old car

Back then I lived in Saint Clair Shores Michigan!
Currently apex nc
Are the fella that bought it by chance?

possibly it was a red 1983 factory automatic, red interior, i a trying to think of thngs that made it unique, had a smashed up rear drivers side arch, 4 button wheel, i have pictures actually, someone put a brand new amc head on it.  when i pulled the head off after a fatal run away i had, there were valve indents in the pistons from a previous incident.

[RabbitJockey]

[RabbitJockey]

[R.O.R-2.0]

thats a late 83 ^  ^  ^

its got the plastic a pillar trim.. and it looks like the close bumper brackets..

[RabbitJockey]

it also had a low water level sensor, factory oil cooler like a td, and a bunch of plastic cold air intake *** around the radiator like a td.  i am pretty sure the bumpers had shocks in them tho

[RabbitJockey]

u can see the shocks, had a soda bottle on there cause of the run away issues