# vw16vcabby's 1986 vw 16v turbo cabriolet **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [March 12, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928 "2006-03-12T21:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![peterock17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@peterock17](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/peterock17)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/21 "2006-03-13T11:05:29Z")
can’t wait to see what kinda numbers this cabby will do on the track. ---
**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/22 "2006-03-13T11:13:00Z")
> [@vtecsol](#): > > damn, the bet around the shop was mine would run first looks like i lose didint know i had a deadline to meet. all is know is those fwd hondas better find some way of hooking, b/c im not coming out until im ready to run and 100% done in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![FourGee6Tee3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5ac83/32.png) [@FourGee6Tee3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourGee6Tee3)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/23 "2006-03-13T12:51:31Z")
BRAVO looks great. all you need to do is stretch a pair of tires…just kidding ---
**Author:** ![ragtop86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@ragtop86](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ragtop86)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/24 "2006-03-13T13:06:17Z")
looks good but looks better in person can’t wait to hear it run congrats ---
**Author:** ![fmfkid250](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fmfkid250/32/5973_2.png) [@fmfkid250](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fmfkid250)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/25 "2006-03-13T17:18:47Z")
> [@vw16vcabby](#): > > didint know i had a deadline to meet. all is know is those fwd hondas better find some way of hooking, b/c im not coming out until im ready to run and 100% done in my eyes. we better get mike started on it then! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/26 "2006-03-13T20:14:05Z")
> [@fmfkid250](#): > > we better get mike started on it then! I already have. :mullet: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/27 "2006-03-13T20:21:28Z")
> [@vw16vcabby](#): > > all is know is those fwd hondas better find some way of hooking, b/c im not coming out until im ready to run and 100% done in my eyes. well gee, by then we’ll be cutting 1.5 60’ times on all season tires. :booty: :itr41: the cabby is lookin good though :bigthumb: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/28 "2006-03-13T20:24:50Z")
> [@Vapor Trail](#): > > well gee, by then we’ll be cutting 1.5 60’ times on all season tires. :booty: :itr41: > > the cabby is lookin good though :bigthumb: lol my new tires will be obsolete ---
**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/29 "2006-03-14T00:20:36Z")
> [@Vapor Trail](#): > > well gee, by then we’ll be cutting 1.5 60’ times on all season tires. :booty: :itr41: > > the cabby is lookin good though :bigthumb: thank u. should fire up tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![munster\_ek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/munster_ek/32/5977_2.png) [@munster\_ek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/munster_ek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/30 "2006-03-14T04:01:44Z")
Awesome. The Cabby’s come a long way ---
**Author:** ![kilmer420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@kilmer420](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kilmer420)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/31 "2006-03-14T18:28:36Z")
beat me to gettin ish done…looks good sailor!!! I wanna see a pic of that exhaust 🍺 ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Morris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9a28c/32.png) [@Mark\_Morris](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mark_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/32 "2006-03-17T06:28:13Z")
The beast has arisen! ---
**Author:** ![BETRAYED93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BETRAYED93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BETRAYED93)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/33 "2006-03-25T14:19:44Z")
Bitch Basket’s looking pretty sweet sailor… 1 of a kind… can t wait till its done!! ---
**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/34 "2006-05-28T19:03:43Z")
well, car is 95% done. here is all i need. electronic boost controller 15lb wastegate spring alignment inspection tune i been doing alot of little shit on it the past month, mostly fab shit and cleaning it up. unlike the last time around, everything is neat and proper. just hope like last time, i can beat the piss out of it and it keeps running strong. i actually have had the car outside and drove it around the parking lot. but my trips are limited because i changed my alternator setup last second to something cleaner. what fucks me though is the crank pulley i need to use needs milled 6mm to attach to the crank so belts align. this drives the waterpump and the alternator. so a double whammy of no cooling and no charging. i have 4 pulleys out trying to get done now for almost a month. should have one back on wednesday-- so that means i will be running again. be nice to be ready to go by thunder in the burgh. but if not, no biggie. catch me on the street or track. since my intiial post, the aeromotive pump died. was replaced w/ a bosch 044 pump. i changed th ealternator setup from audi 120 amp and fabed brackets to a mk3 golf jetta serpetine setup. also finished the interior. ---
**Author:** ![munster\_ek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/munster_ek/32/5977_2.png) [@munster\_ek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/munster_ek)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/35 "2006-05-28T20:10:30Z")
:bigok: Came a long way from the days of cleaning the injectors in the parking lot at UPJ. ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/36 "2006-05-28T21:19:19Z")
PICS!! :bigthumb: ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/37 "2006-05-29T03:56:59Z")
congrats mike! ---
**Author:** ![SmokinDiesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/38 "2006-05-29T07:47:40Z")
Sailor … Sounds good … but I cant see the pics … Congrats bro ---
**Author:** ![vw16vcabby](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vw16vcabby/32/5943_2.png) [@vw16vcabby](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vw16vcabby)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/39 "2006-12-21T16:55:35Z")
update… put about 1000 miles on it this last summer. injectors were to small to turn up the boost. Most i made was 18lbs, 3 lbs more than i ever ran when it was a 12 second daily driver. after getting pissed off in august when it ran hot on the way to flash light drags, the car sat. i ignored it for 2 months. culprit was a hose clamp that came loose. engine is ok… now i been redoing it. automatic tranny w/ 4k stall, reverse manual valve body and drive shaft shop stage 5 axles, dont forget the b&m shifter too. turbo changes to a 35r. bigger injectors to help it out. switching from aem wideband to ngk’s. ngk uses the ntk sensor, it is more accurate. my aem was all over the place. and lastly, i’m either buying an all aluminium scirocco rad, or making my own. gotta find a nice core. plan is to use a dual fan setup on the rad, but i need a slimline fan setup to clear the intake. probably grab a rocco rad from summit and a flexalite dual fan setup. have the tranny, have the money for the turbo and inejctors, a few side jobs away from having the money for the o2 sensor and the rad setup. see ya on the street this year. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw16vcabbys-1986-vw-16v-turbo-cabriolet/180928/40 "2006-12-21T17:17:43Z")
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