Bought a "new" 76 Golf

[golf3]

jleahy_10...

Is the mk1 a yellow 4 door???

[blackgti1.8]

Yeah, bet it goes
Actually, May '76 reg is quite handy - the ADR27A 'clean air' regs came in around June 76, so you can legally do whatever you want will the engine pretty much (as some previous owner has clearly done )
Otherwise, its a case of finding a tame mechanic...

Always thought that the timing of the MkI Golf release was a bit sad from that point of view...

[jleahy_10]

Yes the car is a yellow four door, do you know it?

[Golf Loon]

Show us a pic of the engine. We wanna see your supercharger setup.

[jleahy_10]

I'm not to sure of the cars past, but yes, the car has an rally exaust on it and it does sound evil, it is a mustard yellow with black flared arches and black bonnet scoop. what is DOVW? I know the last owner took the car on a VW cruise.

[jleahy_10]

Unfortunatly the the supercharger is off the car at the moment as the last guy mount was an inch out to the left and it threw belts. And as i just bought it, i wanted to see the condition of the engine - pistons, rings, valves...etc. And i am pleased to say it's in good knick, and he didn't slap a supercharger on it without hardening the internals. Now i have to re-ajust the arm and she's ready to go. pictures soon, as soon as i can get them onto the computer (flash drive is broken and cant find cable from camera).

[jleahy_10]

I was looking for the information on my cars engine, and found the following on http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of...swagen-engines
i think this is my engine but cant find find the engine code on the site. mine is FP, anyone able to help with that?

85-110 hp 1.6 (GTI)

configuration - 1588 cm³ (96 in³) inline 4, bore 79,5 × stroke 80 mm

head - SOHC 2-valve per cylinder

block - grey cast iron, five bearings

output - 63 kW (85 hp) at 5600 rpm, 125 N•m (109 ft·lbf) at 2800 rpm

output(GTI) - 81 kW (110 hp) at 5800 rpm, 150 Nm at 4000 rpm

fuel - carburettor, K-Jetronic

application - VW Golf GTI,Audi 80 ,VW Passat

[Golf Loon]

More likely to be this one

70-100 hp 1.6
configuration 1595 cm³ (97 in³) inline 4, bore 81 × stroke 77.4 mm, 1.05 ratio head SOHC 2-valve per cylinder block grey cast iron, five bearings output 51,5 kW (70 hp) at 5200 rpm, 125 N•m (92 ft·lbf) at 2800 rpm 74 kW (100 hp) at 5800 rpm, 140Nm(103ft·lbf) at 4500 rpm fuel ecotronic carburettor, KE-Jetronic aspiration cast aluminum intake manifold, cast iron exhaust manifold application



FN and FP are the original 1.6 engines supplied with the early golfs in australia. The GTI is different and was designed for fuel injection.Where is the water outlet on the front of your head? between 1 and 2 spark plugs, or between 3 and 4 plugs?

[jleahy_10]

I think that isn't because of the ecotronic carby, but i'm not sure. my car is before the epa laws came in. is there any way i can find out what the FP engine is?

[jleahy_10]

Oh, and there is a picture of it under the specialist - events. the DOVW first picture, mustard car in the background, just to right of centre. Previous owner was there, not me.

[jleahy_10]

yeah, there is a water outlet in the front, between 1+2 plugs.

[Golf Loon]

yeah, there is a water outlet in the front, between 1+2 plugs.

Thats a real early and not very powerfull engine then. I have a haynes manual for one somewher, I`ll copy the stats out for you.

[syncro]

Thats a real early and not very powerfull engine then. I have a haynes manual for one somewher, I`ll copy the stats out for you.

The real early ones (about pre June '76 for NSW) had more power than the later ones. It is very hard to find the specs on these as they are Australia only engines. From memory I think there was a 5 hp difference.

[Water Boy]

Pics...

Post up some pics we wanna see your baby... Hope you get it all together and running well...

[gumbootracing]

According to my manual the australian manufactured fp is kw/hp 63(85) at 5600 and 125nm torque at 3800
Cheers T