Author Topic: Newbie from Helensburgh - My mk3 Gti  (Read 1021 times)

Offline kami

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Newbie from Helensburgh - My mk3 Gti
« on: 28 September 2009, 22:10 »
Hi peeps, with my Beetle Cabrio gone, and the money safely put in the bank for another project down the line, I've got myself a new toy to play with. I've been a fan of BWM's for a few years but this time I wanted something different, and this car came up at a great price, so  this is what I got....







Some of you's may recognise this car from the forum, so I'm afraid I can't take credit for this conversion , all this goes to the previous owners. It's been installed with a 2.9 VR6 corrado engine. The spec list makes some reading, I'll look through the paperwork and list it all up. But for the moment All I know it's it's riding on Koni coil overs and has uprated engine mounts and bushes as well as engine bay strut brace.

Looking at one of the graphs for the rolling road, it seems to be kicking out 210BHP. (it feels like it too   :grin:

Now I've just got the job of improving on the good work thats been done.

I've had to buy a new bonnet from the scrapyard as the front of this one is all dented. I'm looking to get a carbon fibre vinyl wrap done on the bonnet as opposed to paying to get it sprayed. (Works out cheaper.)

Thanks for looking and I'll keep the updates coming.

Offline Wayne

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Re: Newbie from Helensburgh - My mk3 Gti
« Reply #1 on: 28 September 2009, 23:23 »
Looks a good project, welcome to the site.

Offline koomey

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Re: Newbie from Helensburgh - My mk3 Gti
« Reply #2 on: 28 September 2009, 23:23 »
nice motor mate, i used to work in helensburgh, used to run bar budda before it became the riverside ( or whatever its called now ).