Mk1 golf gti, 2L 16v, R1 Carbs. Nurburgring Nordschleife

Dubwanabe said

lookin mint is that another mk1 on the drive ?

Yeah thats another i picked up as spares. Going to use, save or sell off it then my mates going to have the shell for a home brew rebuild  

sounds good

Car looks sweet  :mrgreen:

The staggered wheels looks HOT!

wheels  look awsome on there lee!

shame i missed the meet, but it couldn't be helped

Cheers everyone  

Think the forum needs a multi quote!

Looks really nice on the banded steels. Nice amount of poke with them. Dont suppose you know what the offsets work out to be on them?

Also a bit off topic on your car but how can the axle be shortened. Any info on this?

SimonTW said

Looks really nice on the banded steels. Nice amount of poke with them. Dont suppose you know what the offsets work out to be on them?

Also a bit off topic on your car but how can the axle be shortened. Any info on this?

Unsure on et's bud. They are regular mk2 gti or driver steels though. Originally 6j wide so they've had a 3in band in the rears and a 2in in the fronts.

I did'nt look at the shortened axle but i guess its been chopped back an inch where the stubs bolt to it. If you chop in the middle, your ARB wont fit and it be weak IMO.

Well buying this can only lead to 1 thing  



Rare rocco 16v inlet so i can keep the fuel lines and metering head where they are and make it look factory

What size tires are you running?

195/45/14 toyo proxes all round mate

Sweet 8)

Well it would've be rude not to go out and get some snowy pic's  

This morning


Bit later on when i brushed the snow off








Oh yeah, and here's some of the parts going onto the car



oh and my caddy parts emporium



Starting the 16v swap on monday   8)

Ohhhh so Jan Maciag is pussy king. Always wondered who is. lol

Seriously though nice car mate.

Has to be one of the nicest mk1's i've seen for sure.
So simple but so bloody nice. The wheels are amazing!

Its really nice to see there are alot of people working really hard on their mk1's at the moment! Keep the pictures coming!

Cheers for the comments guys

more pic's soon  

Started the 16v conversion this morning

Here's a few pic's

Empty engine bay



9A 2L 16v from out my caddy


Fitted Poly steering rack bushes, Alloy taped the rack boot, fitted 16v servo and 22mm M/C then dropped the engine and box in


Should'nt be far off from getting it done tommorrow  8)

Planning on using the original Gti loom and just connecting up the ECU part of the 16v loom this time.

Day 2 update

Jetex stainless system fitted. Had to undo the bottom shock bolts so i could pull the axle down for the 2.5in exhaust to go over lol. Its tight!



Driveshafts back in
Lower stainless steel strutbrace fitted
256mm brakes on, just need a couple of pipes fabbing up, a rebleed then it'll be back on all fours.

Finished my day off by adding some of the ancillaries and re-routing a few things to look as tidy as possible.