I appreciate the compliments very much fellas. I love this car very much and hope I can keep it going for life (wish me luck on that). In the spring, I'll be making a video or two of driving it so check back if you're interested. Thanks again all for the nice words.

@jbradord

5 жыл бұрын

Fopeano where did you get the intake from bud

Awesome build! I'm looking to build something like this with a jetta mk2 for my first car. I'm in China, and the mk2 chassis was mass produced here for about thirty years, so they're everywhere and cheap. A mk4 20v was also available. Your video really gave me inspiration, thanks!

Hey man saw you avatar while watching another video. I love your car, you nailed it. Miss my 91 8v. Just sold my 92 vr6 swap. Still have a 93 corrado that needs ALOT of love. But the corrado is not the same as a mk2...

Nice suspension part. keep up the good work.

Nice ride. It's a nice summer car to tear around in for sure. I always like the Mk II's. I had one just like it about 20 years ago (with Dodge Shelby rims). I miss it now.

Nice

This was my first Vw watercooled back then i did not know anything about VW it was a 1987 so i decided to spend some money installed a Neuspeed cam, Leitritz exhaust plus the year i bought was in 1994 and the internet was not up and running yet but it was a fun back then I wished I could have bought the Gli version.

@Fopeano

8 жыл бұрын

+edward g For a couple years I was daily driving a matching red 88 GLI, it was really nice. The right rear strut tower was rusted out and leaking water into the trunk, so I unfortunately chose to sell it for parts when the headgasket failed. I did save the engine in case I ever decide to put it in this car. I was done building this car before KZread came around, but I at least had the VwVortex forums. The kids have it so much easier these days trying to learn about their cars.

hey I know its been almost 5 years since you posted this but I kinda skipped some parts of the video when i rewatch it i cant tell so is it straight pipe what or what are you using? im getting one next month and Im in love with the sound your is producing and wanted to do the same. Good looking Jetta btw Have a nice day

@Fopeano

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I hope you ended up getting the Jetta. Sorry this comment slipped through for so long. It's dual outlet manifold and downpipe that goes to a 95 Jetta ABA cat with the 55mm outlet. This cat is a big ol' fat one and it's hollow, that's the snowmobile type resonation you hear in the middle of the car. After that it's a Techtonics exhaust with the optional 2nd resonator and the Borla straight thru muffler (which is really loud without the extra resonator pipe). I've also used that resonator pipe to successfully quiet down really obnoxious raspy Honda exhausts.

WOW! What a bueat! I just got a 91 Jetta GL, having some trouble with fuses blowing from the fuel pump. Still trying to diagnose what s happening and just came across your vid! Just a question. How much has all this run you not including the time you spent doing it or shop time Just parts, pieces. Really curious, cause i love the way this car looks.

@Fopeano

9 жыл бұрын

NPRThatBlueCrayon I've been mulling over how to answer that question, but it's complicated. The easy answer is that when people ask how much to buy it, I say $15k. Probably is about $5k to buy the brakes, suspension, wheels, tires, lights, fender flares, seats, and other bits that can be seen. Some of the parts don't have the same price/availability as when I was putting this thing together. But then there's the cost of keeping a 25 year old economy car rust-free in the snowbelt, which tough to put a price on. That's why I just say it's 15 grand and scare them right off. Anyway, thanks a lot for the compliment. Even though this car is built for incredible handling, highway ramps, and downhill runs, I did make a lot of effort in the looks department as well.

What cam you have in there

I read from somewhere that you used to have a CSW chip. Between the CSW and the TT chip, which did you prefer? Does the TT chip get rid of the off the line hesitation? BTW YOUR CAR IS PRISTINE

@Fopeano

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for the compliment. Unfortunately the car is no longer pristine as it was wrecked, but I got 10k from the guy's insurance company and am in the process of rebuilding the car into a coupe with a K20 engine swap. The CSW chip was great when the engine was stock. It made the engine response much better, nearly the same as the TT chips I used later. It didn't really make more power, just drove much better. My next mod after that was the 8.5lb steel flywheel, and it really made the engine responsive. I moved on to the TT chips because of engine airflow improvements, not because the CSW chip was bad. The CSW chip is not for a car with a ported head/manifolds/cam/etc, and TT offers chips for that kind of situation that work. If you email me (in channel info) I can show you what I'm talking about.

