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horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« on: 19 May 2009, 20:49 »
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Re: horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« Reply #1 on: 19 May 2009, 22:29 »
VW mk2 Golf GTi track day car

1986 3 door GTi

Shell

Striped out except for central locking, roof lining and dash.

Corrado front seats

Small Momo steering wheel.

A few dents, but Meh.

Engine

1.9 8v with K-Jet injection. Modified head, inlet and exhaust manifolds. Cam is a high lift long duration (Piper 286). Vsam Pro engine management with 5th injector.

Recent head gasket, head skim and cam belt. Last year it had all new bearings and an oil pump. New radiator and water pump.

Custom power flow exhaust (96DB@6000 rpm perfect for track days).

Power output should be around 140+bhp.

Suspension

Koni adjustable dampers and Spax springs. Poly bushed all round. Front strut brace. G60 top mounts.

Brakes

Front: Late 16v front callipers/hubs with 256mm drilled and grooved disks, Mintex 1155 pads

Rear: std mk2 golf callipers with std disks and pads.

Modified brake bias valve for stable braking. Racing brake fluid.

Wheels/Tyres

Compomotive 5 spoke 15” alloys finished in matt black.

Toyo R888s in medium compound.

Pics from ebay



























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Re: horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« Reply #2 on: 19 May 2009, 22:29 »
Had a few issues getting it started when I went to pick it up last night with my mate Mark so no pictures in daylight yet.

Pulls like a fricking train and pee's all over the corrado despite having less power. Drive back was bit scary in the rain on water logged roads with cut slicks!

Anyway here's some pics.







The best bit:





And a funny shot of a snail and a northloop.co.uk sticker. Made me and Mark chuckel anyway.



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Re: horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« Reply #3 on: 19 May 2009, 22:30 »
Swapped over the grill for an early 7 slat one. Also I've never been to the ring even if the car has so removed the northloop.co.uk sticker as well as Alex's name from the windows.

Some new pics.





Some retro Compomotive goodness wrapped in R888s.

















My Dubs together.





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Re: horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« Reply #4 on: 19 May 2009, 22:30 »
What a difference a day makes!

Rear lights swapped for standard items and small bumpers fitted. Going to need the wing brackets front and rear for the bumpers. Also need a replacement front valance as it's been hacked about to fit the spots on the big bumpers and a front splitter. Not to mention a quick blow over with rattle can after a quick sand to get rid of the surface rust.

Looks much less chav and more retro. Result!











Cost to date
Car - £500
Tax - £110
Grill + Lamps - £10
Small bumpers - £20
OE rear lamps - £10
Sold single lamp grill - £10-
Total - £640

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Re: horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« Reply #5 on: 19 May 2009, 22:31 »
More progress and pics this evening.

Picked up some new indicators from GSF for the grand total of £8. Fund some chav tape I used n the Passat when I fancied red stripes so used that on these non GTI bumpers and then cracked out the boiled linseed oil on all the plastics.

Looks much better I think you'll agree.









Cost to date
Car - £500
Tax - £110
Grill + Lamps - £10
Small bumpers - £20
OE rear lamps - £10
Sold single lamp grill - £10-
New Orange front Indicators - £8
Total - £648

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Re: horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« Reply #6 on: 19 May 2009, 22:41 »
And Mew has dug up an interesting article on Matey Matey about the car. That'll explain the slight outline of matey matey stickers in the side window then!

http://www.matey-matey.com/1900_mk2_gti.shtml

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Re: horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« Reply #7 on: 20 May 2009, 20:19 »
So after Mew's revelation of the very interesting article I thought tonight I would have a nosey through the history folder.


Erm I a bit shocked!

Engine - £3K ish with the management
Suspension - £600 including all the poly bushes
Exhaust - £400

£4K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« Reply #8 on: 24 May 2009, 16:16 »
It's been a very productive day today.

Repainted the rear valance and drivers door bottom, fitted the front splitter and added the pinstripes down the rubbing strips. Also fitted some GTI badges front and rear earlier in the week.

Pics:













Paint finish and match aren't 100% but it's not a show car and I just wanted it to look tidier and more original, not mint. Just need to pick up a front valance and the plastic above it and job's a gooden.

Cost to date
Car - £500
Tax - £110
Grill + Lamps - £10
Small bumpers - £20
OE rear lamps - £10
Sold single lamp grill - £10-
New Orange front Indicators - £8
GTi badges - £10
Front splitter - £15
Paint - £20
Total - £693

Nick

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Re: horney - "mkII Gti 8v Track Toy"
« Reply #9 on: 07 June 2009, 16:53 »
THis weekend I fitted the freshly painted front valance and refitted the front splitter. On friday night I picked up the wheels from Swaffgti for normal road use and extreme wet trackday use when the R888's won't cut it. Cleaned them up and boshed them on.

I really like them and think they suit the motorsport look of the car. I was toying with painting them Kawasaki Green but now there on I think a bright white is the way forward.

Some pics taken today.








Cost to date
Car - £500
Tax - £110
Grill + Lamps - £10
Small bumpers - £20
OE rear lamps - £10
Sold single lamp grill - £10-
New Orange front Indicators - £8
GTi badges - £10
Front splitter - £15
Paint - £20
Wet/Road wheels+tyres - £75
Total - £768

Nick