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And a few of the proposed turbo setup. The turbo is from a mercedes 300sd, exh manifold was bought on ebay and I think it was for an 8v gasser, and the intake was bought off of ebay germany and is supposed to be for a vanagon. I bought a couple of 2.5" mandrel bent 180 degree stainless pipes fo...

I've had this 85 golf for about three years now. It has never has near the power or economy that my 81 dasher had.....Kinda wish I had kept the dasher. I'm lucky to keep it at 55mph uphill on the interstate. I have read Hagar's thread and have followed many of his suggestions. I posted this in anoth...

I just got home from working a the shop for a while. Got the engine and trans out. Found a valve adjusting shim had been spit out. Probably from making contact with the piston when the rod cap came off. I had an 81 dasher a few years back and it lost a rod cap too. It got a new used rod and a fresh ...

I have an 85 Golf NA with an ACH trans. Been running it for the past three years and have only been able to get 33mpg at best also. Power has always been very low when going up hill. It was pretty normal to drop to 55mph uphill on the interstate. I have tried two known good used sets of injectors (p...