Well it's not really new, but i got it in August (my boydream car): 1983 Volkswagen Golf MK1 GTI PHP: - 1.8 16V Lump(Ported, Polished Refurbed Valves) - Equivelant to 2.1 Litre - Fully Refurbished Head & Bottom End - 16V GtI disk brakes all round - Fully refurbished in 2001 - Brand new Porsche Green Spray job inside, out, engine bay e.t.c - Brand new windows - Brand new electrics / wiring - Brand new lights - Brand new suspension - Custom 6 Branch Sports manifold - Audi 100 Sport Throttle Body - Custom Exhaust / Backbox system - Lightly Tinted Windows - Debadged Smoothed - Lowered - Strut Brace on front & back - 15" Low Profile Alloys/Tyres - Customer Colour Coded Bumpers - Custom Center piece roof aerial - Central Locking - Immobiliser / Alarm Oh yeh and I have a private number plate: "PYU 99Y" (PUSSY) :chk: Here are some photos: Fully Refurbished (to new specification) - Mark 1 Golf GTI - Tuned 2 f*ck!
Yeah, that is nice. You dont see many old Golfs anymore so it really is something different. Even the XR2,3 and 4s are scarce nowadays. Surely the value has gone up on decent ones.
I bet you get a lot of chicks with that thing. Seriously, though, that little paint job makes it look nice. Hope the guts work well to go with that thing.
Nice, are your going to make it like these OTT boy racer cars? You gonna do the engine up? maybe put some decent speakers in?
That looks pretty boy racerish to me! Standard Mk1 Golfs are quite modest. I love em. http://www.golfgti.co.uk/pageimages/featurecar/f1.jpg Didnt you read the... err php code? The engine has had loads done! Has it been on a dyno yet? I bet its had a right power boost!
I did read the Php code, but i did not think of those as propor engine upgrades, had a longer look at it now lol. Whats it's max speed? and how long does it take that to get to 0-60mph?
My younger brother had an original mk 1 golf up until he got his type-r last year. Mint condition in red, 1981, original alloys, bodywork, fuel cap, unmarked interior and ran like a dream. Plus 21000 miles from new. My old man spotted it in the best place to find quality cars, advertised at the side of the road' paid 600 quid for it in 2002, bought off an old woman who had had it in her garage for ages. My old man sold it last year for £1950. not a bad return of capital
Nice lukin car The insurance would be sky hugh for me tho, I have a 1.6 litre and thats alot of money... I don't get why you'd lower a 2.1 tho?
Nice car Oh and you lower for handling, easier to control as less body roll My MK4 astra is lowered, the boyroll on that was awfull until i lowered it 60mm
Is it so low to the ground like some of these cars the i see, that it when you go over bumps it scrapes the underneath of the car lol?
The golf doesnt look that bad to be honest. And he doesnt say how low it is *Off Topic* But yeah mine is like that lol. Have to slow right down for them
Lol, i think you should lower it, it doesent look that good when cars are scraping on bumps , imagine if the bump took your exsaust off lol.
I'm aware of the added benefits from lowering a performance car, but a 2.1? The difference would be negligible. I say a 2.1, It's still really a 1.8 made more efficent, he hasn't bored the cylinders for the added cubic capacity, he's probally just chaged the bearings, so claiming it's a 2.1 is just a guess in my honest opinion. The sump doesn't just hold the oil, thats almost your engines life-line, it passes oil through the rest of the engine. It holds the cranks, which look after the cylinders and theres a pump in there that sucks the oil up to the rockers. I'm not going to write a long winded explanation on this, as I'm a little of topic, but if you knock the sump off, you're in deep trouble. Alot of performance cars have metal protection plates protecting the sump for this very consequence.
considering the power to weight ratio of the MK1s, whilst its not a evo or supra performance, its certainly not lame. and with people these days changing the back box for 'performance gains' of 1% (yeah right), even modest engine upgrades can make a differance. as for lowering your ride, yeah its not going to make your car go any faster in a straight line, but race someone in the country-side... you sure as hell can take those corners a lot faster. :chk:
Interesting concept, I guess it would be a great idea to go racing in the countryside with an MK1, that lowered chasis is really going to pay for itself. :|
