Its taken me all the way from Atlanta to Portland Oregon and everywhere in between. Its been drag raced, autocrossed and track dayed. I started to change it immediately with a larger exhaust. A 2 1/4" to replace the leaking original. Than I was off. Tiresmoker and I put in a Shrick 272* camshaft in the summer of '01 and a short throw shifter (now worn out as of 12/31/11). Stainless lines went on that year also, as they were cheaper than the 2rubber oem lines the mechanic needed to do the entire rear brake lines.
I started to contemplate turbocharging it. That would have been to much for a DD. About that time i instead bought and started work on my VR6 project while living in Atlanta.
Some specs... 1.8 Liter 8V bought with 67,000 miles. It has now maybe 200,000 miles. I'm not sure... I replaced the gauge cluster a few years ago.
2320 lbs without me in it. I'm the 2nd owner. Mobil 1 every 5000~7000 miles. Within that change interval I might add 1/2 a quart. its been like that for 10 years! More to come.
May 2001 Nelson Ledges raceway. tires had 1500 miles on them...and one track day
Photos by noisy cricket
. Rebuilt shift linkage 3 times. Though the last time I only needed to replace one part but decided to do the whole thing since I already had the parts shelved.
but did we do the transmission swap on Tony's '69 chevelle this year?? Any way back to the GTi.
*Cough* Cat delete also (was shot anyway) Ill worry about that in 2 yrs. 
actually when I was working on the bearing I looked at my GRM sticker on the air compressor and that triggered a memory. I thought about you guys and your hub bearings at the race in October.
