My Golf - Update thread

Yep, You are effectively increasing the spring rate.
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This is why it is not called an anti-dive bar, no one is even claiming they help in this regard, as mentioned an ARB increase rather than spring stiffness helps with ride quality
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effectively increasing the spring rate, but only with regard to lateral movements
 
Anyway.......

Time to bring this thread back on track.

A common and effective mod with 8v owners is to replace the bottom end with a 2.0 bottom end from the 8v MK3 GTI, combined with some headwork on the Mk2 head you can net around 145bhp with a nice gob of torque to match. So I was having a browse on god old ebay, and I just picked up a complete Mk3 2.0 engine for the princely sum of........






..........£2.37p :D :D

Plan is to throw it on an engine stand at the back of the garage and build it up bit by bit when I get spare time/money. I'll get hold of another Mk2 8v PB head so I can build the 2.0 up without having to take my car off the road. Tempted to throw bike carbs on it too......
 
Badgerpoo said:
Hence reducing roll... What are you arguing again?
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reducing body roll is a biproduct of its primary role, which is to alter the handling balance of a vehicle.

ie drexel added his to sharpen up the front end and reduce understeer, not because his wing mirrors were touching the ground when her cornered
 
Yes, I added it to reduce understeer/increase oversteer. Less bodyroll is a by-product of what I wanted to achieve.

As interesting as this argument is, can we keep the thread on track now?
 
Matt82 said:
reducing body roll is a biproduct of its primary role, which is to alter the handling balance of a vehicle.
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Pedant mode on:

The primary role is to increase rear end stiffness, the biproduct of this stiffness increase is moving the neutral point. This then alters the handling balance.

I dont really know why you have gone into such a pedantic arguement in the first place, when all it has done is shown that you don't really understand vehicle dynamics.
 
DreXeL said:
Yes, I added it to reduce understeer/increase oversteer. Less bodyroll is a by-product of what I wanted to achieve.

As interesting as this argument is, can we keep the thread on track now?
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This is a thread about Antiroll bars isn't it :P
 
you just cant leave alone can you ?

lol

the day you leave a car untouched drexel is the day i don my tin foil hat and head for the cupboard under the stairs, as the four horsemen of the apocalypse cant be far behind.
 
MrLOL said:
you just cant leave alone can you ?

lol

the day you leave a car untouched drexel is the day i don my tin foil hat and head for the cupboard under the stairs, as the four horsemen of the apocalypse cant be far behind.
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So true :o

In my defence, this is going to be a strictly low budget affair, in keeping with the reason I bought the car in the first place.

Simon said:
This is a thread about Antiroll bars isn't it :P
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Not specifically, it's a thread about the progress of my Golf, the ARB was just the first mod ;) :p
 
Simon said:
Pedant mode on:

The primary role is to increase rear end stiffness, the biproduct of this stiffness increase is moving the neutral point. This then alters the handling balance.
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arbs can be uprated on the front and back.... so its primary role isnt to increase rear end stiffness. im not being pedantic, youre posts are just vague
 
Matt82 said:
arbs can be uprated on the front and back.... so its primary role isnt to increase rear end stiffness. im not being pedantic, youre posts are just vague
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oh behave and grow up. your just being an **** when theres no need. You're the one that started this argument with the WRONG statement. Trying to take over from fox as ocuks resident most argumentative are we ?
 
DreXeL said:
Anyway.......

Time to bring this thread back on track.

A common and effective mod with 8v owners is to replace the bottom end with a 2.0 bottom end from the 8v MK3 GTI, combined with some headwork on the Mk2 head you can net around 145bhp with a nice gob of torque to match. So I was having a browse on god old ebay, and I just picked up a complete Mk3 2.0 engine for the princely sum of........
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LMAO, quite a nice jump you find when going from Honda to ANother i guess :D
 
Oh Jebus, I hope your little innocent Golf knows what it's in for :p

A popular upgrade for the EP3 is to fit the JDM rear ARB but I als owant to get it on 35-30mm springs with a fast road setup first.
 
MrLOL said:
oh behave and grow up. your just being an **** when theres no need. You're the one that started this argument with the WRONG statement. Trying to take over from fox as ocuks resident most argumentative are we ?
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not at all, i contributed to the thread and had to correct some inconsistent/vague replies. nothing personal (not that im saying fox's arguementative posts are personal, before anyone else gets in a fluster)
 
lol at above, the only vague and inconsistent replies were your own!

Enough troll feeding though. Nice car Drex!

I guess you wont be modifying the handling to the extent of the rx7 which looked like it cornered on rails, but would probably kill you on a bumpy road.
 
Matt82 said:
arbs can be uprated on the front and back.... so its primary role isnt to increase rear end stiffness. im not being pedantic, youre posts are just vague
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I am being 'vague' on purpose, it is quite evident that you do not understand vehicle dynamics. If you did understand them you would not find my posts vague.
 
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