Re: 86 GTi need help

["Billy T." <btylaska@onramp.net>]

That car he asked about is a custom one-off type of car.  KBB will be
useless in giving any type of real value.  86 GTIs never came with a 2.0
16v, so a swap has been performed.  The motor was probably out of a car
that had been wrecked, and only had 30,000 miles.  The first 2.0 came in 91
Passats, so it is possible to find a low mileage motor in a yard.  The
second scenario is that the motor was built from a 1.8 16V, so that it has
been rebuilt, which might as well make it new(at time of rebuild) or even
better.  The clutch probably went in 2000 miles ago, maybe when the swap
was performed, or just because a new clutch was needed.  Putting in a
clutch is not the most demanding task.

Anyway, the car sounds worth it to me.
b-

Stash Ensign wrote:

> First of all, I'd strongly question the 30K miles quoted. Is that just
> 30K with the Weber carbs? Semantic problem, but that's a good
> way of 'modifying' the truth... The rest sounds pretty cool, although
> again I'd question how many miles the clutch has on it altogether...
> it may only have 2K on THIS GTi, but what about the source car...
> Otherwise about the only thing on there I don't like the sound of is
> clear turn signal lights... For all the work, and if the car is in good
> shape, $3500 doesn't sound *TOO* high. Check www.kbb.com .