- black Series 1 G60 Mk1

Hi all just thought I would say hello, having bought my first Mk1 yesterday.

I have been a VW car enthusiast for some years having owned a couple Mk2 golfs both 8 + 16v and then a Mk3 vr6. i then went back to a Mk2 16v and restored it and recently sold my Corrado Vr6 project for something a little more vintage.

So after some thought I decided I wanted a car that had already had some work carried out on it as I am clearly I bit of a petrol head and found a 1980 Series 1 Mk1. Some of you may have seen it before. It's been treated to a 1800cc supercharged 200bhp out of a G60 Corrado. Resprayed and a decluttered engine bay. It was featured in Golf+ in May of this year. It's had a few alterations since then and I already ave a list of thing to do to get it up to scratch.

Here she is



Anyway, hello and I will be posting question up soon in the correct section as the brakes need some attention to start with.

Very nice

Great looking car, welcome mate!

Great looking car, welcome mate!

Cheers. Brakes will be the first job as the previous owner removed the servo so it's just running the master cylinder so the brakes are very very poor. He did it as he used it for shows to remove the clutter. It's a very bad idea. He also removed the washer bottle and heater set up. So I will be looking for all of those items to sort it out. I think a 16v cylinder and set up so if anyone has one knocking around I will buy

Hi charged nice mk1 indeed. Find  member on here called vw valver (iirc) he's got a laod of chrome stuff for sale. Some of it held for me but whats not held for me is a chromed 9" brake servo from a mk2 16v! Look nice on that im sure.

Hi Charged and welcome to the forum.

Lovely looking MK1 you have got yourself there. Better get those brakes sorted quick with 200bhp under your right foot

Got any engine bay shots and more pics of the car??

Smudger

Nice car, mate! Hope to see you about …. Give us a flash and wave if you see me n the cab  :cheer:

Cheers guys. How do I find VW Valver on here been having a play but can't seem to work out how. As will have that servo

Charged said

Cheers guys. How do I find VW Valver on here been having a play but can't seem to work out how. As will have that servo

http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=profile&mode=viewprofile&u=22284

There you go mate.  8)

http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=125132&highlight=

Hi

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I look forward to meeting you at some shows / club meets in the near future

Cheers

Rich

That's lush, I really like it. Are you a member of d2 dubs?? Its a new worcs club. If your on facebook have a look.

Cheers for the links above. Will have a look at the Facebook link. Hopefully get some more pictures up tomorrow. The engine needs some love as I am not happy with the set up of the supercharger pipework as some of the excess air is chucked back out of engine as opposed to fed back in to the charger.

Really nice car… Nice article on it in golf+ too. Best of luck with it.

It's got a different interior in it now from a mk2 with all 4 seats. It's needs some love and tidying. The engine needs some pipework sorting out as its not quite right. Brakes first though

Here are few pictures that made me buy the car from a magazine feature earlier this year




Right wheel off today to start some jobs. As its running standard brakes with no servo I have decided to start there. This is what I have to start with standard 239 brakes with 200 bhp


It was all covered with cv grease from a slight split in the boot.

Cleaning it all up and will paint the hub and renew the boot in next few days.  I have got my hands on a 270 tsr set up and will be painting it and fitting it over the next few days.

If there are any moderators looking at this post could you kick it too the projects section or gallery as this thread will be turning to a sort of build thread, as it turns out I have a bit to do to the car than I thought.

Welcome fellow newbie,
She looks great, look forward to seeing what you do with it, Cant believe its running standard brakes!

Right, work stalled over Christmas as you would expect. But getting back on track.

Got the TSR 270 brakes fitted now. Cleaned up and painted callipers. This will do to start with then I will get the servo on and go from there. Knowing me I will upgrade them next year again.




After this was done I dragged it out of the garage for the first time since I bought it to turn it round for the other side as I need to replace inner and outer boots as well as wheel bearing too. Makes a nice sound now as the original supercharger pipe is back on to stop unused air being dumped in to engine bay.

Welcome aboard mate!  Your new purchase looks the daddy.  Loving that engine bay.  I'm new on here too.

Most people when they do the boost modification (removal of excess boost recirculation) put a blanking plate on the right hand side of the charger.  In your case, the previous owner obviously put a twin inlet kit on .
There are pro's and cons of doing this mod as follows.
Doing a boost return delete stops pre compressed air (very hot) from entering the charger again on the RHS.  Thsi obviously reduces intake temps slightly which is a good thing.
The cons are that a form of supercharger lubrication has now been gotten rid of as the excess boost carries oil vapour with it.  To get over this problem, spray the charger inlet with lube for 3 seconds every couple of thousand miles.
The other downside is that the excess boost obviously needs to go somewhere and most people will attach a pipe to the underside of the TB to guide the boost/oil mist towards the underside of the car.  This can make for a messy situation.  The solution is to fit a capture system and clean it out periodically.

I have made a custom twin intake system for my G60 that also allows for oil vapour/excess boost to be recirculated.  I'll get pics up when I can as its currently being worked on.

As for your brakes, the lack of servo will not have a detremental effect on braking performance, it will just give your leg muscles a work out.  It is an assistance item.  Now that you have specced up your disk size, the performance change should hopefully be noticable.  I would opt for braided brake lines while your on the job.

If your going togo down the route of making your motor a 16v, a good start is to purchase a scirrocco 16v inlet manifold and the elbow on teh right hand side of it.  There are 3 for sale on eBay.de at the mo.  Obviously the one to go for is the 50mm version.

Hope this info is helpfull to you in one way or another, I know you didnt ask for it but I thought it might shed some light on certain aspects of your car/engine.

All the best,
Tobe