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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Golf mk2 gallery => Topic started by: s1monc on 16 March 2010, 21:17
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Hi, i've been hanging around on here for a while now so i thought i'd better post up some pic's of my little project.
I bought it in August 2009 for £352 off of E-bay with tax & MOT & drove it 130 miles home. I've done quite a few trackdays over the last 6 or 7 yrs & the Ring but that was in a Cossie & then an M3 Evo both modded along with R888's etc etc. I wanted to get into trackdays more but it was costing too much in an M3. Sold the M3 & bought an E39 M5 & this Mk2 Golf 16v.
It had a few holes in it & few other little issues but its only had 2 owners & is very straight. Had to have the rear sills welded up,also around o/s/r suspension turret, new battery tray welded in,the welding cost me £250. The car has been sitting down at a mates garage since i bought it in August 2009 slowly having bits done when time allowed. Got a second hand sparco cage for £200 which is now fitted, stainless Piper exh £70. Rear beam came off for poly bushes & new brake lines,goodridge hoses,discs,pads,bearings,handbrake cables.
Bought a secondhand OMP steering wheel of ebay, had lots of trouble since i bought the car with the horn contact ring earthing out & horn sounding all the time but i have sorted that, the washers didn't work but sorted that just bad connections.
So i have finally got the car back home & tinkering with it in my garage :smiley:, bought some Sebring alloys £100 & aerosoled them black,they came up really well,fitted R888 tyres. Anyway got more bits to fit,heres some pic's.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/simon1/P1010333.jpg)
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Cheers Simon.
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Nice. Get those collarbone snapping 2" harnesses out of it for safety's sake.
Swap the Sebrings for a modern set, too. Sebrings weigh about 9.5kg per corner. A good wheel like Team Dynamics will come in at 6.5kg and transform the handling from lead-footed to much more feelsome. I cannot emphasise that enough.
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Only really put that harness in to get it back home,will be getting a better quality one. Wheels are staying for now as i'm not sure how long i will keep the car for, so want to do a couple of trackdays 1st at Lydden local to me to see what i think of it as it feels a bit slow compared with what i'm used to but if its good fun then maybe spend a bit more on it. I've got the later hubs 22mm master cyl & 280mm brakes & front poly bushes to fit over the next few days. Its got lowered springs & shocks replaced at some point but they are too soft but still might try it out before putting more money in it. It actually drives really well for such an old car but you have to thrash the tits off it to make it go,noticed it pinks at high rpm but its got 95 ron in the tank at the moment, is it worth running ot on super ?
Cheers Simon.
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You're supposed to thrash the tits off 'em.
If it's pinking then it's either tuned for super....... oh, I was going to say 'the knock sensor might be goosed', but it's a D-plater with front quarters, so is it running K-Jet? If so then that'll be your problem - it'll be running out of fuel at high revs I suspect, if that's the case.
Dummp a tank of suepr in it and see how it goes, but as the ambient temperature comes up you're likely to be running into pinking problems again.
If you're polying it, seam-weld the wishbones while they're off. That sharpened up the turn-in on mine a fair bit, although I used TT rear bushes, which are stiffer than poly IMO.
Again, I can't over-state how much difference losing the Sebrings made to the handling on my Syncro - remember the maxim '1kg lost on unsprung weight is worth 7kg sprung weight'. It really is true.
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It was my intension to buy some TD pro race wheels before i bought the sebrings but i need to stick to a budget at the moment otherwise i'll be skint ! I'll try a tank of super unleaded & yes it is K jet. Its been sitting for 7 months so some of the petrol in the tank will be 7 months old which won't help ! Thanks for the pointers/help.
Simon.
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Bung super in it and reset the ignition timing once you've run some through it. Should be fine after that.
Cool to have another track MKII on here, hope you find the love and hang on to it.
nick
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i like this a lot!
yeah always use tesco 99 or shell vmax if your gonna be driving it hard, it will love you for it
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Spent about an hour in the garage this eve, got it up on axle stands to fit later 16v hubs with new bearings, Mk3 16v early calipers/carriers & 280mm discs,ebc yellows & braided hoses. Also going to fit some poly bushes to the wishbones. New lower ball joints & track rod ends. unfortunately it needs both inner & outer cv boots & both rack gaitors :cry:. . Will just be doing a bit at the time as i don't need to use the car & its in a nice warm garage :smiley: Don't have a clue when it comes to driveshafts though never removed one before. Bought the spline tool so i can remove from g/box end but not to sure about knocking cv joints off to renew boots. Its all going well at the moment anyway !
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Blimey - I get to post the CV how-to twice in one day: How to do inner and outer CVs (http://diamondhell.com/content/view/33/30/)
Seriously, if those wishbones are off, seam-weld them - it makes a big difference to the 'point-iness' of the car.
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OK OK i'll get the wishbone's seam welded, do you weld the whole seam or just put a few spots along the seams ?
A few bits that i've got to fit
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Old 239mm discs & new 280mm.
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Got both sides in bits now, luckily its only the n/s that needs driveshaft gaitors but the o/s steering rack track rod end is knackered & seized on solid, i will get it off but may take some time.
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Cheers Simon.
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Thats a very pretty mk2, good luck with all the work :)
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Wrong pic ! all bits removed now.
