Just read up on all the posts. Brilliant thread and it's really nice to see someone ploughing hard earned into thier MKII.
I too have a MKII which is why i'm sitting here reading/posting funnily enough!
Mines the same colour as yours Dizzie. Its a 1990 GTI 8valve. Soon to be a 16Valve (heavily modified) or 20VT. Undecided yet as to what to do.
I have a friend who's spent silly amounts of money on his OE engine, a 16Valve. The last time he had it rolling roaded it was 170bhp @ the wheels. When he took me out I was gob smacked and scared I guess.
I've owned a good few performance cars so do know what "fast" is. One car I bought had 321 Hp (BMW M3 Evo), the others about 240 hp mark and this Golf just seemed to be faster. Its mad I can't explain it. He's spent
?'s on this car and it shows. It's got Carbs the size of small Pizza's, paintwork like glass and thinking about it gives me goosebumps lol!
What really made me think it was quick was where we launched and I do mean launched down a section of road and when selecting 2nd gear all I could hear was wheelspin and revlimiter (obviously no good when you're trying to go fast lol). He's got a Quaif Diff in it so both wheels were screaming as we shot down the road, getting to 100mph in what seemed like a blink. It inspired me to have an engine put into my car.
My last car was a Subaru and well the Golf just doesn't compare whilst driving. Asthetically yes it does, I love the shape of a MKII Golf, always have done. I've only had the car about 2 months, I was getting bored of it (i'm that type where I get bored of something quickly) but then stumbled on this thread and thought "stick with it".
My car needs some arch work at the moment (no writing left on the rear tyres) as its scrubbing the tyres like mad. 9J X 16 Brock B2's are on the car. I need to get the arches sorted (G60+rolled/cut/flattened) asap before I have a blow out.
I'm dying to see some pictures of the car, will go have a nose about on here now to see if I can find some!
Cheers!
