[s-cars] More S car (scirocco)

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I remember I got my first set of 3011 from 'tire rack' when the boys did  
small engine repair and tire/wheel sales out of a dingy garage in South  Bend.   
That was the first real 'performance' tire, and at 205/60  on 13 x 7 ATS 
wheels, that was the cats meow equivelent of 18's  today! Trivia:   P-S 3011 tire 
molds were later sold and  rebadged the Semperit High Speed Radial.
 
S version Sciroccos were equipped with awesome recaro seats from the  
factory.  Neuspeed is about the only supplier still around (they had the  trick 
triangulated rear stressbar for the A1, and those awesome eurethane  steering rack 
bushings, and the dual big bore tbody), Autotech had the trick  lower subframe 
bars, GMP was the sole importer of Zender products), and the dual  downpipe 
Gillet exhaust was hot, Cibie 195 fogs fit the factory spoiler, and  Cibie also 
had the flat rally 5 1/4 round inner highs for phenom lighting (with  the Z 
beam outers).  Jetta diesel 5spd was the close ratio cheater box,  Quaife made 
a limited slip diff (torsen?), the 16v GTI brakes bolted onto the A1  chassis. 
Setrab made a oil cooler kit, Neuspeed made a bolt on -10AN oil  
cooler/filter boss (still have mine).  After restoring 2 x 81 S cars, I  always pined 
after a Vr6 project, but a good S body is tough to find these  days.  BTW Chad, 
the 78 without air weighed in at 1888lbs from the  factory.  With full cage and 
interior my rally car tipped at 2040lbs.
 
The A1 scirocco was designed by Guigiaro at Ital Design, the A2> designs  
came back to VW in-house.   I bought my 78 from my ProRally  codriver when he 
bought a 81s.  At 6'6 he folded up into those recaros just  fine.  I remember 
getting Tire Rack's first set of 'euro snow', the  Vredestein which I ran on the 
rally car, and the grip was awesome.  So  well, that at Sno Drift PR in 82 I 
remember getting a visit from the  BFG guys asking about them.
 
Craig, thanks for the invite, though I'm sure my post count is still high  on 
this list in the archives (doh).  I'm a lurker these days, but the  Scirocco 
S thread piqued my interest for sure.  
 
SJ
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/13/2007 7:47:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
larrycleung at gmail.com writes:
yup. 3011

On 3/13/07, Steve Voit  <stevevoit at comcast.net> wrote:
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>  BINGO
>
>  Phoenix Stahlflex 3011 or 4011.  They were  fantastic!
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> *From:* LL - NY  [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:41  PM
> *To:* Steve Voit
> *Cc:* s-car-list at audifans.com
>  *Subject:* Re: [s-cars] More thoughts from my //Scirocco  cloS//et
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> Phoenix Stahflex 4011
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>  On 3/13/07, *Steve Voit* <stevevoit at comcast.net> wrote:
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>  Discussin' //Scirocco mods might bring out the rest of 'em, Paulie.
 
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