1988 scirocco project (shortened bumpers too) by JonnyPhenomenon

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To answer your question: No, those are just rattle canned. (duplicolor high temp low gloss black)

Anything rubber or plastic would totally cook at the 400 degree curing temps for powder. I found this out the hard way when I powder coated my friends wheel and the hub centering ring was still inside it.  

made some more progress tonight. got the motor all aligned and bolted up. the manifold was the worst part. I have a Eurosportacc 4-2-1 race header, and it is a peice of crap. I dont know how they live with themselves while sending out garbage like this. 

let me explain the problem here:

first of all, the header was on the car when I got it, and it had a broken stud so it leaked out around the header on the drivers side. no biggie. I assumed previous owner was careless and didnt bother doing the studs right. but after I pulled the old motor and got the manifold off the car I relised that the craftsmanship of the manifold was totally subpar. 

the problem was that the tubes were weleded onto the flange from the inside. not usually an issue if done right. but in this case the welds were actually sticking out so far that they were preventing the flange from mating with the gasket.

my guess is the previous owner broke the stud because he was trying to get the manifold on tight enough to seal it up. I used new studs and tightened them up as much as I dared but I dont think it will seal. as it stands now the flange is considerably bent and twisted where I had to tighten one side so much more than the other to get it to press flat. I am worried the bolts will strip out my head. if that happens I might actually scream and kill someone. 

if anyone from eurosport is reading this, I have two words for you:

"Quality Control"

 (all three of these thumbs are unhappy with this header)

this is what I have: (dont buy it)

oh yeah. another kick in the pants tonight when I realised that the intake manifold I spent so much time preppring for the car will not fit. 

the GTI intame manifold and throttle body will not clear my strut bar. not the end of the world, sure. but I mounted the strut bar and torqued it up. I could hear the paint scratching under it. if I take it off now I will certainly find it all marred up beneath. 

anyway. 

heres the motor and strut bar

here is the intake mani that wont work.