Hey Man your Car is so nice i could look at it All day ,I really love it & I also like the 8v engine.Can I please ask you for some advice,Can i fit mk4 break callipers on the factory mk4 drum F|or the front wheels?

@Fopeano

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment. I don't understand your question, but will try to answer anyway. The rear brakes calipers can be replaced with Mk4 rear brake calipers. A special set of brake hoses with banjo bolts are needed. You should install properly fitted metal brake pipe from the rear axle pivot, but they can be connected directly to the stock drum brake pipe if needed. I'm not aware of swapping Mk4 brakes of any kind to the front of a Mk2/Mk3.

@yetiking6862

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the answer .Also i would liketo ask ,should I swap the 8v engine for vr6 or 1.8 Turbo ?Or just spend the money on the 8v Factory engine make it turbo .

@Fopeano

7 жыл бұрын

Don't turbo a Mk2 8v. If you want turbo, do Mk3 ABA 8v engine with a 16v head. I personally like the VR6 better than 1.8t, but I never went with either because of the drawbacks of both.

by any chance does this thing pass smog?😂 (ik dumb question) you have a pretty nice setup and i’m interested in doing a couple mods similar to yours

@Fopeano

4 жыл бұрын

I'd be interested to know as well, but it's never had the tailpipe properly sniffed.

i love this car. I've been wanting to cam my car any advice?

@Fopeano

9 жыл бұрын

Well this thing has a Techtonics 268 cam with stock valve springs. At the time I was building this car, all known aftermarket HD valve springs were breaking and I felt I couldn't reliably run a more aggressive cam. Now you've got me cam shopping, looking at a Techtonics 276. They are now selling more digifant chips than they used to for cammed engines. The best advice I can give is to think of your entire intake/engine/exhaust as a system. The cam determines how much air the existing cylinder head can flow, but the intake/pre-cat exhaust/chip tune need to be well matched for it to run great.

@lewsergarage5903

4 жыл бұрын

Fopeano did you end up getting a bigger cam and upgraded valve springs?

3:04 - The filter. I have a 92 VW Jetta GL. It often cuts out in the rain. A simple puddle will make the car stall. Is this due to the filter that was pointed out at 3:04?

@Fopeano

8 жыл бұрын

Highly unlikely, although having the intake filter in that position is a very bad idea if the car drives through puddles because of the possibility of hydro-locking the engine. What's more likely to be your problem is that the ignition wires and/or distributor cap/rotor are worn and no longer seal out moisture. All that is right on the front of the engine and gets misted and lightly splashed with water when it's raining. When the car is running fine, mist that stuff with a spray bottle or garden hose and see if starts running bad and/or you see little electrical arcs. You may also get shocked if you touch those parts while it's running. You also may be able to see arcing in the dark even when it's dry and running fine (that is really cool looking). If any of these 'tests' show anything, do a tune up (replace cap/rotor/plugs/wires). And for god's sake don't buy the parts from a chain auto parts store. Only German parts specialists should be trusted, like Germanautoparts.com.

@ambermountain5101

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for steering me in the right direction. :-) . And yes, I've only put Bosch parts on the car. I love this car too much to do otherwise.

nice car..how often do these get turboed.or can they be

@Fopeano

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This particular engine is rarely fitted with a turbo, but the commonly available 16v and VR6 engines for this car have many known tried-and-true setups. Top tuners have a few cars known to be over 1000hp, but 250-500hp is more common for DIY-built street/track cars.

Hey, I know you from Vortex....this is pdxgti8v 2.0...Ha! i wasn't even looking at mk2 videos....

@Fopeano

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah man, and I remember you from way before the 2.0. Nice to see you here, you found my home on the internet! I bet you've had your GTI for longer than you've not had it. I still have a couple years to go with the Jetta before I can say that. We gotta keep these things rollin'

have you ever had any problems with rusted strut towers?

@Fopeano

7 жыл бұрын

Luckily no rust on this car, but I had my daily driven 88 GLI die from a horribly rusted out R/R strut tower about 7 years ago. I worked on one recently (one of my newer videos) that had some creeping in the front towers where there was seam sealer applied under the factory paint. That car had several mature rust holes in various parts of the floor pan structure, but the rust on the strut towers was still minimal.

