New for 2011 mk3 Golf race series

[danny_p]

ummm  this is intresting. really intresting  plan formingly intresting.
buy a shonky mk3 16v.  apply pixie dust  and play bumpercars.   it'd be awsome  motorsport and destroying mk3 golfs at the same time   

as the cordoba is parked up engine less and isn't going to be running with a 2ltr again as ABF''s of a competive speck cost lots and preping a mk3 chould well be cheeper than building a competitive 1.6 or 1.4 engine for the cordoba

[Diamond Hell]

Got the draft regulation in for this today and it will probably be too much for me to consider this year. A quick look would involve the following work:

6 point roll cage
Fire extinguisher system
Cut out switches
Buy and fit control cams
Buy control tyres
New seat and harness.

Put the rest back to standard.

 

It's a bit of a fecker, isn't it?

But then it's designed to be cheap entry (matron) so it's a 'go out and buy a shonky Golf3' effort really, isn't it?

Let's face it, it's finishing a sh*t car off in a proper way.

If I didn't have two small children who were eating all my money I'd be there like a shot. 

[The Mighty Elvi]

Just like elephants...it's where MK3's go to die. 


For one day, let them live like lions.

[snifferdog]

I got this image of a mk3 testing at silverstone emailed to me yesterday -



Looks like fun!

[Diamond Hell]

Don't think it's a championship car, if it is then it's got a LONG way to go with the prep!

[Sam]

For a start it doesnt have a cage....

[snifferdog]

The email -

Hi All,
 
I've attached a photo of one of the first Mk3s testing at Silverstone above - great to see one out on track !.
 
The car in question is a 16V which Ian Carvell has started work on - as you see it here it is partly stripped of the interior and has uprated suspension - the car will be completed over the next couple of months. Even with 150,000 miles behind it Ian commented that the engine still felt strong !.
 
Feedback on other builds would be appreciated, also any questions you may have.
 
I look forward to hearing from you.
 
Kind regards,
On behalf of the committee,
 
John.

[Diamond Hell]

as you see it here it is partly stripped of the interior and has uprated suspension - the car will be completed over the next couple of months. Even with 150,000 miles behind it Ian commented that the engine still felt strong

Errrr, uprated suspension?  New standard more like IIRC for a brief cruise through the regs.

Got a lot way to go with the prep if he's just taken out some trim and re-bushed/replaced the dampers on the suspension. 

[danny_p]

16 v  don't tend to go lame in the high miles but it'll still need rebuilding if it ever wants to win anything

[JamesW]

The guy doing that mk3 builds race cars for a living so don't think he will have much trouble sorting it in time

think that one is going to be avaiable to hire for races too.