Help Needed With MK2 Golf!!!

[TomSwan]

Hi guys,
I own a performance car part company and we will be tuning a mk2 golf GTi very soon. The only problem is that we dont really touch the VW's. Does anyone have any suggestions based on their experience of what works best on these cars, performance wise, body work and handling.

Any suggestions would be cool in this project.

Thank you for all your help.
Tom

[stone]

Have you got a car yet??

[_Batty_]

TomSwan said:

Hi guys,
I own a performance car part company and we will be tuning a mk2 golf GTi very soon. The only problem is that we dont really touch the VW's. Does anyone have any suggestions based on their experience of what works best on these cars, performance wise, body work and handling.

Any suggestions would be cool in this project.

Thank you for all your help.
Tom

german look,
go to www.edition38.com
get a 16v for a start or a G60, some wide BBS's or Borbet rims, coilovers and a classic resto look or german look.
IMHO

Matt

[900T-R]

Enter Tom's Performance Shop:

Customer: "Hello mate, I have a Mk2 Golf and I want to have it done up properly."

Tom: "Yes, no problem, we've done lots of those. What do you want us to do with it?"

Customer: "Oh I dunno, more power, suspension, a wicked-looking bodykit - the lot."

Tom: "No worries, we'll sort that out for you."

Oh sh*t, never done one of those. What does a Mk2 Golf look like again? I'm really out of my depth here. Best log in one one of those internet forums to see if anyone's got a clue they could lend me.

Edited by 900T-R on Friday 16th June 12:06

[stone]

900T-R said:

Enter Tom's Performance Shop:

Customer: "Hello mate, I have a Mk2 Golf and I want to have it done up properly."

Tom: "Yes, no problem, we've done lots of those. What do you want us to do with it?"

Customer: "Oh I dunno, more power, suspension, a wicked-looking bodykit - the lot."

Tom: "No worries, we'll sort that out for you."

Oh sh*t, never done one of those. What does a Mk2 Golf look like again? I'm really out of my depth here. Best log in one one of those internet forums to see if anyone's got a clue they could lend me.

[Tomswan]

I do find your humour amusng i do have to say.

The customer is an old friend that has brought it to us for tuning. He already knows that we only do Jap stuff really.
He has given me the car to do what i want with it (with his oversite) He would like the engine tuned for more power and since we dont work on these i thought i would ask people that have had experience in tuning these vehicles to find out the best set up for him. Not that we are out of depth! Just looking for ideas and to share knowledge.

So if thank you to anyone who has anything constuctive to give ideas about what they think works best with these vehicles.

[900T-R]

All in good humour, Tom - thing is, the Mk 2 Golf is not exactly an unwritten chapter with regards to performance mods/conversions, so a quick Google search should give you a lot of ideas to think about for a start - then, it's all up to what you want to achieve - as you would reckon, the scope ranges from pared-down out-and-out track cars to show vehicles that only move under their own power at the beginning and the end of a show, where it's driven off and on a flatbed trailer - and what works 'best' on one end of the scale could well give undesirable results at the other end. A brief outline to the scope of your project would be very helpful - then I'm sure the likes of Iguana et al here could talk Golf mods with you until the cows come home...

Edited by 900T-R on Friday 16th June 12:48

[alextgreen]

What engine is in it now and how much does he have to spend fella?

[top fuel]

_Batty_ said:

get a 16v for a start or a G60, some wide BBS's or Borbet rims, coilovers and a classic resto look or german look.

Textbook OEM+

There's so many ways to modify a mk2. That's the beauty of them.

another forum (USA one this time) http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeroforum? solely mk2 content

What is it you hope to achieve with the car? I work for a performance car parts shop and have used roughly three parts from my shop! Coilovers, K&N panel and magnecor HT leads. Everything else I've used has been rare factory parts and various other parts from ebay.

Mine for inspiration:





Paul.

[iguana]

900T-R said:

I'm sure the likes of Iguana et al here could talk Golf mods with you until the cows come home...

As said just need some more info about what matey is after.

Anyhoo- if you know nowt about Golfs best get down to GTi international this wk end, more modded Golfs, from mild to mental wild than you could shake a dipstick at.

Edited by iguana on Friday 16th June 22:54

[Vee]

Throw in a 1.8T (VR6 conversions are so old school these days) from a TT225, uprate brakes & suspension.
From then on its all cosmetic - do whatever takes your pals fancy.

[lotisi]

I fancy a 20V Turbo with a rear wheel drive conversion using syncro floorplan with longitudonal mounted engine, leave the body standard looking and go drifting.