@brandonruhl4525

7 жыл бұрын

+Fopeano thank you so much for the reply! I'm trying to buy a 1998 Jetta TDI for 1000, as a daily. only problem is the passenger side strut tower is a bit rusty just wanted to make sure before purchasing it. I have pictures aswell

I have this exact same car, looking to put $5000.00 towards it for now to see where I stand. Any ideas on where I should start (Was previously owned by an elderly couple so I doubt its been driven too hard)

@Fopeano

7 жыл бұрын

Pull the interior out, all the carpeting and sound deadening up, and find out how rotted the floors are. Scrape at the tar paper with a putty knife or prybar and it will come up easily anywhere it's rusty, and in some spots where it's not rusty. As far as modding it goes, I can't even begin to recommend anything without knowing what you want to do with the car. These cars can be modded into just about anything. If you want the engine and tranny from my car in the video, it's in upstate NY and available right now. I'm getting away from VW engines and swapping a Honda K20 into it.

@leonardmuller194

7 жыл бұрын

From what I can see its pretty rotted by the front passenger side. What can I use as a replacement in terms of sound deadening material? I know you get different types. Also I was told to scrap the stock motor (1600 8v) and put a VR6 motor in lol. I first want to clean the exterior by replacing most of whats old and worn and fix some of the dents. Also the shocks are shot and I wan to lower the ride height. I want to get rid of the rear drum brakes and replace them with disks. I literally want to rebuild the whole car

Update on this car. I'm doing the first mod project since 2005 on this car. It's getting a custom engine harness, trap door oil pan, brake cooling ducts, close ratio transmission, and a final engine mount upgrade. Another walkaround video will follow when it's all said and done, probably spring 2017.. Project Progress Thread on VwVortex: forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?7875297-1st-project-thread-since-2005-Mil-spec-engine-harness-2Y-Trans-INA-Oil-Pan-Etc

@lounistech5891

7 жыл бұрын

please tell me why u didn't put a front sway bar in your car ?

@Fopeano

7 жыл бұрын

Front sway bars cause understeer. It's complicated to explain, but the short version is that the sway bar transfers weight intended for the inside tire across the bar to the outside tire in a corner. At the same time, the outside tire with the suspension compressed pushes up on the inside tire's suspension. These things happening overloads the outside tire and underloads the inside tire at the same time, causing a loss of traction on that axle. If the springs are stiff enough and set up right, the body roll isn't excessive.

@lounistech5891

7 жыл бұрын

well i have an mk2 55 hp and the body roll is very big, i was thinking that maybe installing a front sway bar would reduce the body roll even though i don't have a rear sway bar, my suspension are stock one so can you please tell me what should i do ? should i buy suspension or sway bars our roads aren't good and i'm afraid to install stiff springs thus i'll have lots of rough driving and thanks for the help :)

@Fopeano

7 жыл бұрын

You would want to install a front sway bar in your case, which is what sway bars are for. It will reduce body roll and enhance transitional stability, without the negative effects of stiffer springs. The cost is lower overall traction when cornering at the limit, which most drivers do not do in the first place.

@lounistech5891

7 жыл бұрын

i must add that i have a golf mk2 not a jetta and what do you mean buy "overall traction when cornering at the limit"

Manual transmission 😯😒🤤

what rims?

@Fopeano

Жыл бұрын

15x6.5 Rota Slipstream knockoffs called Flik Blasts, bought in 2005. 4x100 ET35 73.1mm hub bore. I had one of them damaged and I'm having a hell of a time finding a match whether it's a Rota or a Drag Racing model. The small ones look like mine and the 17"+ have a different shape, and the listings sometimes show the 17" shape for the 15" wheel... It just keeps getting more complicated, but I digress. Order 15" Slipstreams today, and these are almost exactly what you're getting.

I just want to say, a guy named Zachary Maki wrecked this car 9/22/18. This great car was legally destroyed by a man who failed to observe traffic. It took 10 months of bickering with Zachary Maki's shit Esurance people to get paid half ($11k) of the car's value. In 2024, this is painful to watch. I'd rather still have the car....

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