Benny's MK2 GTI

[99gti]

2l 16V on quad throttles, = much hotness!!!

rims are looking good, will work well with a bit of dish imo

what are you getting for a new daily?

Amen to that! Sounds like it'll be one tough Mk2!

[86gti]

i was looking at borrowing some $$ and getting a 97 A4 1.8t .....buuuuut.
i hate borrowing from the bank, lol. I dont really know what im going to get yet.. Maybe another mk1 or yet another escort. lol.
see what pops up

[ausgolfer]

I know a 20vT would be very cool, and I had the option to do it myself but I just thought it'd take too much character away from the car, with a semi quiet turbo motor in.

2.0 16v FTW!!!!

When I have the money I want to rebuild my KR to 1.9L to give a good compromise of revs/torque increase. Soo many plans soo little money.

[99gti]

i was looking at borrowing some $$ and getting a 97 A4 1.8t .....buuuuut.
i hate borrowing from the bank, lol. I dont really know what im going to get yet.. Maybe another mk1 or yet another escort. lol.
see what pops up

Dooooooooooooooooooooooo it! Those old escort are a bugger for axle tramp but drop in a t-15 5 speed and they are a barrel of fun.

Go the A4. I couldn't bear the urgency's of life now without a semi reliable modern car. Day 1 of the eski being dead as a doornail you'll thank me. They do it quite often (and I've had a few).

[ausgolfer]

nothing unreliable about a 16v on kjet Mine hasn't skipped a beat in 5 years and I thrash it daily. And it sounds.....OT

[86gti]

lol... Yea a 16v on Kjet is likely... Want to keep it in the same vein as an original GTI.... Like Ausgolfer says, it takes away some character if you go for something high tech and turbo......one day Mk2 GTIs will be rare..very rare, especialy 3 doors...so i want to keep her close to standard... (not that i plan on selling it!!)

Basicly a nice respray (black) neaten it up, new seats, coil overs, and some dish on the new rims :-P ..
I now have another mk2 3door to go nuts on....so the old girl will get a spruce up and maybe a 16v on kjet...

New car....will get ..umm....unshure yet, but ive sold my GTiR pulsar, so ive got a few ideas...ARGH!!!.....

Gave up on the AUDI idea..Love the A4s...more of a cruising car tho... want something fun lol..... something different...so ill build my own car from another mk2 shell once the GTI gets her new paint!!!!! too much to think about now. lol

[dans_mk2VR6]

hey just wondering if anyone nows if a mk3 dash will fit into a mk2 ?

[GOLFBALLS]

Hey benny, can you PM me the link for that DTM muffler? They are freakin sweet.
Amen re the non turbo thing. even tho i'm doin the 1.8t swap, i'm definately keeping the kjet motor from my grey car that is now being stripped. It was rebuilt a while back with a 1900 Audi block (not sure exactly which one), and a nice cam. I think its the bigger Euro 8v head too as it was an ex UK car. I've heard they had different heads??
it had/has heaps of low down grunt even tho it was running poor!! That old motor will be handy for occasional use to keep the car eligible for TargaWest and hopefully Targa Tas in a few years!!
It will be nice to come back home (i'm an ex Launcestonian).
Whatcha doin with those BBS's?

[86gti]

Hey benny, can you PM me the link for that DTM muffler? They are freakin sweet.
Amen re the non turbo thing. even tho i'm doin the 1.8t swap, i'm definately keeping the kjet motor from my grey car that is now being stripped. It was rebuilt a while back with a 1900 Audi block (not sure exactly which one), and a nice cam. I think its the bigger Euro 8v head too as it was an ex UK car. I've heard they had different heads??
it had/has heaps of low down grunt even tho it was running poor!! That old motor will be handy for occasional use to keep the car eligible for TargaWest and hopefully Targa Tas in a few years!!
It will be nice to come back home (i'm an ex Launcestonian).
Whatcha doin with those BBS's?

Hey Hey.... sorry for late reply......I've been hibernating.
The muffler was found on ebay a while back by a mate. If you search for DTM muffler on ebay a few usually pop up. they usually go for around $ 50- 80 big ones....

The BBS rims are actually Compomotive CXNs...... they are staying on the car, and getting a little wider in the near future.

........................
Update of whats going on .
Unfortunatly its still doing daily duties
My Bonrath grill turned up during the week and is now on the car.
Huuuuuuuuge thanks to Rocco Dingo and his contact in the UK for getting the grill and having it safely arrive in Tassie..( can't thiank you enuff mate ).
A large box of eurosport goodies and a few other bits is between here and the US too...should be arriving next week (I hope)

Taking a holiday mid July to get her up and stands and fit all the new bits.
So, things are happening...A little slowly tho, but i'm getting there! lol.

Bout to go wash the car..so i'll have some pics up in the next few hours....

[roccodingo]

Was all good fun benny, u ned to get over there to check some shows out one summer buddy.

Still sorting thru all them boxes of K jet bits.. keep you posted when i got a pile ready..