Tech Spec
1998 VW JETTA GLX
Owner: Matt Zinn
Location: York, PA
Occupation: Euro Auto Service technician, bartender
Engine: 2.8 liter VR6 12v with VF-Engineering stage 3 V9 supercharger kit using polished blower, copper-plated side-mount intercooler, fuel rail and valve cover, brass-plated intake manifold and supercharger bracket, 550cc injectors, Walbro 255 lph fuel pump, head spacer, ARP bolts, Techtonics 2" downpipe, 2.5" cat-back exhaust, cam set and titanium lifters, 4-bar FPR, C2 Motorsport 4" MAF
Driveline: five-speed manual with Spec clutch and Peloquin LSD
Brakes: Zimmerman drilled rotors
Suspension: B&G coilovers
Wheels & Tires: 17x8" front, 17x10" rear Stahl S2 wheels with color-matched centers, 35mm front, 40mm rear spacers, 205/40-17 front, 215/40-17 rear Falken Ziex ZE-512 tires
Exterior: smoothed rear bumper and rockers, shaved and smoothed front bumper with Abt lip, Projektzwo mirrors, reinforced pinch welds, pulled fenders, deleted washer nozzles and GLX wing, extended trunk lip with widened rear quarters, smoked E-code headlights and lights, badgeless grille, Euro plate tub, deleted rear seams, car repainted OE Tornado red, black roof
Interior: seats upholstered in white leather with cream suede inserts, New Beetle headrests, color-matched carpeting, white suede headliner, sunroof slide cover and rear parcel shelf, dash, pillars, center console and door sills dyed white, white door cards with GLX leather parts wrapped in crme suede, Abt door pins, shift knob and gauge cluster, Sparco steering wheel in red suede, Wiechers polished roll-bar, Baak2Basics LED lighting AUDIO/VISUAL: Jensen DVD head unit, Eclipse front speakers, 12" sub and amplifier
Thanks: Megan, our families, Don
Garrett, Devin, Jeff, Eric, Jay, Kevin, Jason D at 4everkustoms.com, Jeff at Techtonics, CJ Tires, Gibble's Upholstery, Brandon at baak2basics.com, Migs at B&G Suspension, Steve Busse at Busse's Garage, Chris at C2 Motorsports, Grandfalloons Tavern and Cory Sterling at Euro Auto Source