mk1 golf gti
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:50 pm
well a few of you know i recently purchased a mk1 golf gti , so thought i would start a project thread as it will be on track one day and possibly with the wife behind the wheel
car is a 1.8 non sunroof but sadly it was fitted with a glass roof many years ago, paintwork is all original but keyscratched and odd little dent here and there so this will be sorted out soon with a full respray, shame really as there is very little rust,
car had been of the road for about 3 years before i picked it up due to a high idle and a non existent clutch
this was sorted before i even drove it home from herts , both simple adjustments of idle screw and wound the clutch cable adjuster :lol: the guys face was a picture , he did not have a clue about anything mechanical and openly admited it .
a couple of pics after i got it back to colchester and a tcut and polish
put it in for an mot without doing anything and it flew through without even an advisory
picked up a set of bbs rims from an E30 and tried them today, and also ordered a set of new 195 45 15 wellys that will be turning up next week as the current ones are 55 profile
also picked up some original vag vdo gauges 'oil / water temp and volts' that have been popped in and just need wiring up
i had plans to keep this as standard as possible but already thinking about a supercharged g60 conversion, coilovers and obviously brakes, i think they weigh about 850 kg's so a pulley'd g60 putting out about 200hp should be quite entertaining
more to come :-D
car is a 1.8 non sunroof but sadly it was fitted with a glass roof many years ago, paintwork is all original but keyscratched and odd little dent here and there so this will be sorted out soon with a full respray, shame really as there is very little rust,
car had been of the road for about 3 years before i picked it up due to a high idle and a non existent clutch
this was sorted before i even drove it home from herts , both simple adjustments of idle screw and wound the clutch cable adjuster :lol: the guys face was a picture , he did not have a clue about anything mechanical and openly admited it .
a couple of pics after i got it back to colchester and a tcut and polish
put it in for an mot without doing anything and it flew through without even an advisory
picked up a set of bbs rims from an E30 and tried them today, and also ordered a set of new 195 45 15 wellys that will be turning up next week as the current ones are 55 profile
also picked up some original vag vdo gauges 'oil / water temp and volts' that have been popped in and just need wiring up
i had plans to keep this as standard as possible but already thinking about a supercharged g60 conversion, coilovers and obviously brakes, i think they weigh about 850 kg's so a pulley'd g60 putting out about 200hp should be quite entertaining
more to come :-D
