I hope you’re ready for a really sad story… However, before you reach for that box of Kleenex, rest assured that there is a happy ending. This installment of the Rally VRT project is financially and emotionally painful for me, but will hopefully be a major learning experience for everyone who follows this series. It involves impatience, excitement, and reckless abandon. I have witnessed these attributes destroy many projects before they even have a chance to develop, and now, I have fallen victim to them as well... Full Story...

2001 GTI VRT-5/24/06-Gone But Never Forgotten

8 bent valves a week after buying mine. Less than a week later it had a new drivetrain. I say breaking is just a good excuse to make it stronger. Which i see you think the same way.

is the $50 gift certificate i won for the A/b valid for a 1 hour cruise behind the wheel of that thing? I'll leave mine as collateral

Cant wait to see what you guys do next!

Thanks for all the support guys! The car is quite awesome at this point- and it's easy to forget all that happened (except for when i have to write about it!). We're definitely on the right track now... We do have some rear differential noise, possibly a broken spider gear in the rear diff- but i spoke with Gary Peloquin last week, and he assures me that we are only a couple weeks away from the release of his new rear Diff! Good news, indeed. I also have secured a complete, low mileage 2.9 VR Syncro drivetrain from a '97 Highline Gti from our partner company in Germany (look for more details on this soon!) to fortify our Rallye's underpinnings.

Ed can let you know on the drive time

I heard from Jess w/ the R32 about the engine going in yours!

at least you had a new one ready to go in

Quote, originally posted by leebro61 »

I was going to ask how much power you guys were making, and what you had done to the syncro to not self destruct at those power levels. People say syncro cant hold over 300whp/tq, but vortex rumors are plentiful.

ed has several spares on hand.....that is all i will say on this for right now! Ed can fill in the rest!

-nate

I know your lips are zipped about the LSD, but I figure it never hurts to ask, right? I just wanted to know if this rear LSD will be replacing the VC AND the rear diff all together? Sorry if the question is stupid.. I'm a syncro n00b.

Its obviously the easist awd conversion for most vw's, but im especially curious as to what can/should be replaced so it could hold serious power.

What are your power goals with the rallye?

(sorry for a million and one questions, but I have a vr6t project (built motor/standalone/built trans/etc) and if a feasible solid awd system became doable, I might consider it in the future)

Lee

Ed, there was some discussion on viscous coupling tweeks awhile back over at vwsyncro.co.uk, dunno what ever came of it... but here's a link:

http://www.vwsyncro.co.uk/foru...D=290

I'm waiting for the diff as well, and some of the white stuff to convince me even more that i need both front and rear.

I'll try and get some pics up close next time it's on a lift...

My spare shells will be here before I even get to drive the complete one.

Modified by pre 93 only at 8:27 PM 11-26-2004

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1585668

Put some quad tires on it for better grip. WOODS CARS FTW!

any dyno results of the new engine??
any updates on the rear diff that was supposed to be available in Sept