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Poly bushes fitted & Wishbones seam welded :smiley:, just going to clean them up a bit more & give them a quick coat of black Hammerite. Replaced the driveshaft gaitors & got the driveshaft back on & removed a stubborn trackrod end with some heat ! Its all going a bit slowly at the moment.
Just on the look out for some secondhand coilovers but quality ones.
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Simon.
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Car is all back together now and attended a trackday at Lydden Hill this weekend, quite suprised how well balanced the car is,seems to give really good feedback. Got a few issues to sort as oil temps were upto 130 on the mfa ! coolant gauge was also indicating past 3/4. Oil surge problem aswell plus my brand new R888 o/s/f is now illegal ned some spare wheels. I won't bother with another trackday until sort these issues but on the whole really pleased with the car.
Cheers Simon.
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Original radiator?
Get a new one in.
You may find it'll cure both issues.
20 year old rads don't do a lot of cooling under duress.
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The rad does look like its seen better days but it doesn't leak prob just not very efficient like you say. Anyway i know what issues i need to sort before i take it on another trackday but as the wife has just spent £23k on a new car today i am a little short of money plus my M5 needs a few bits doing so the Golf will just have to sit in the garage for a few months before it gets any attention :sad:
Simon.
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tsk.
Sort your priorities. :tongue: :grin:
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Fitted an oil catch tank and going to relocate the washer bottle to the rear but need a smaller washer bottle.
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Simon.
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why not run the breather straight out the block into the catch tank? then theres no oily vapour going into the intake, you need to block off where it goes into the airbox and inlet though.
or are you one of those greenpeace types :laugh:
loving the weld on the wishbones!
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Not posted on here for a while !
The engine finally gave up last year on a trackday, the headgasket had started to leak causing the cooling system to pressureize and blow hoses and i spun off the track as the antifreeze was leaking over my rear tyres !! I had already bought a abf bottom end and ported head so bought myself an engine stand and removed the old engine and built up the new one.
Bought myself a timing gun and gas analyser and set the engine up,runs perfect.
Did a couple of sessions at Lydden Hill 2 weeks ago and the new engine seems good,feels quite pokey compared to the old lump but i have got it booked in at Stealth Racing to see if they can squeeze some more power out of it with the WUR mod and will be interesting to see what power it is as its bits i've picked up along the way to build the engine on a budget e.g Hotgolf exh cam & lightened flywheel.
Simon.
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You've got K-Jet.
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I'm sorry.
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The car made 170bhp on Stealths rolling road so i'm happy with that :smiley:
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Uh huh.
Cos Stealth's rolling road has no reputation for over-reading at all. :grin:
Take it back when the weather's different - it'll return a different output figure.
Then it'll run lean at some point and spit its dummy.
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I wouldnt be surprised at 170 on kjet 2.0 abf with exhaust cam n wur done. If you can get 150bhp on a 1.8 with just a wur mod then 170bhp is more than achieveable on his.
Kjet is more than up to it if you can tune it properly
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The car made 170bhp on Stealths rolling road so i'm happy with that :smiley:
What was the peak torque figure Simon? no graph?
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146lbs at 5608rpm, i have got a graph but not taken a pic yet.
I could tell once the new 2.0 engine was in the car it felt quicker than the old 1.8 just more grunt everywhere. Gained about 9 BHP and 3lbs of torque at the top end after wur mod which is noticable on the road. Compared to the tired 1.8 16v engine the car feels a lot quicker now. I won't be taking it any further as its only a bit of fun at my local track Lydden hill. I'm not into VW's i only bought it 3 yrs ago as it was getting expensive tracking my M3 & 3dr Cossie at the time, i have had much more fun in the golf on track and its been so cheap to build/maintain, great fun little cars !
Simon.
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146lbs at 5608rpm, i have got a graph but not taken a pic yet.
I could tell once the new 2.0 engine was in the car it felt quicker than the old 1.8 just more grunt everywhere. Gained about 9 BHP and 3lbs of torque at the top end after wur mod which is noticable on the road. Compared to the tired 1.8 16v engine the car feels a lot quicker now. I won't be taking it any further as its only a bit of fun at my local track Lydden hill. I'm not into VW's i only bought it 3 yrs ago as it was getting expensive tracking my M3 & 3dr Cossie at the time, i have had much more fun in the golf on track and its been so cheap to build/maintain, great fun little cars !
Simon.
Good on ya. :cool:
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I've been to Lydden a few times to watch the Rallycross but not considered a track day there. It isn't that far from me (am in Essex). I hope they sweep all the muck & gravel off that the rally cars drop on the circuit :)
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I've been to Lydden a few times to watch the Rallycross but not considered a track day there. It isn't that far from me (am in Essex). I hope they sweep all the muck & gravel off that the rally cars drop on the circuit :)
The surface at Lydden is quite poor compared to other tracks, track tyres get hammered very quickly down there where as at Brands not nearly so much wear on the tyres.
Graphs if you can read them as very small print ! Torque seems quite low. before & after tune/wur mod.
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Simon.
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Id be inclined to say the fly figures are incorrect. Fwd car will only lose 15% max in transmission drag
torque figures are about right, 145-150lbft is correct for 2.0.