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Golf MK2 GTi everyday for me if its not going to be a daily, better looking, better handling and simpler with lashings of bits out there. However due to cult status a good one is expensive, sp if your on a budget a tatty MK2 16v Ibiza is the way to go.
If you can find a MK2 Golf Syncro (the four wheel drive one) its got a 1.8 8v carb engine with the same body kit as the GTi, stick a webber carb on it and you'll have something that'll keep up with fuel injected GTi's but corners like its on rails! My mum had one and it was the most fun i've had in a VAG
I thought all the Syncro's were LHD, or is that just the Rallye?
Isn't it time, you did an engine swap and give that golf the 16v engine is deserves.
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i swear lol
looking very sweet mate, where's the build thread?
how much did you pick up the g60 for? much mileage?
i swear lollooking very sweet mate, where's the build thread?
how much did you pick up the g60 for? much mileage?
heres one
http://www.********************/index.php?topic=64574.0
one update in patches, engine/box/loom/charger/ecu £800 90k on it im told, runs sweet.
http://www.********************/index.php?topic=64574.0
one update in patches, engine/box/loom/charger/ecu £800 90k on it im told, runs sweet.
Mk2 golf all the way. still got mine for the weekends and its the funnist car ive ever had!
This is my 1.8l 16V
This is my other golf, 2L 8V, cam, forge pistons etc running around 160bhp. Very fast for a golf!
This is my 1.8l 16V
This is my other golf, 2L 8V, cam, forge pistons etc running around 160bhp. Very fast for a golf!
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Hmm... that link seems to be starred out.
I'm thinking a 16v would be a good start, then maybe add a supercharger from the mini cooper s (eaton something i think) to it at some point.
I'm trying to get a 91or92 model as it should have the big bumpers and the upraded brakes afaik.
P.S. @PurpleGolfMan. those are 2 very sweet, tidy golfs. Strangely though I think I'm starting to prefer the original 4 lamp grill like on Dolly_Gti's (black vw badge, red stripe) over the cleaner 2 lamp grill.
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Syncro's were RHD but only out for 3 years and not many sold as were silly priced at the time.
Rallye's were LHD only, G60 engine with the syncro 4wd system
I swapped my mk2 ibiza gti 16v for a j reg mk2 golf gti 16v
and the straight line speed is virtually the same, the golf corners better (in my case anyway, but my golf has bilstein b10's) and was definately a little quicker out of a 2nd gear corner..........however......less than 3 weeks of owning the golf the bottom end inexplicably seized! so now i'm in the proccess of changing it! and i've never known an abf engine do that!! before my golf broke the biggest difference I noticed was the lack of weight in the golf and the engine is a lot peakier revving to almost 7600rpm, whereas the ibiza seemed to have a large lump of midrange torque and only revved to 6950rpm. they're both equally good (well, apart from mine anyway!) and both look equally good, mk2 golf prices are getting silly though so the ibiza's are a big bargain! I also miss the sound of that ABF!!
i haven't driven an ibiza GTI just my TDI but i drove my ex boyfriends mk2 golf for the best part of 2 years and my current boyfriend has a mk2 golf. If you are looking for somethng that is 'fun' and you want to be able to corner quickly you need to look at the mk2 golfs, i have never seen a car that can be thrown into corners as hard as a mk2 golf. I suppose decent tyres will have to be a consideration but if your on windy roads you can keep up with almost anything in a mk2 golf. I love the look of them too.
I really want a 16v model, but there are very few for sale and command a big premium over the 8v.
There are a few 8v GTI's for sale in northern ireland that are going for sensible prices but I just know if i buy a 8v, I'll be kicking myself saying I should have waited till I found a 16v I want for the right kind of money.
There are a few 8v GTI's for sale in northern ireland that are going for sensible prices but I just know if i buy a 8v, I'll be kicking myself saying I should have waited till I found a 16v I want for the right kind of money.
If its a toy screamer the 8v won't deliver. If its for everyday the 8v's the better car to live with.
pfft get the mk1 golf back on the seen, better then any others....i have a mk1 golf variant...it dont have rear seats...but a big open boot
Golf MK2 GTi everyday for me if its not going to be a daily, better looking, better handling and simpler with lashings of bits out there. However due to cult status a good one is expensive, sp if your on a budget a tatty MK2 16v Ibiza is the way to go.
If you can find a MK2 Golf Syncro (the four wheel drive one) its got a 1.8 8v carb engine with the same body kit as the GTi, stick a webber carb on it and you'll have something that'll keep up with fuel injected GTi's but corners like its on rails! My mum had one and it was the most fun i've had in a VAG
There's one for sale on edition at the moment for £1500.
I want it lol
Ollie
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