My Golf Project

L1J · 13 Mar 2007 at 17:38

Lopéz said:
I thought you said you were skint

I am now

Scary amount of cash spent today, budget has just gone up slightly. If I do everything to it now, I wont have to touch it for years hopefully!

Siliconslave · 13 Mar 2007 at 17:45

L1J said:
I am now

Scary amount of cash spent today, budget has just gone up slightly. If I do everything to it now, I wont have to touch it for years hopefully!

if you don't mind me asking (and i totally understand if you don't fancy answering) what sort of area is your budget for the project?

Looks amazing btw - big props for doing it

i'm sure the end result will totally rock

L1J · 13 Mar 2007 at 18:39

Siliconslave said:
if you don't mind me asking (and i totally understand if you don't fancy answering) what sort of area is your budget for the project?

Looks amazing btw - big props for doing it i'm sure the end result will totally rock

Costs so far:

I'm sure I've left some things out, will update as they come back to me!

triggerthat · 13 Mar 2007 at 19:36

ECU

lol ~@ ECU. Explain?

L1J · 13 Mar 2007 at 20:03

triggerthat said:
lol ~@ ECU. Explain?

See

http://www.qpeng.com/products/vag_p...nagement_kits/18t_20v_plug_and_play_kits.html

The easiest way to do it I think, price includes 2 stage boost control and a new throttle body.

Few more bits have arrived

VR6 Clutch

New water pump, note the metal impeller, the standard pump has a pastic one that's a common failure point

IainB · 13 Mar 2007 at 21:10

Awesome thread

Will have to restart my project progress thread and hopefully finish it this time!!

L1J · 14 Mar 2007 at 09:18

Look what arrived this morning about 8:30am

Awesome service form www.turbosonline.co.uk

L1J · 14 Mar 2007 at 09:38

Parcels just keep arriving this morning!

Golf G60 brake disks (280mm), Fast road pads and a non AC drive belt

Fr0dders · 14 Mar 2007 at 10:28

looking forward to seeing more updates on this

very interesting reading so far

i'd be useless at time management for this. First thing i'd have done would have been spending ages making the Cupra Turbo engine nice n shiny lol

L1J · 14 Mar 2007 at 17:19

MrLOL said:
looking forward to seeing more updates on this

very interesting reading so far

i'd be useless at time management for this. First thing i'd have done would have been spending ages making the Cupra Turbo engine nice n shiny lol

You're welcome to come over and clean it

Welder is coming on Friday now, not much I can to until then.

Peloquin diff is on back order until the end of the month so will get that ordered soon.

Will pick some oil, filter and other bits from VW tomorrow, so tomorrow night the engine will be ready for fitting, shame the car isnt ready for it!

I should get the springs back tomorrow, so I can rebuild the suspension.

mark66 · 14 Mar 2007 at 18:23

Another avid subscriber here and really enjoying reading your updates! Keep up the great work!

What are you planning for the body kit? Is it an original big bumper model? I see from your first pics that the front end is missing a bumper all together and I don't think the back is a big one?

My last two cars were a Mk2 8v big bumper Gti and a Seat Ibiza Cupra with the 1.8 20V Turbo, to have mixed them up like you are doing would have given me the best of both worlds!

I Just wish I knew someone who could do something like this, I would love to sit in on it all and just learn!!

Anyway, awesome stuff, can't wait to see it finished

L1J · 14 Mar 2007 at 18:45

mark66 said:
Another avid subscriber here and really enjoying reading your updates! Keep up the great work!

What are you planning for the body kit? Is it an original big bumper model? I see from your first pics that the front end is missing a bumper all together and I don't think the back is a big one?

My last two cars were a Mk2 8v big bumper Gti and a Seat Ibiza Cupra with the 1.8 20V Turbo, to have mixed them up like you are doing would have given me the best of both worlds!

I Just wish I knew someone who could do something like this, I would love to sit in on it all and just learn!!

Anyway, awesome stuff, can't wait to see it finished

The golf has big bumpers, it will look totally standard outside!

How did you find the Ibiza handled the power?

Hopefully this thread will give you some idea, any questions just ask

Sp00n · 14 Mar 2007 at 19:33

Looking decent, keep it coming!

mark66 · 14 Mar 2007 at 23:38

L1J said:
The golf has big bumpers, it will look totally standard outside!

