40-page thread about a Jetta

[Eye of the Tiger]

FWIW, our unmuffled 1.6L 1980 Rabbit makes a grunty "boo-flap" noise rather than a resonance heavy "fart" sound like the Honda.

IIRC, when the exhaust fell off my brother's 2.slow, it didn't sound THAT bad.

Yeah, my Civic was a fart machine. With the huge exhaust leak in the Jetta, I can already tell it's not as bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOMcYTvA8a4

[280Z Turbo]

Our CRX has a Supertrap and a glasspack, but nothing takes the fart out of a Honda.

Would beano in the fuel tank help?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Our CRX has a Supertrap and a glasspack, but nothing takes the fart out of a Honda.

Would beano in the fuel tank help?

Supertrapp = SuperFART. There is nothing you can do, short of putting a turbo on it, can help a Civic.

[Eye of the Tiger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGaT4e4zJg

[280Z Turbo]

The turbo worked wonders for the L28 in my Z.

Stock L28Es sound like crap no matter what. L28ETs all sound AWESOME no matter what.

[Eye of the Tiger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGaT4e4zJg

actually, i think that's a vr6

here we are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3SYVsPEolE

The turbo worked wonders for the L28 in my Z.

Stock L28Es sound like crap no matter what. L28ETs all sound AWESOME no matter what.

yes, turbos make any open exhaust sound just wonderful

[280Z Turbo]

Here's a MKIV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZNiz6p8x0

[Eye of the Tiger]

Here's a MKIV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZNiz6p8x0

badass
but i'm not getting that

[280Z Turbo]

Unmuffled L28E:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6cNLkkYmXRI

L28ET:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4kIVEIDsgM0

[Eye of the Tiger]

Unmuffled L28E:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6cNLkkYmXRI

L28ET:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4kIVEIDsgM0

[280Z Turbo]

I get to listen to that anytime I want.

Except for now. Because I have no intake/exhaust gasket.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I get to listen to that anytime I want.

Except for now. Because I have no intake/exhaust gasket.

n00b

[Eye of the Tiger]

I could have a turbo noise, too


http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/products/turbo_kits/VW20.html





Stock             
110whp @ 5500rpm     
118lb?? ft @ 4500rpm 

Garrett Turbo Kit 
188whp @ 6200 rpm
203lb?? ft @ 4000 rpm 

[the Teuton]

How much does your car weigh?

[Eye of the Tiger]

How much does your car weigh?

2763

[280Z Turbo]

2763

Focus ZX3:

2551 lbs.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Focus ZX3:

2551 lbs.

Focus ZX3 =/= awesome shifter knob like my Jetta

[280Z Turbo]

Your shfit knob weighs 212 lbs?

[Raza]

Focus ZX3:

2551 lbs.

That makes sense.  Cheap American crap made of nothing but hopes and dreams.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Your shfit knob weighs 212 lbs?

it's weighted for better feel

[the Teuton]

My car = 2,670 lbs.

[Eye of the Tiger]

My car = 2,650 lbs.

i need that terbow

[280Z Turbo]

That makes sense.  Cheap American crap made of nothing but hopes and dreams.

It's not American. It's built in Mexico, designed in Germany, just like the Jetta.

[the Teuton]

i need that terbow

The autobox slows it down a little, but this should be an interesting time in July.

[Eye of the Tiger]

The autobox slows it down a little, but this should be an interesting time in July.

I do suspect that I shall actually keep the Jetta long enough to make it there, so I might need to do some real m0dz. Maybe I'll get a set of racing tires.

[280Z Turbo]

I do suspect that I shall actually keep the Jetta long enough to make it there, so I might need to do some real m0dz. Maybe I'll get a set of racing tires.

Get some off of a Hawn-duh.

The bolt pattern is the same.

[the Teuton]

I do suspect that I shall actually keep the Jetta long enough to make it there, so I might need to do some real m0dz. Maybe I'll get a set of racing tires.

Engine and suspension are my mild mods.  That, and tires.  It will be the shit on a very small scale.  Be ready, Nick.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Get some off of a Hawn-duh.

The bolt pattern is the same.

But I already have that set of Jetta wheels that I used on the 'st33m! Just needs new tires put on.

[280Z Turbo]

But I already have that set of Jetta wheels that I used on the 'st33m! Just needs new tires put on.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=AVS+ES100&vehicleSearch=false&partnum=96HR4ES100&fromCompare1=yes&place=5

[Eye of the Tiger]

Engine and suspension are my mild mods.  That, and tires.  It will be the shit on a very small scale.  Be ready, Nick.

You will have that 2.5 swapped in by then? And the RS suspension is it? Hmm... I don't want to get a crazy stiff suspension. The Jetta won't be totally kick ass on the track, but the stock setup is great for street use, so maybe I will just get a crazy stiff rear sway bar so I can dorifffttooo.