91' Mk2 GTi 16v Restoration project by newbie – help request

[lemski]

Chips for a valver mk2. Damn I need one of those. O wait its called turn the fuel up and spend a day tweaking the k-jet.
There is a relay to reaise the limitet to 7500rpm or 8000rpm.
Oem is stock, you seem to be swaying to oem+ (I think that's what I mean any way)

[francescop1]

thanks to everyone for their replies. I think i will be sticking with kjet for the moment with my mind on upgrading to megasquirt in the future.

I have done some more research into suspension upgrades and it seems that reviews for kits on the mk2 are few..
I have found some combos that might interest me and i was wondering if anyone can testify to their experience with these. I will be diying these so im giving some rough pricing on each. I wouldnt want to mix and match dampers and springs as im of the opinion that kits by the same manufacturer work better with each other. As i will not be using the car on track i want something that driveable every day and not too harsh but an upgrade on OEM.

eibach pro kit (dampers/springs) eibach antirolls - around 750
koni spr.t  kit (dampers/springs) eibach antirolls - around 500 (if im not mistaken this is a new entry level kit)
http://www.vwspeed.co.uk/volkswagen/vw-parts/Golf_2_STR_T_Kit-3024-477.html
kw sports  kit (dampers/springs) KW antirolls     - around 630

[lemski]

It depends what what sort of drop you want? Upto 60 spring and dampers. Koni is a good choice for that. Ot coiloverd for an all round setup. I prefer coilovers

[Neo Badness]

Depends how often you want to change the ride height of your car? This issue has been covered to death in other parts of the forum.

IMO I reckon a set of fixed rate suspension(springs/dampers) -40mm would be your best bet for not overdoing the lowering and keeping it almost OEM. Getting the benifit of lowering the car but not dropping it on it's hoop.

[francescop1]

do you think the eibach kit is worth the extra 50% over the konis? - or should i spend the extra 200 odd quid on booze and women?

[lemski]

I would go koni. And other 200 on some goodies for in the bay. Maybe some uprated brakes and pads too get it to stop better

[Wayne]

do you think the eibach kit is worth the extra 50% over the konis? - or should i spend the extra 200 odd quid on booze and women?

Koni kit will be fine. 

[Sam]

This thread is going in the right direction but also missing the point. The op stated that they wanted to stick as original as possible and in true gtiforum style, we have pushed them in the complete opposite direction. Just wanted to make sure that the OP was aware that this had happened. 

[lemski]

It'll still look standard. Just say his suspension has sagged cos its old, :/

[francescop1]

looks like i ll be going with koni kit then...

- question: i want to put powerflex/superpro bushes everywhere, is that going to be doable if im doing it myself?