How did you find the Ibiza handled the power?

Hopefully this thread will give you some idea, any questions just ask

TBH the Ibiza really didn't handle the power that well and wasn't the best handling hatch by a long shot. In wasn't a shed, but then again certainly wasn't a CTR. However its hard for me to look back and give it a fair appraisal on handling as I now have a Mk2 MX5 1.8iS, and whilst that might not have the same power, its twice as fast a car on any road I know

The Ibiza's stock suspension was what really let it down. I believe the Cupra R had a better setup, but the standard one was a bit pants. Show the car a series of bumps or undulations in the road and the balance was all over the place :eek:

I once had a Revo 5 hour demo that launched the bhp from 156 to somewhere near 210 and my god did that make a difference. The car was insanely quick compared, but the brakes really weren't up to it. I really wanted to get it Revo'd permanently but it I knew the brakes and suspension would have to come first, and then probably an uprated Intercooler too. I did get round to replacing the front disks and pads to Pagid grooved ones and these were way better than the standard ones.

Another thing I did do was to get the rear wheel spacers fitted. These were hub-centric ones (?) or something and were meant to be quite a safe upgrade compared to other offerings on the market. This really did help the handling as it increased the rear track to be at least the same width as the front. I believe as standard the rear wheels were closer together than the fronts!!

I still really enjoyed owning the Cupra though. I thought it was great value for money and was also not very common, great build quality and interior and had loads of potential for improvement

Firestar_3x · 14 Mar 2007 at 23:42

One of the best threads in motors for a long time, keep the updates coming

Conanius · 15 Mar 2007 at 00:04

still looks good to me

Lopez, as it seems you know L1J, see this as the incentive to sort out the 205 !! (and the supra for that matter !!)

Lopéz · 15 Mar 2007 at 06:46

Conanius said:
still looks good to me

Lopez, as it seems you know L1J, see this as the incentive to sort out the 205 !! (and the supra for that matter !!)

Aye, I used to go to uni with the Gog git

He introduced me to OcUK!

L1J · 15 Mar 2007 at 07:07

mark66 said:
The Ibiza's stock suspension was what really let it down. I believe the Cupra R had a better setup, but the standard one was a bit pants. Show the car a series of bumps or undulations in the road and the balance was all over the place

Another thing I did do was to get the rear wheel spacers fitted. These were hub-centric ones (?) or something and were meant to be quite a safe upgrade compared to other offerings on the market. This really did help the handling as it increased the rear track to be at least the same width as the front. I believe as standard the rear wheels were closer together than the fronts!!

That's what I don't want the golf to be like, hopefully the diff will help with the traction and the softer springs with better shocks will cope with the bumps. If that doesn't work its going to get a set of coilovers.

I 'm having some spacers made to fit the rear to widen the track about 10mm each side. Front will be about 18mm wider each side. Should help a lot with stability. Going to order some uprated anti roll bars also.

Thanks for all the comments guys it really does help with the motivation.

Going to get some parts from VW on the way home from work so I should be able to service the engine tonight.

Hopefully taking a half day tomorrow to help with the welding.

Coming along nicely at the moment

L1J · 15 Mar 2007 at 14:35

Lopéz said:
Aye, I used to go to uni with the Gog git

He introduced me to OcUK!

Better a gog than a confused englishman

Dont tell everyone, they'll blame me

Actually I think you/Kate need to thank me

Picked up some bits from VW, Inlet manifold gasket, bushes, bolts, cambelt tensionner, injector inserts, brackets etc. Im now on first name terms with all three parts guys at the dealership!

They didnt have an oil filter or sump plug for a 1.8 20V turbo engine, most of the stock they keep is now for diesel engines!

lozza23_uk · 15 Mar 2007 at 14:39

L1J said:
Better a gog than a confused englishman

Dont tell everyone, they'll blame me

Actually I think you/Kate need to thank me

Picked up some bits from VW, Inlet manifold gasket, bushes, bolts, cambelt tensionner, injector inserts, brackets etc. Im now on first name terms with all three parts guys at the dealership!

They didnt have an oil filter or sump plug for a 1.8 20V turbo engine, most of the stock they keep is now for diesel engines!

they dont keep filters and sump plugs for the 1.8 20vT? how many must come in for servicing!