Mk1 Scirocco- light Blue

[Hydro]

I am ready to change from my Old Oval Beetle... to a nice
watercooled car. Luckily my Brother has this Scirocco.
- I persuaded him to let me have it.

It is a Mk1 TS 1.6 with twin Dells. It hasnt been on the road for a few years now.
Was Light Blue with multi Coloured Stripes down the sides.
VolksSpares in S.A. used to own it.

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This car used to be in Fairfield. Its now garaged elsewhere.
I'm keen to get it and start the work , but there's always stuff holding
up progress.
Glenn.

[99gti]

Congrats! If u need help with the motor give Matt aka golf loon a buzz or a pm. He's a master with the older wc's.

[william]

we welcome rocco owners with open arms congrats mate what engine did you get?

[william]

there a good thread on here about a turbod mk1 rocco 16v

[Hydro]

Thanks for the Welcome Guys.
I will need to see Matt regarding the Brake improvements.
Those standard brakes get scary at times.!


I already know what a Great car it is to drive. It corners like nothing else.
Glenn.

[Hydro]

William , your IBiza is Unreal, just checked out your pic.
Glenn.

[Golf Houso]

A blue scirocco in Fairfield? How come I've never seen it... oh well, at least its going to a better place. You said it was in storage was it? Regardless I look forward to seeing the car brought back to its original pristine condition!

Good luck m8!

[Jarred]

yay for more roccos. Congrats on your buy, make sure you take lots of pics to share with us all! And dont worry about paint. I just finished painting my mk 1 golf in the garage., so not all the restos on here are going to be show cars!

Welcome mate

[william]

cheers mate thats an old pic looks better now dvr68u brenton is the fellas name nice guy him and mat from camden gti are the people to see mat has a factory located in campbell town called gti performance i also offer my services too for a couple of beers goodluck with the build sounds tasty so far pics help tho

[Hydro]

Found this on matey-matey.com/dis_2

The biggest structural alteration to the engine was the adoption of bowl-in-piston combustion chambers of a 'Heron' design (dish-headed piston crowns), which allowed the engineers to raise the compression ratio from 8.2:1 to 9.5:1. The inlet valves were enlarged, whilst the main and big end bearings were uprated to cope with the increased engine speeds. These changes raised the output of the engine from 75BHP to 110BHP at 6100rpm, and maximum torque was increased to 101lb ft at 5000 rpm. As the figures suggest, the new engine's peak power was produced at the top end of the rev-range, which coupled with the engines inherent eagerness to rev, forced the inclusion of a rev limiter with a cut-out set at 6900 rpm.

Following lengthy testing, an airdam was added under the bumper at the front of the car to improve stability at speed. To offset the subsequent reduction in airflow over the 'sump', an oilcooler was mounted to the side of the radiator. Placed directly in the air-stream, it helped reduce the higher oil temperatures of the newly tuned engine. Unlike the generation of similar cars that would soon follow in the GTI's footsteps, no other spoilers were fitted to the Golf. A variety of airdams and ailerons were tested, but were ultimately rejected as their marginal benefits were outweighed by their weight and detriment to the car's appearance. As demonstrated later, the prudence of this decision to keep the car subtle is undoubtedly a significant factor in the GTI's success.

With a resultant fifty-seven percent power increase over the standard 1600 Golf, Volkswagen's engineers wisely uprated the braking system. The solid front discs were replaced with ventilated items, whilst a larger servo was included to provide greater pedal assistance. For increased braking safety a load-proportioning valve was fitted to the rear suspension beam. The valve linked between the car and the suspension, directly apportioned rear braking effort according to load in the rear of the car. Under hard braking, the system would automatically lessen braking at the rear as the car began to dive at the nose, thus preventing premature and dangerous rear brake lock.
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I'll have to look at the GTI head to see what thats like.
I certainly need to improve the brakes.
Glenn.

[Golf Loon]

Only Mk1 GTI 1600cc engines are the heron ones. The engine you have is a 1600 cc non gti engine.

When is this car going to be driving?

[aliasmk2]

You are a lucky man hydro
These cars are my favourite VW
I have read somewhere that 16v version that came with bigger brakes & a 3' stright through exhaust, which gave it a better top speed than the porchse 911 of the day
Not to mention that it really looks the bussiness with the sleek lines it has

If you ever bother to sell it, I'm sure you would get a lot of attention

cheers Ian

[GoLfMan]

awesome stuff hydro !
economy over speed ohhh i dunno

[roccodingo]

You are a lucky man hydro
These cars are my favourite VW
I have read somewhere that 16v version that came with bigger brakes & a 3' stright through exhaust, which gave it a better top speed than the porchse 911 of the day
Not to mention that it really looks the bussiness with the sleek lines it has

If you ever bother to sell it, I'm sure you would get a lot of attention

cheers Ian

16 Valvers are the later body style ( scirocco2 ) still ,on the A1 platform tho.. same as Loons example.. never heard of the three foot exhaust tho..

[aliasmk2]

16 Valvers are the later body style ( scirocco2 ) still ,on the A1 platform tho.. same as Loons example.. never heard of the three foot exhaust tho..

Doh, I meant 3 inch exhaust