Haha no worries. You just reminded me I still have my Zune tucked away in storage. I should dig it out and get it running again
The great thing about VCDS is the MASSIVE community and a wealth of knowledge available on the ross-tech forum, so you should be able to get the hang of it without too much trouble!
No worries and no rush! Fedex should have an online estimator where you feed it the dimensions of the box, how much it weighs and the zip its going to and it should give you a cost. Might be worth looking into
Yeah, they are basically go karts with a full interior and glass haha. A G60 swap would be so much fun!
I may be interested in those Koni Yellows if shipping costs aren't too crazy. I was working with a pretty tight budget, so it has Koni oranges and H&R street springs on it now
I'm hoping traffic will pick up on here as well. I came over after the last exodus from reddit and it's been slow going in the car communities
That's too bad to hear that a 12v is too heavy for a Mk2! I have a 12v in my Scirocco, and it still handles the same as it did with the 8v, but the big ol 26mm H&R rear sway bar definitely helps lol. I should dig up the imgur album I put together for it and post it here.
I think people still use imgur here, but I've also seen people using catbox, which I haven't looked into
Oh wow, a comment after all this time!
Thanks! We were considering big bumpers a while ago, but they're getting hard to find. Plus, the main reason we'd get them is to house an intercooler, but there are smaller option available now that fit in front of the radiator
If you have any VW content, please post it!
I guess technically a refund? I returned tools I rented from O'Reilly to fix the timing chain on my truck. 250,000 miles and still runs like a champ, just ignore the noisey lifter haha
Everything about Metroid Prime. Incredible soundtrack, gorgeous scenery, interesting wildlife, challenging bosses/puzzles, and so so so much lore. It's still probably my all time favorite game. Can't wait for Prime 4 to come out!
When I went to trade school in 2010 for automotive repair our instructors told us this was going to happen. At the time, I thought they were just grumpy old men who didn't like that cars were becoming more and more electronic. How wrong I was
I read an article in like 2011 where a group of engine builders rebuilt to factory spec and dyno tested the big 3's performance motors, each one of them produced over 700hp, not the ~350 they claimed haha. I wish I could find the article now, it was a great read.
I'd just like to add to this and recommend interstate batteries. They are a little bit more than house brand, but are much higher quality. For example: Every duralast brand battery I've bought started leaking after ~ 3 years. The last interstate I bought lasted for ~ 8 years/90k miles and was like $40 more than the cheapest battery
Nice, that's awesome! I'd like to be able to do that stuff myself, but getting past the initial learning curve seems really steep
But yeah, the turbo bricks forum will probably be your best bet, there is also swede speed, but they focus more on FWD volvos. As usual, the site based search function is garbage, so just use google
The volvo applications could definitely give you some good inspiration! We're pretty creative, especially when it comes to improving the (arguably okay-ish) ignition systems, especially on the older cars. Something that would be a little closer to your engine would be the B18 engine in the Volvo Amazon, P1800 and 140 cars, since they are also OHV
The GM coils are pretty small, so you may be able to mount them somewhere else. Looking at pictures of the engine on Google, it looks like there is some space midway down the block near the bell housing that would have enough space to mount them 3x3.
I know you wanted to be able to use off the shelf parts, but making your own spark plug leads is pretty easy, and cheap, which makes mounting them remotely a lot easier
They also have these competitions for HVAC and Electrical!
Yeah that sounds great to me! Let me know when you have it all packed up and ready and I'll DM you my address
Haha no worries. You just reminded me I still have my Zune tucked away in storage. I should dig it out and get it running again The great thing about VCDS is the MASSIVE community and a wealth of knowledge available on the ross-tech forum, so you should be able to get the hang of it without too much trouble!
No worries and no rush! Fedex should have an online estimator where you feed it the dimensions of the box, how much it weighs and the zip its going to and it should give you a cost. Might be worth looking into
Okay yeah that sounds great! Shipping is to zip 98059. I'll message you with my address after you've got an estimate
Yeah, they are basically go karts with a full interior and glass haha. A G60 swap would be so much fun! I may be interested in those Koni Yellows if shipping costs aren't too crazy. I was working with a pretty tight budget, so it has Koni oranges and H&R street springs on it now
I'm hoping traffic will pick up on here as well. I came over after the last exodus from reddit and it's been slow going in the car communities That's too bad to hear that a 12v is too heavy for a Mk2! I have a 12v in my Scirocco, and it still handles the same as it did with the 8v, but the big ol 26mm H&R rear sway bar definitely helps lol. I should dig up the imgur album I put together for it and post it here. I think people still use imgur here, but I've also seen people using catbox, which I haven't looked into
Oh wow, a comment after all this time!
Thanks! We were considering big bumpers a while ago, but they're getting hard to find. Plus, the main reason we'd get them is to house an intercooler, but there are smaller option available now that fit in front of the radiator If you have any VW content, please post it!
Whoa, I also have a gray tabby missing his left eye! How old is he/she?
I guess technically a refund? I returned tools I rented from O'Reilly to fix the timing chain on my truck. 250,000 miles and still runs like a champ, just ignore the noisey lifter haha
Everything about Metroid Prime. Incredible soundtrack, gorgeous scenery, interesting wildlife, challenging bosses/puzzles, and so so so much lore. It's still probably my all time favorite game. Can't wait for Prime 4 to come out!
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When I went to trade school in 2010 for automotive repair our instructors told us this was going to happen. At the time, I thought they were just grumpy old men who didn't like that cars were becoming more and more electronic. How wrong I was
Oh the irony of using a green wire
I read an article in like 2011 where a group of engine builders rebuilt to factory spec and dyno tested the big 3's performance motors, each one of them produced over 700hp, not the ~350 they claimed haha. I wish I could find the article now, it was a great read.
I'd just like to add to this and recommend interstate batteries. They are a little bit more than house brand, but are much higher quality. For example: Every duralast brand battery I've bought started leaking after ~ 3 years. The last interstate I bought lasted for ~ 8 years/90k miles and was like $40 more than the cheapest battery
The brand name haha
Nice, that's awesome! I'd like to be able to do that stuff myself, but getting past the initial learning curve seems really steep
But yeah, the turbo bricks forum will probably be your best bet, there is also swede speed, but they focus more on FWD volvos. As usual, the site based search function is garbage, so just use google
The volvo applications could definitely give you some good inspiration! We're pretty creative, especially when it comes to improving the (arguably okay-ish) ignition systems, especially on the older cars. Something that would be a little closer to your engine would be the B18 engine in the Volvo Amazon, P1800 and 140 cars, since they are also OHV
The GM coils are pretty small, so you may be able to mount them somewhere else. Looking at pictures of the engine on Google, it looks like there is some space midway down the block near the bell housing that would have enough space to mount them 3x3.
I know you wanted to be able to use off the shelf parts, but making your own spark plug leads is pretty easy, and cheap, which makes mounting them remotely a lot easier
Good luck!
I've never done one myself, but I've seen a lot of people use GM style Coil Near Plug. Mount the coils on the rocker cover, then use short plug wires. Most of what I've seen is from the Volvo community