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- From: esc@ulysses.att.com (E. Steve Crandall)
- Subject: An unusual GTi - serious midlife crisis medicine
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.143322.12399@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:33:22 GMT
- Distribution: nj
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
- Lines: 49
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- I'm posting this to rec.autos.vw in nj as it is an unusual GTi that
- would be of much greater interest to folks here than other places.
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- We're getting a new car and I can't keep my heavily modified (but stock
- appearing) GTI.
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- '83 VW GTi with major modifications by Andy King of R+A Applied Arts
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- 89.8k miles - most major modifications at 40k miles
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- Koni adjustable shocks
- Neuspeed large diameter anti-roll bars - front and rear
- Neuspeed engine compartment brace
- Large diameter high capacity clutch installed at 80k miles
- Reworked shifter
- Drake (Offy) high compression hemihead/camshaft/valves
- Low restriction exhaust system
- Oil Cooler
- High quality injectors
- Stainless steel injector lines
- Upgraded brakes
- Deist 5 pt harness assembly on both front seats
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- New spark plug wires and platinum plugs at 80k miles
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- Comments
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- No radio, but antenna, wiring harnesses, and speakers installed
- paint (red) is faded
- VW GTi black bumper disease (black paint flakes)
- battery is 2 years old
- tires (Yoko 4 season high performance) have about 1 year left
- Vent windows inoperative (caulked due to wind noise)
- Mobil 1 used since break-in with oil and filter changed every 3k miles
- Regular maintenance by Andy King of R+A
- Sunroof
- never crashed
- LOTS of power, handles well -- serious mid-life crisis medicine!
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- asking $2500
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- Steve Crandall
- (908) 582-2361 (work)
- (908) 580-0506 (home)
- evan.crandall@att.com
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- PS Never raced
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