Benny's MK2 GTI

[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]

dash

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.

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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]

cheers bud.

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..

[86gti]

The muffler isn't on the car yet
Waiting till the new exhaust goes on mid july.....

Just got 3 huge boxes of bits from the US..
here is part of the joy of it all. haha

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onnes of eurosport bits, full polly kit, quick shift, blah blah...
Will be putting it all on over my holiday break

[Water Boy]

Dang boy...

[thestu]

that my friend is a very freshhh mk2.

love it! good work mate, i can see a lot of time and effort has gone into that beast!

[86gti]

Thanks fellas!
Yeah, ive been bashing my head and changing my mind as far as an engine transplant goes.

So im just going to concentrate on getting it neat again with a few goodies.
The 2e is fine for the moment, and ive become a bit of a lover of the 8v motor on kjet...

Basicly what I want at the moment is to have it fat and low.
Going to pull the rims out another inch next and see how much clearence I get..possibly mod some g60 arches to suit small bumpers. or mod the 2 sets of std arches I have to get the desired width. then some race seats up front and rip the back ones out and put them in storage.

Iv'e also got the other 3 door mk2 sitting there in storage waiting for me to decide what way i want to go with it...It will be a daily so at the moment im not planning anything major in the motor department. tho a 16v 1.8 might be the go depending on the $$$$ situation. basicly all i have planned for that at the moment is slammed on big bumpers and possibly some fat 15s




nothing special, just be a bit of a clanger with a tuff stance and big bumpers.. lol........ohhhhhhhh.. brain strain.

[Jarred]

Oh that is perfect.

If nothing else works or anything, that is perfect. no need for big bumpers 16V turbos and all that junk.

if i looks like this, nothing else matters!

btw, what wheels are they? the compos are the mesh ones yeah?

[86gti]

They are the rims that used to live on the gti..
17x7 replicas of Volk wheels by Rays engineering.
heaps of pics of the black one on those rims on here around the place.

[Jarred]

Yea i know I've seen em before. They just looked so much better on the grey 3dr! hahahahaha

[99gti]

Jesus - you mean to tell me you have 2 2door mk2's.

They are coming along nicely. Well done!

[Water Boy]

Jesus - you mean to tell me you have 2 2door mk2's.

And both of then have small bumpers... Thats how cool ol mate Benny is

[WABIT]

The muffler isn't on the car yet
Waiting till the new exhaust goes on mid july.....

Just got 3 huge boxes of bits from the US..
here is part of the joy of it all. haha

.....

onnes of eurosport bits, full polly kit, quick shift, blah blah...
Will be putting it all on over my holiday break

GET THOSE CENTERCAPS HAPPENING MATE!!! you will love your car much more when they are on hehe

wabit