turbo tecnics

hi everyone, im shaun and newbee on this site, i have just been lucky and got myself a mk1 1600 gti that was converted by turbo tecnice back in early 80,s , im normaly a ford man but i just had to have this one, i was just wondering if anybody new of any other 1600 gtis that was converted by turbo tecnics. my mate said i come across a rare golf, just want to know if hes right or not

Hi, welcome to the forum. I have been around Mk1 Golfs for 30 years and never seen a turbo techniques version. Certainly remember reading about them in the 80's.

If I was to guess there must only be a handful of them about now, so yes you do have a rare Golf.

Now please post some pictures so we can see what you have!

i have a 3.0 essex capri and a xr2 and xr3i. i had every intention of buying another ford but when i seen this i had to have it, its not mint but i thought there cant be many about, the serial number is 379 so it very early in the companies  history. the car is very dirty at mo, i only got it yesterday and with work today i havnt had chance to get near it. i will get to it tomorrow and if you dont mind, i will send you pics ect and see what you think of it, i glad someone like you got back to me as you have lot years around these cars,

hi again richard, i have added pics of my car in ad my car, dont know if you can see it or not so im trying to send some more

Really nice looking car there. I know very little regarding your original question but I know what I like!


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thanks for your comment,  i only bought it as ive never seen another one,  i only bought it the other day , someone has plasterd the engin bay with underseal (plus side its rock solid so worked) so im thinking of taking engine out and having it resprayed in engine bay an get the engine painted aswel. i have wrote to turbo technics and asked them if they have records of how many mk1 1.6 was converted by them, hope they reply

That's a good looking car Shaun from the photos, looks like someone has spent plenty of time on it., if I can find my old books I will see if there is anything in thre about the conversions.

thanks, that would be great if you can find any info in your books. im still waiting for a reply from turbo technics, if the do reply i will let you know what they say. heres a pic of my 3.0 essex capr and escorti

Interesting car you have there, not many about.
You seem to be missing the cambelt cover, can you fit one in there with that pipe running near the cambelt?
It might make your clutch pedal feel a bit lighter if you route the cable in the right place, the speedo cable and throttle cable also seem to be moved and cable tied out of the way as they all should run over the cambelt cover.

yes other bits in the boot, no radiator aswel  at mo, the car not running ,  i only just bought it so i will get it in garage when i get time, im no mechanic but my mate is manager of a big national garage, he has 9 mechanics working for him and he sorts all my cars for me, i just like old cars, it got hammerd around and the bloke i got it from thinks the head/valves needs to be replaced, he gave me another complete  head he didnt get round to doing it, he just lost interest in it, i got it very cheap so i dont mind if it needs a full rebuid

Lots to keep your friend busy then.
They are pretty bomb prof engines as long as they have regular oil changes with a good quality filter (Genuine VW or Mann are only about £4) and let the oil get nice and warm before driving it hard.
My engine lasted 270,000 miles before it needed a rebuild.

thanks for the tips, i was going to take it garage today and i cant find the keys, my mate came to me and put a spanner on the crank and turned it ove by hand, took oil cap off and everything was moving ok, he said when i find keys he will do a compression test and take it from there. just happy not siezed

Has the car not run in a while?
If not then check inside the fuel tank before you start it for the 1st time, there is an inspection hole below the base of the rear seat, turn the fuel sender about 30 degrees and it should come out, it's like a bayonet fitting. If there is rust in the tank fish it out with a magnet then clean the magnet off and then place it back in the fuel tank and leave it in there to collect any more rusty bits. Check the filter on the fuel pick up is there and clean.
You don't want rusty bits of metal and dirt getting in to fuel injection system as it causes alsorts of problems and is a right nightmare to clear out.
Fit a new fuel filter as well before you start the car.

great idea with the magnet, never heard of that before. the car hasnt been on the road for 8 months now so i will make sure that gets done. still cant find keys but theres a ignition on ebay so i buy that and try get it in garage next week. i lost my key to my capri but i took door lock out and had a 4 didgit cnumber on it, had a key cut from that, wonder if its the same with the golf

shaunmmk1gti1600 said

hi everyone, im shaun and newbee on this site, i have just been lucky and got myself a mk1 1600 gti that was converted by turbo tecnice back in early 80,s , im normaly a ford man but i just had to have this one, i was just wondering if anybody new of any other 1600 gtis that was converted by turbo tecnics. my mate said i come across a rare golf, just want to know if hes right or not

I've seen a few 1.8 turbo technics conversions,but not 1.6 ones.
I remember parking my mk1 GTI next to another Lhasa Metallic with a turbo technics conversion at GTI International one year. That was a nice surprise  

ive never heard of a 1600 turbo technic and ive asked loads of people but nobody knows of one, i still havnt had a reply from turbo technics yet, ive just sent them another email, think i sen one every few days until they reply. cant wait to put it on the road and take to a few shows.