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• My 1991 VW Golf Pasadena GTD by Fredrikkk on 24 Feb, 2011 01:50
• Finally, after reading on this forum for the longest time, I am able to post here. I wanted to know if the Golf Pasadena with the SB engine is a rare car.
  
  Here are some pictures
  
  
  
  
  
  
  That's how it looked when I got it
  
  
  Now it's more like this
  
  Thanks for any clarification!
• #1 by the caveman on 24 Feb, 2011 06:26
• Well in North America it's very rare, never imported here by the geniuses at VW marketing
• #2 by GEE-BEE on 24 Feb, 2011 09:20
• is there a fan under the IC ?
  
  more pic's of engine to [email protected]
• #3 by Fredrikkk on 24 Feb, 2011 13:19
• There is no fan under the IC. I don't have any pictures of the engine bay but I have an open filter
• #4 by Fredrikkk on 27 Feb, 2011 12:18
• So I have a question.. I'll be swapping out the exhaust soon, and I'm wondering whether it's better/easier to weld a whole new downpipe versus just doing the toilet bowl-manifold.
  
  
• #5 by the caveman on 27 Feb, 2011 17:12
• If you do indeed have the toilet bowl exhaust outlet, then measure the size of it. You will see that it's large enough that you can have a large downpipe etc to let the engine breathe
  properly
• #6 by Fredrikkk on 01 Mar, 2011 01:32
• What I'm wondering is whether it's enough to just weld on a 2.5" pipe to the toilet bowl instead of at the turbo.
  
  I put in the weighted shift rod from a MK3 the other day and what a difference! I love the solid feel. I'm also going to start thinking about the gov mod soon as it's getting a a little bit warmer
• #7 by Fredrikkk on 24 Apr, 2011 15:40
• Approved?
  
  
  
  I personally think it looks sick as hell!
  
  I rubbed and polished the entire car today so it's finally tornado red, and not salmon pink
  
  And at last, a picture of my buddy's '86 1.8 and my Pasadena
  
  
  
  
• #8 by bajacalal on 24 Apr, 2011 23:57
• How ironic, the Golf Pasadena was never available anywhere near the city for which it is named...
  
  Anyway, you have some nice cars there.
  
  What is the Pasadena anyway, how is it different from a regular Golf?
• #9 by Fredrikkk on 25 Apr, 2011 01:47
• Thanks
  
  The Pasadena was a model which essentially helped VW clear out the last MK2 bits they had laying around. It came with small bumpers in a time of big bumpers, it had a plastic CL dash and a funky interior. My car is special because it has the SB engine.. Other than that, it's still a Golf MK2.
• #10 by adi on 29 Apr, 2011 10:30
• We never got the Pasadena model in the UK. Looks very similar to a standard spec UK GTD, which were pretty much identical to the driver apart from the engine. SB is the code I have in my GTD too
• #11 by Fredrikkk on 29 Apr, 2011 14:01
• SB is definitely the way to go!
  
  I'm getting my K24 in about a weeks time, so I'll be posting some pics of the process as I remove the old hairdryer and install the new blowdryer 
• #12 by Fredrikkk on 11 May, 2011 08:02
• No K24 yet as the money won't stretch that far...
  
  However, I made money stretch for a new interior! Golf Sport interior, and it's pretty! 
  
  
  
  
  
  It matches pretty well with the stock Pasadena doorcards. 
  
  That's all for now!
• #13 by adi on 11 May, 2011 08:17
• I like those seats! We never got them over here. Look just like GTI seats but with a different pattern.
• #14 by Fredrikkk on 11 May, 2011 08:42
• Thanks! I'm in love with them