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kuklaki
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What year is your cabby?: 1989
Location: Cartersville, Ga
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by kuklaki » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:17 am
For everyone that has been asking me how the progress is going on my Cabby, here are the latest pics of what the hubby has been up to:
Viva la Purple Power!
Where is that supposed to go, again?
Viva la Parts4VWs! (is that a greasy box on my chair?!?)
And just 'cuz they are cute:
2nd 89 Cabriolet 8v (Crabby Cabby)
01 Jetta GLX (bun warmer)
87 Scirocco 16v (TWINS!)
71 Karmann Ghia (air sucker)
03 New Beetle turbo S (black widow)
01 Suzuki SV650 (go nekkid)
SoCal_Cabby
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What year is your cabby?: 0
Location: Escondido, CA
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by SoCal_Cabby » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:21 am
ok you have the cats, all you need now is the mice and your engine will be ready
kuklaki
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by kuklaki » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:36 am
SoCal_Cabby wrote: ok you have the cats, all you need now is the mice and your engine will be ready
Now gimme a little credit, with some tuning it's at least hamsters.
2nd 89 Cabriolet 8v (Crabby Cabby)
01 Jetta GLX (bun warmer)
87 Scirocco 16v (TWINS!)
71 Karmann Ghia (air sucker)
03 New Beetle turbo S (black widow)
01 Suzuki SV650 (go nekkid)
SoCal_Cabby
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What year is your cabby?: 0
Location: Escondido, CA
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by SoCal_Cabby » Wed Nov 26, 2003 1:49 am
WELL IF YOU WANT THE POWER OF A TURBO, YOU SHOULS USE GERBILS...LOL sorry bout the caps...lol
1lowcab
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Posts: 1809 Joined: Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:42 am
Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
Location: mt. vernon, ohio
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by 1lowcab » Wed Nov 26, 2003 2:06 am
oh man! now would be a great time to put on a P&P head and an ABA bottom end.
If you can't beat them, drop the top and pimp by 'em!
85 Mercedes 500SEL grey market euro
Bunch of GM crap
In need of a VW lol
cholos2
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Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
Location: North Cackalacky
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by cholos2 » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:54 am
Would a port and polish help any on those engines?
1lowcab
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Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
Location: mt. vernon, ohio
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by 1lowcab » Wed Nov 26, 2003 10:31 am
yes! and i'll be able to tell first hand by spring. i have a P&P head with a 2mm shave sitting on my workbench waiting to be put on.
If you can't beat them, drop the top and pimp by 'em!
85 Mercedes 500SEL grey market euro
Bunch of GM crap
In need of a VW lol
Calimus
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Posts: 2892 Joined: Mon Sep 02, 2002 11:40 pm
What year is your cabby?: 1989
Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
Location: Cartersville, Ga
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by Calimus » Wed Nov 26, 2003 10:55 am
P&P is on the list, but not for this engine. Basicly, this engine is replacing the one thats currently in the car.
I'm going to rebuilt the other engine, this one I'm just cleaning up and making purdy while replacing a few seals and gaskets.
The engine I rebuild will be getting P&P, prollie bored 20 over, new pistons/rings/rods/balanced crank and mild cam. That is unless I find a nice cheap 2L to cram in there instead. Which at some point will get a neuspeed SC and water injection.
16' Challenger ScatPack
05' Yamaha FJR1300
02' Honda VTX 1800C
1lowcab
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Posts: 1809 Joined: Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:42 am
Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
Location: mt. vernon, ohio
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by 1lowcab » Wed Nov 26, 2003 11:19 am
sweet!!!!!!!!!
If you can't beat them, drop the top and pimp by 'em!
85 Mercedes 500SEL grey market euro
Bunch of GM crap
In need of a VW lol
SoCal_Cabby
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by SoCal_Cabby » Thu Dec 11, 2003 6:52 pm
i need to cam mine and p&p, and a header. along with going through the entire engine to possibly swap over to a crossflow. then the turbo will go in. the vr6 turbo is gonna entirely too difficult to do
kuklaki
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by kuklaki » Fri Dec 12, 2003 2:46 am
Paint has now been applied, small advance in the work but looks really nice
2nd 89 Cabriolet 8v (Crabby Cabby)
01 Jetta GLX (bun warmer)
87 Scirocco 16v (TWINS!)
71 Karmann Ghia (air sucker)
03 New Beetle turbo S (black widow)
01 Suzuki SV650 (go nekkid)
SoCal_Cabby
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Posts: 2160 Joined: Sat Oct 11, 2003 2:49 pm
What year is your cabby?: 0
Location: Escondido, CA
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by SoCal_Cabby » Fri Dec 12, 2003 10:39 am
so where are the pix?
Calimus
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What year is your cabby?: 1989
Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
Location: Cartersville, Ga
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by Calimus » Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:25 am
Paint isn't finished just yet. This cold snap has made it difficult to get paint to stick and I'm having an issue with one intake mannie bolt. However, there should be some pics this weekend as I intend to move some heater in the garage so I can do some more work.
16' Challenger ScatPack
05' Yamaha FJR1300
02' Honda VTX 1800C