My Golf - Update thread

Thanks both Drexel and lopez.

Got my first taste of oversteer this morning after turning into a wet roundabout too hard.
Brown pants moment while it happened but big grin afterwards as I held while I went 75% of the way round sideways, another lesson learn for a relatively new driver.
 
DreXeL said:
OK, I got in contact with Interpro and they say they'll be able to set up the carbs, no problem. They can't get it in for a few weeks, so I thought I might as well wait and do it properly. So I ordered this:

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I've also ordered another inlet manifold gasket which I will send to Bogg Bros so they can fabricate a nice inlet manifold. Once I've fitted the pulley and new manifold I'll be getting it straight down to Interpro to be set up properly (finally lol).

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Ahh good stuff mate, Dave will be able to get it running sweet :D
 
Thought I'd get a couple of progress shots for you Drex on my bike carb conversion.

Manifold all done, just need to sort some trumpets to mount the air filter baseplate (Pipercross C603D/KK600 Base), then plumb her in.

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Oi, get your own thread :p

Joking aside looks a nice job of the manifold, I really must get round to sorting a proper one for mine.
 
:p Not enough being done to mine to deserve its own thread, and its you running bike carbs that led me to the idea in the first place.

I can't take the credit for the manifold anyway, my dad has done all the work for me.
 
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Nice MK2 mate, I used to have a mk2 Ibiza GTI (ABF) with them Ronals on (well had so many different sets lol)

keep up the work!! :D
 
Thanks mate, haven't done anything else on the car (apart from drive it) as yet due to various other things taking up my time. I WILL get that new manifold and get it rolling-road tuned before the year is up, but I just can't commit any time/money to it at the moment.

Still, I'm driving it almost daily and it doesn't miss a beat, so it's not like I'm in any rush :)
 
DreXeL said:
Thanks mate, haven't done anything else on the car (apart from drive it) as yet due to various other things taking up my time. I WILL get that new manifold and get it rolling-road tuned before the year is up, but I just can't commit any time/money to it at the moment.

Still, I'm driving it almost daily and it doesn't miss a beat, so it's not like I'm in any rush :)
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No rush if it runs fine. I've succumbed to my young male urges though. Ended up with a homebrew back box on mine using a front box from an Escort XR3i and a bit of 3" Stainless. It'll either go back to a standard back box or a proper fill system.

How much did the ABF & cams cost you DreXel can't remember if I saw it further up or not and I'm too tired to go trawling through.
 
frozennova said:
How much did the ABF & cams cost you DreXel can't remember if I saw it further up or not and I'm too tired to go trawling through.
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It's not an ABF, it's a 2E bottom end and an AQY head. I picked up the complete 2E for a mere £40, the head was ~£60 IIRC. The camshaft is a Newman 272, I paid ~£175 for it brand-new.
 
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