Shed-esque Golf2 Syncro

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Probably my favourite photo from last weekend.



Booked for a power run at InterPro in Thornbury on June 3rd.

Just for interest, really.

[Horney]

Good read that mate. Nice one.

Nick

[Diamond Hell]

That power run in full:



Diagnosis = crap map.

Only one way around that (in my mind).  Time for independent throttlebodies and Megasquirt:

Got these



Just taken delivery of a box of electronic components that will be built into an ECU shortly.

In the interim I've got an MOT to get through in the next couple of weeks, then the next 'ring trip 12-16th September.

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For those who don't Favebook here's a couple of crap laps from inside my car:

Lap 1

Lap 2

This was at the VAG Action Day at Combe on July 26th.

These were shot using my Pentax digital camera and a vacuum mount on the window of the car - much better than any other in-car footage I've ever managed!

Development continues slowly - DannyP showed up and took the MS components away at the weekend 'if I leave this in front of my Dad he won't be able to resist building it'.

After this I need to get a stub-manifold made up to carry the throttlebodies, buy some appropriately-sized silicone hoses and clamps and sort out the loom.  Then it'll probably be live-mapping out on the road before another rolling road session to confirm the mapping.

This will after the trip out to Germany 12-16th September, which will be completed on the existing spec.

[Mew]

Links don't work matey 

[Mr Blue]

Diamond.

How hard is it to convert a 3 door into a syncro? is it just a case of cut syncro floor pan...weld into 3 door floor pan. (use syncro fuel tank and all the other bits)

shorten the prop shaft and wack in a syncro box?

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How hard is it to convert a 3 door into a syncro? is it just a case of cut syncro floor pan...weld into 3 door floor pan. (use syncro fuel tank and all the other bits)

shorten the prop shaft and wack in a syncro box?

I'm not sure which propshaft you'd be shortening, but no it's not terribly simple!

The Syncro gearbox is only good for up to about 120bhp.  More than that and you need to replace the rivets in the diff and bolt it to stop it being pulled apart.  Alternatively start out with a cable-change gearbox from a Rallye Golf or Passat Syncro, which should be good to 250bhp.

If you think about it you'd be better off going over to Germany and picking up a 3 door LHD Syncro and converting it to RHD - it'll save a lot of MIG wire!

[sharpie]

Germany 12-16th September

yesss 

which will be completed on the existing spec.

boo

[Jay]

Sweet thread 

When you going to chuck in a VR6 or 1.8T ?