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I daily drove my 84 Rabbit ABA swap for about a year until this past February, when a series of increasingly inopportune electrical issues forced me to get a newer car as my daily until I had time to fix it.
I covered it for the winter, and in April started ripping out wiring to start fresh.
It turned out the wiring was a total disaster, such as horn tied to parking light harness, fuel pump wiring wrapped around steering rack, etc, so since wiring is my weak suite I enlisted one of the master techs from the VW dealer I work for (I'm in sales). Pic is of wife steering while the car was winched onto the trailer.
Fast forward three months of working on the car during off hours, discovering the brake booster and master cylinder were shot, sourcing a fuel rail that actually worked, etc, and the car now runs and drives! Drove it home from Martinsburg WV to northern VA last week.
Drove it to work last week to get turn signals and horn wired correctly, and to put it on the lift to fix parking brake cables so it'll pass inspection.
I had originally planned to run 13" Compomotive Turbos that I picked up in June at Vagfair, and put the car on air, but when a coworker started parting his hoard of parts intended for a mk2 golf syncro, I changed plans.
As of two days ago, I am now the owner of a bare 16v block, built 16v head, and a Lysholm supercharger.
I hadn't budgeted for all of that, so it'll be a while before I have cash to piece together the rest of what I need, e.g. trans, diff, brakes, wheels to clear brakes, upgraded suspension, etc, but I'll be very excitedly posting here in the meantime.
The Goal: 250whp, full interior, all done by mk1 madness next summer.
I covered it for the winter, and in April started ripping out wiring to start fresh.
It turned out the wiring was a total disaster, such as horn tied to parking light harness, fuel pump wiring wrapped around steering rack, etc, so since wiring is my weak suite I enlisted one of the master techs from the VW dealer I work for (I'm in sales). Pic is of wife steering while the car was winched onto the trailer.
Fast forward three months of working on the car during off hours, discovering the brake booster and master cylinder were shot, sourcing a fuel rail that actually worked, etc, and the car now runs and drives! Drove it home from Martinsburg WV to northern VA last week.
Drove it to work last week to get turn signals and horn wired correctly, and to put it on the lift to fix parking brake cables so it'll pass inspection.
I had originally planned to run 13" Compomotive Turbos that I picked up in June at Vagfair, and put the car on air, but when a coworker started parting his hoard of parts intended for a mk2 golf syncro, I changed plans.
As of two days ago, I am now the owner of a bare 16v block, built 16v head, and a Lysholm supercharger.
I hadn't budgeted for all of that, so it'll be a while before I have cash to piece together the rest of what I need, e.g. trans, diff, brakes, wheels to clear brakes, upgraded suspension, etc, but I'll be very excitedly posting here in the meantime.
The Goal: 250whp, full interior, all done by mk1 madness next summer.
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