Lude Generation

Hi Folks,

I'm sure I've mentioned before but my other non-Lude is a '91 Golf 1.6 Driver. I've been meaning to start a thread for a little while, however for the past 2 months she's been the bane of my life!! got so bad I drove her to the end of the street and left her there for 2 weeks as I couldn't stand seeing her lol I even considered the scrap merchants down the road

However, a hard day's work yesterday and I finally got it sorted!! Took her out for a test run and I was actually smiling whilst driving again after weeks of engine problems, I finally had it driving how it should be - nippy and fun once again. Had a great drive home from work today leaving my Dad behind on the corners even with his Beemer

Anyway, in celebration of me falling in love with my Golf again, I thought I'd get some photos up. So here she is after I bought her









Not bad for a 21 year old car if I do say so myself I've always been a sucker for the separate spots...



Now she's working again I've got my mind back on mods. The original front bumper was starting to rust, so I replaced it with the big bumper along with the intent of putting the other big bumper trim on, still not done that lol. I also want the original VW steelies, the current alloys aren't bad but I had to put the spare on recently and I really like the retro look



I've also removed the eyebrow spoiler, there should be no curves on a Mk2 Golf angular and proud

Engine wise I'm thinking of going for the cam out of an 8v GTI, direct swap for mine and should make my 1.6 a bit angry should be interesting with a carb set up lol. They're cheap to pick up though and swapping them out isn't too hard, so could just save it for when I want to have fun

Anyway, hope you all like and sorry for the essay, but I'm sure you all know how our cars can tug at the old heart strings every now and then

Josh

Never had a mk2 but always liked them, my old flat mate had one for a while but it was an auto and constantly over heated lol

That's what mine was doing Failed head gasket and cracked cylinder head combo all sorted now though and she's running nicely, touch wood!! All that needs doing is replacing the wax stat in the carb - it's the notorious peirberg 2E and is always up to something lol. For now I'll just idle a bit high

I had a 1.3 MKII, it when through two head gaskets in my ownership. Yours look nice

+Rep for you good sir.

My dad had a 205 GTi with Weber carbs, was quite angry!

I like the old vw golfs
I owned a 93 MkIII 1.8 Driver for a month-fixed the overheating/coolant leak at the block and sold it to one of my friends who has done 5000 miles in it and its hasnt missed a beat.
I did seriously think about keeping it and selling the lude.

Merlin wrote:I had a 1.3 MKII, it when through two head gaskets in my ownership. Yours look nice

Cheers mate, for her age I think she's doing ok. The head gasket was annoying but at least these engines are mega simple to work on!! Now I've done it once, I think I could do it in a day or so. I hope I don't have to put that to the test

Gorgon wrote:+Rep for you good sir.

My dad had a 205 GTi with Weber carbs, was quite angry!

I saw a twin carb manifold for my Golf on eBay in January, at £90 I almost went for it lol. Shame I was busy with the head gasket at the time by the way, the 205 GTi is one of my all time favourite retro cars lol. I'd snap up a 1.9 if I could find one cheap locally!!

vanzep wrote:I like the old vw golfs
I owned a 93 MkIII 1.8 Driver for a month-fixed the overheating/coolant leak at the block and sold it to one of my friends who has done 5000 miles in it and its hasnt missed a beat.
I did seriously think about keeping it and selling the lude.

I've had leaks everywhere problem with such an old engine is everything is perished. Replaced all the seals now though and it's watertight apparently if well looked after these blocks last a long time - I've just got the neglect of the previous owners (14 ) to repair then hopefully I should have some decent motoring ahead of me ordering the wax expansion element today so hopefully that should fix the high idle!

Well in celebration of a clean MOT pass I fitted my GTI camshaft today

Wasn't really sure what to expect - first result was I had to completely reset my my ignition timing so got all the pulleys set up as they should be but the engine was still a bit limp Anyway, after playing with the dizzy a bit, it seems that running advanced timing is the answer so took her out for a test drive...

Woah drives like a different car. Pulling away like I normally would causes the car to try and shred it's tyres the car feels like it pulls faster, and a wee bit torqueier too - can actually accelerate in 5th gear now

All in all good stuff! Best mod I have done engine wise I think

Nice

Looks very nice.
I always wanted a mk2 golf, but never got round to getting one.
I caught the Jap bug (well, Honda bug) and haven't been able to shake it