[JASonic]

My first car was an 82 Rabbit. I bought it for $200 in 1990. Had 212,000 miles. That car was very fun to drive.

I had the clutch go out. I remember the mechanic telling me it was time to throw the car away because it was disposable. It pissed me off so bad.

I ran it without a battery for over a month. I would push it in reverse with one leg out the door to pop the clutch. The battery was pointless cuz it was so easy to start without it. It was "auto armour'd" at birth so there was no rust anywhere on it. Kick ass!!!!!

[Onemanzu]

Originally Posted by ItalianBullitt754 Holy hell! It's an overflow canister! The line is running from the thermostat area and has the cap and breather. Talk about creative. And Boy are VR6's ugly when not covered up. Looks like a narrow straight 6.

yea they aren't the prettiest blocks... they arent really a staright 6 but theyr aren't a V shapped block

[Onemanzu]

Originally Posted by ja002gl My first car was an 82 Rabbit. I bought it for $200 in 1990. Had 212,000 miles. That car was very fun to drive. I had the clutch go out. I remember the mechanic telling me it was time to throw the car away because it was disposable. It pissed me off so bad. I ran it without a battery for over a month. I would push it in reverse with one leg out the door to pop the clutch. The battery was pointless cuz it was so easy to start without it. It was "auto armour'd" at birth so there was no rust anywhere on it. Kick ass!!!!!

i know but i don't live on any type of hill what so ever... plus the battery is so dead it wont even power the fuel pump or anything its like come on... so i get no juice at all

[Iownastang]

Originally Posted by Onemanzu Originally Posted by ItalianBullitt754 Holy hell! It's an overflow canister! The line is running from the thermostat area and has the cap and breather. Talk about creative. And Boy are VR6's ugly when not covered up. Looks like a narrow straight 6. yea they aren't the prettiest blocks... they arent really a staright 6 but theyr aren't a V shapped block

i I would call it a diagonal 6

[Onemanzu]

sounds like a plan... you know what i have no idea how many cams it has i think 2... check the head




my plans are to do a rebuild on the 1.6l 8v build it all forged and make it a 16 psi whore!! maybe put down bout 200 horse power to the wheels... that way im up in the power to weight of a GT mustang then all i need is a better tranny and OWNAGE

[JASonic]

sounds like you got one hell of a fun project OMZ. Im sure you'll post pics updates as you progess. Im looking forward to seeing what can be done.

[Iownastang]

put a 302 in it!

[Onemanzu]

ill show you my inspiration... lemme go find it



here you look at some!!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3401455&page=1

[JASonic]

why 4 door? Mine was 2 door. I think it had like 80 hp. It was actually fuel injected. I learned alot from that car. I bought a Chiltons and did alot of work myself with a very basic tool set. There was tons of room to get at things and it was so simple. I do miss the car. I think I could get better than 30 miles per gallon out of it to (pretty good for that year)

I didnt realize there were so many enthusists.

[JASonic]

I remember the exhaust fell off it at one point. I went to a car parts store and bought ( I think it was called "cherry bomb) muffler. I twas loud and obnoxious. It was basically a fart can. Everyone teased me about it but it was fun to hear that little motor just zippin along. In 1990, the whole "import" thing hadnt taken off yet so my car was kind of out of place. It was a little ahead of its time.

[Onemanzu]

ha ha oh yea vwvortex.com is just full of enthusiasts... its crazy...

its a four door cause thats all i could find but i think its a good thing longer frame with only a hundred more poundes ya know?

i plan to road rally so yea

and im going to order a Bentley manual for it and be set

[JASonic]

Back in the day, there was a guy who had the same year as mine. He did the coolest thing to it. He chopped it.

He cut 8 inches off the top. You could only barely tell where he welded it. He did the whole thing in like 3 hours. I wish I had pictures. It looked like a really mean pissed off little Rabbit. He was able to do something with the all the side windows but it had no windshield or back glass. Maybe later he added it, Im not sure.

[Onemanzu]

wicked!

[ItalianBullitt754]

I'd like to see that. I have always been intreaged by the VR6 engines. The crank stroke and head porting and valve operation is conveluted. Still they sound awesome and run well.