Vehicle Owner

Member ID: rhinodriver

Location: Nanaimo, BC

Vehicle Info

1990 Volkswagen Passat

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-606.5sec
  • Top Speed150mph
  • HP145
  • Weight2900lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • Custom Intake 

Car Audio & Video

Ratings

    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jun 30, 2004

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Chris’s Volkswagen Passat

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3 guestbook comments

So here it is, my baby. It is a 1990 Passat GL. The car currently has 120xxx km on it, and is running great. I have not done much in the way of mod's so far, tho i do have some plans in the near future.
rhinodriver's 1990 Volkswagen Passat
Interior:
Heated seats, AC and a very advanced MFA are all stock for this car, along with a lot of other luxury features. The MFA displays Oil temp, Outside Air temp, Fuel Consumption rate, Average trip speed, trip time, trip distance, Fuel counsumption history, trip time history, and total distance covered.

The heated seats are the only reason i dont have recaros in by now, tho they do not have much upper body support, they are something to look forward to every single cold winter morning. The rear does have this feature, but i do plan on adding it to the back soon, for now all they can do is recline back there ;)

Currently the AC is dead, and i plan on removing the 60 lbs of dead weight from the car, along with the power-stealing belt and pump.

rhinodriver's 1990 Volkswagen Passat

The stock stereo was in terrible shape, so i removed it, replacing it with a Pioneer deck , and an infinitiy speaker setup. The dash speakers were removed in the process. Other than that I havent done many interior mods to the car, and really have no intention of doing so. The only thing changed are the door light bulbs, which were replaced with blue LED's.

rhinodriver's 1990 Volkswagen Passat
Exterior:
- Sold the stock wheels, put on 16x7 Mille Miglia Evo5's
- Tinted Tail lights

Engine:
Basicly, all i have done in the way of engine mods, is chop the airbox, by far the best thing i have done to it since i got it... anywhere above 3000RPM the car now has a very throaty growel to it, very close to a VR6. It turns a lot of heads as is, but i plan on removing the middle muffler, making it once again , a lot louder... "if its too loud, you're too old"

rhinodriver's 1990 Volkswagen Passat
Basic Specs:

The car can do 0-60mph in 6.5 seconds, and tops out around 250 km.h (154 mph) right now

rhinodriver's 1990 Volkswagen Passat
Future:

- K&N High flow filter (est. +1-3 HP)
- Clear front turnsignals
- Coilovers
- Hella Eurospec headlights
- Badgless "angry" grill
- Shrick 260 - 278 Camshafts (est. +20 HP)
- Neuspeed tuning chip (est. +10 HP)
- Heated Rear seats
- Sub and amp added to audio setup
- Higher flow injectors
- Bore out to 2.2 Liters
- Cat-back 2.25" Exhaust
- Race header
- Neuspeed Front Upper Strut Tie-Bar

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mitovw  

Posted by: mitovw

04/13/2004 11:50AM

Nice B3. I've got a '93 VR6 and I love it. Check out my site sometime. Also, did you custom tint the taillights or did you buy them like that? I always thought the smoked taillights look great on that car, but I can never find a pair.

transamvk88  

Posted by: transamvk88

04/13/2004 10:06AM

nice passat. its good to see other b3 passats because there arent many left. come check out my passat and let me know what you think in my guestbook. also check out my links for passat bodykits, performance parts etc. you should also post your car on www.vwfixx.com its a good vw site.

axj167  

Posted by: axj167

03/15/2004 07:02AM

Wow nice Passat! I almost bought one of these myself. '90 Passat GL (I think it was a GL) It was red and had 2 Toyota hubcaps, one Taurus hubcap, and one generic. Ugly haha but the rest looked great inside and out and the handling wasn't too bad either. I didn't buy it only cause I didn't think I could afford a VW. My mechanic said they're really expensive to fix so I got a Ford instead. But yeah you're ride is looking very nice! Let me know if you get some interior shots soon

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Member ID: rhinodriver

Location: Nanaimo, BC