Hi ALL,
New here,
been reading for weeks now but only just joined, as am now ready.............. and in need of some help.
My other half bought me this car about 7 years ago, it was a bit of a wreck, rusty etc. sadly i dont have the pics, but it was a bog standard golf GTI in its body but had this 1.6?


diesel lump chucked in.
I owned the bodyshop that its pictured in now, my brother now runs it, so its back in to have a few bad bits of paint touched up. i stripped it and added new rear arches, front wigs, door skins, bonnet front panel. and other boddy mods.drove it fro around a years or so then its sat out the back of my house for 5 years and think its held up very well, just a few scratches.
with the paint/body being sorted........ im now about to start re-using the car and start the 5 year old project of sorting the engine!! lol
so im here hoping to get some help :oops: .....
What engine you recon it is??, pics show it best i can, but can take others if needed for ID, pic of 'green ID plate' is off the turbo.
it came with a cooler and original mountings for it, so assume its the 'IC' model.
It used to run pretty well, almost keep up with my friends 1.8 8v gti, i got axo coilovers 205 rear tyres and 195 fronts and rear discs, so could out drive him to some degree :wink:
What would you guys recomend mods wise for a daily driver!! so dont want silly silly fast but want to definately liven the old girl up a fair bit without compramising the engine too much!
lets say id like to put 8V's to shame

am i being over optomistic, enlighten me (pretty please) to what this sort of engineis capable of, as i have been struggling to get my head around what the engines types are in other posts, so trying to get an ID on mine so i know what im looking for. lol
i have an A1 garage to work in and will be making a new exhaust for it, prob 2.5 dia or possably 3inch. so tools etc arent a prob.
I have learnt loads from this forum!! really opened my eyes to that ickle engine under my bonnet :shock: keep it up
Her she is.............





I can see this turning out to be an expensive friendship, again
