How far down the rabbit hole are you going?
ha ha - a pun on the Yankee golf naming?
As much as I wanted a 'VW' golf upgrade, I've fallen headlong and it's becoming a mix n match upgrade, but what the hell, I'll get something better and for a bit more money, a lot more car. Or so the plan goes anyway.
So how far down the hole? I've sourced a rebuilt, ported and heat treated M62 eaton with a fixed wheel (no clutch), am having the head ported for high flow, a cam change to aid supercharging, (still being researched), a cut and shut inlet manifold, add in megasquirt, ARP bolts and decompressing, then probably a TSR hybrid Mk2 ABF manifold, then it's been a proper exercise.
Chassis wise wishbones in process of welding reinforcement, maybe for the subframe too, then powder coating. Bearings, bushes, ball joints, cam belt, blah blah blah will all be renewed.
Strut bracing a sensible addition and eventually will get around to suspension, though some way off researching this yet.
Clutch will be sorted to cope, and finally a LSD will be considered depending on budget.
Aim is a very fast but tractable road car with an obscenely fat torque curve, not a dyno queen.
Aparently it's all in the girth of the curve, not the thin high peak
