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Michael Myers

Michael Myers

Michael Myers

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Hi Guys

Today is that day i pick up my new golf, ill be using it as a 2nd car for a bit of fun when i fancy it.

Its a 1990 Golf Rallye in Pearl blue and has done 43,000 in 20 years! (it has stood up at my mechanics house for atleast the last 3 or 4 years)

Engine has had a full rebuild and has been upgraded to the following spec

JE 83mm 2nd oversize pistons(to 1.9)
16v golf con rods (engine balanced)
full arp boltware throughout
genuine oil pump
Race power motorsport big valve gas flowed head,compression raised by 1
gas flowed and matched inlet manifold to head,cut back and gas flowed throttle body
steel head gasket
PSD camshaft,piper vernier pulley
PSD 315cc injectors
PSD highly ported charger,PSD high flow charger outlet
PSD hard pipe,heavy duty silicone hoses
PSD remap to suit engine mods
intake kit and shield
LUK heavy duty VR6 clutch
external oil cooler with thermostat
de-cat,supersprint s/s backbox

Its left hand drive and pretty noisy!

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Hope you like it!
 
The styling of the car is completely stock for people who have never seen one before and they're LHD only.

Quite a rare thing to see out and about, saw one at a show a couple of years ago and loved it. Sounds like it's had a lot of money put into it, would love to see how it goes :)
 
Hmmm, s'alright

It's good that it's got a genuine oil pump though, the imaginary ones aren't much cop
 
Never been a fan of the Rallye, Always preferred the looks of the G60 Edition One (Still miss mine :( )

The Rallye and G60 are silly money now, so split the beans how much????

Bug One said:
The wheel offset looks wrong.

Are they the original alloys?
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Look like G60 Steelies to me, could be wrong though.
 
The wheels are going to stay like that over the winter as it doesnt make sny sense putting some nice alloys on it and ruining them in the coming months.

First plans i have are to change the headlight projectors as the lights rubbish as standard. So a HID conversion is top of the list.
 
I like them, a mate of mine has one in the same colour, his is a bit tattier although its very much a work on progress. Yours will go better, his is modded but not to the same extent! We call his car 'Krytons Head' as its so angular :D

It gets a lot of attention though considering its still essentially an old Golf to the majority of people (non-enthusiasts), really a rare site!

You need to change the wheels though, the style of those doesn't do the car any favours and they sit too far back inside the arches. Get some Compomotive TH2s for some old school motorsport goodness, or follow the crowd with some dished BBS!
 
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