My Vehicles

[intrepid44]

This is my VW Golf Mk3 1.8 8V GL:





Modifications include:
Kent 270* Cam Kit
Stage 2 gas flowed port polished head
ECU/Injection System from a MK2 GTI
ECU Chip
Green pannel filter - Drilled Airbox
4-2-1 Manifold
Full exhaust system - De-cat 2.5" piping
Uprated Suspension
Rear Disk Brake Conversion
Front 280mm Cross Drilled and Grooved Brakes
Green Stuff Pads

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My Racing Kart:





Intrepid Silverstone with 15bhp World Formula engine... at the moment... will soon be fitting a 29.5bhp PRD Fireball RK125W07 Engine . So in performance figures (for the new motor) 0-60 around sub 4.5 seconds and a top speed of 85ish mph at my local circuit, with cornering about 2.5+ lateral G .

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This is my local circuit btw where I race the kart.






Paul

Edit: Also I should mention I am only 17 (still studying my A-levels) and that this is my first car, I plan on eventually getting a 205 and build a rally car (maybe when I'm at uni and have plenty student loans... ... one can dream).

Edited by intrepid44 on Saturday 29th September 15:02

[Walter Wallpaper]

Yeah, so what??? Are we meant to do cartwheels or something??

[r5gttgaz]

Walter Wallpaper said:

Yeah, so what??? Are we meant to do cartwheels or something??

Harsh. Very harsh. Unless there was a joke in the cart wheels bit?

Karting looks fun! I might have to look into doing a bit of that next year. Welcome to PH by the way.

[rich 36]

I like the Cart especially TBH

anyway welcome chap

[Wacky Racer]

rich 36 said:

I like the Cart especially TBH

anyway welcome chap

[intrepid44]

Walter Wallpaper said:

Yeah, so what??? Are we meant to do cartwheels or something??

Wow you should be a stand up comedian!

Everyone else thanks for the nice posts.

[ol' dirty]

Walter Wallpaper said:

Yeah, so what??? Are we meant to do cartwheels or something??

actually he's a jolly nice chap

Welcome matey, nice set of wheels!
How did you get into the karting?

[Xenocide]

So how does the dub sounds with all that? Is the cam lumpy sounding?

[ridds]

Is that Whilton Mill?

[MrFlibbles]

Not a big fan of those wheels on the Golf to be honest, but the Kart looks serious fun!

Wish I was doing that when i was 17

[intrepid44]

ol' dirty said:

Walter Wallpaper said:

Yeah, so what??? Are we meant to do cartwheels or something??

actually he's a jolly nice chap

Welcome matey, nice set of wheels!
How did you get into the karting?

I started Karting when I was 13, one of my friends had just started and so I found out more where the local circuit was etc. And then made the mistake of finding a decent looking fast kart (Air cooled Rotax 100cc DSC with 30 odd BHP and 19000 rpm (boy was that fun)) which surprisingly I couldn't race... so I did about 6 months of testing/practicing, then got a TKM BT95 (19bhp 15500 rpm) which had a clutch so was more practical and also very cheap for a new engine, then after a year of messing around with that, I got an engine I could race the 15bhp WF engine.

Then came my first race 1/2 way through the season with a grid of 17 other drivers, I managed to qualify 5th on the grid, which I was very surprised and pleased with. Unfortunately at the second corner(the dogs leg) I spun out being a novice and on cold tyre and dropped back to about 14th (if I remember correctly), then throughout that race I charged through finally finishing in 6th place. And it basically carried on from there winning a few trophies and having some fairly bad crashes as well, to where I am now about to switch to a different class.

Xenocide said:

So how does the dub sounds with all that? Is the cam lumpy sounding?

It sounds pretty good. Has an awesome Induction Roar, and also has a very raspy exhaust note with some nice sounding backfires. The cam isn't lumpy at all, it idles pretty decently although it has lost low down power and torque, and instead the power comes in around 4000 rpm all the way to the limit at 6500rpm.

ridds said:

Is that Whilton Mill?

No it's Warden Law near Sunderland.

MrFlibbles said:

Not a big fan of those wheels on the Golf to be honest, but the Kart looks serious fun!

Wish I was doing that when I was 17

Well that’s alright I want to get some different wheels anyway , some light weight Billet Aluminium ones, that are also a bit smaller to.

Edited by intrepid44 on Saturday 29th September 13:01

[flattotheboards]

im loving the cart, especially when you put the bigger motor into it, itd be awesome.

[RadoVR6]

where in NE are you from?

I seem to recognise the car for some reason. I'm from seaham.

[intrepid44]

RadoVR6 said:

where in NE are you from?

I seem to recognise the car for some reason. I'm from seaham.

Durham, so you may well have seen.

[r56_ollie]

Another one into Karts!! I used to race until I was 14 (now 3 months off of my 17th) Used to race Max's and 4 Stroke TKMs. Now you will find me in the off-road course in the background!!

Welcome to PH Love the Golf too Lucky at the age of 17!!