Roll-A-Rat Gti

Whitegt wrote:

i take it this was an engine conversion? because its all like CL spec

Nope GTi from the factory, last owner completely de-GTid it so it looked like a standard CL. Bit of a sleeper that way.

u going to match the rear arches to the back?

so took off the bumpers, all the interior? i would understand doing it to a 16v but an 8v. hmmmm wierd,

Yup he did all that, whats wrong with doing it to an 8v?

curtis_caddy wrote:

u going to match the rear arches to the back?

Not sure, think im gonna tidy it up a bit, spray it white and sell it.... Not feeling the petrol engine too much need a diesel again, i want a really low passat estate TDi for some reason.

so how many cars would you have had then if you sell this one? dad said you can have that aaz for £100 but it needs collecting still.

8v's havent got that wow factor a 16v can deliver afer 4k rpm. wont really suprise too many people, but each to thier own, will be nice to see what it looks like after paint.

Whitegt wrote:

8v's havent got that wow factor a 16v can deliver afer 4k rpm. wont really suprise too many people, but each to thier own, will be nice to see what it looks like after paint.

Suprises many people haha, and even a couple of valvers, most valvers are well and truely knackered by now, they aren't a very good engine really.

Whitegt wrote:

8v's havent got that wow factor a 16v can deliver afer 4k rpm. wont really suprise too many people, but each to thier own, will be nice to see what it looks like after paint.

we got a fair few strange looks at UD, and on the way home from others in dubs as we shot pasted

well, my old driveshaft was clicking and rumbling because the cv boot had split and the CV had dried up so i though i would change it today while emma was working down the shed..... Change it.... All good.. Drive emma home and the foooookin CV on the new shaft exploded and i lost all drive so i had to be towed home.. BRILLIANT.. so i have to get another driveshaft from my friend ben tomorrow and change it again.


NOT happy at all.

ive had 3 valvers now agree thay aint much good below 3 grand but after then thay are all fun and as long as u put a widget tray in the sump thay are all good
plus i think u try and find a 8v or a 16v now days that aint a high miler the 16v box is wot lets them dwn on the bottom end factor i put a 8v box on one of mine and it spat out any 8v it came across

yeah i wasnt really disputing that the valvers aren't good cars im just not a fan of the engines really. I mean they are like 30bhp over an 8v so they bloody should spit them out lol.

i only used to be interested in valvers but then bought a ratty 8v to get about in. that was the best £350 i have ever spent in my life, thses days i dont care what engine a mk2 gti got when i go look at it, if i like it i have it

both engines are completely different, as we all know, but theres always alot of hate between 1 another, some say 1s better than the other i say there both as good as each other.

on the bhp and power front, my 8v fends valvers off upto bout 125 then they got that extra bit left

Tiz wrote:

today while emma was working down the shed..... Change it.... All good.. Drive emma home and the foooookin CV on the new shaft exploded and i lost all drive so i had to be towed home.

So glad ya breaking down closer to my house these days lol , how many break downs we had now? hmmm lol. O noticed ya didnt give me any credit for helping u lol 'foot on - foot off' last time i help u now .

Sorry.... I forgot.. i couldnt have replaced my working driveshaft with a broken one if it wasnt for em-dubs help on the brake pedal

Thanks Tiz, lol.

Was there ever any doubt that your boy had skilzzzz?

Made this today, just my test rim(ignore the bent centre making it not mount to the hub thats cause its an old scrap rim i found)




Going back out to make the 2 final ones now

Righty, got my back wheels all done now and i bloody love them.. Notched the legs cause the steering arms were hitting and the body was basically sitting on the steering rack, found out what the rumbling noise was on right hand corners, the driveshaft was also hitting the leg so thats been notched out as well now.. So the front has come down a little bit more now its not resting on anything.





So what do you all think?

fooking low, how does it er........handle???

hmmm well... it doesnt lol, i dont really go over 50 in it, i just like to sit bac and cruise.

Proper low dude! Looks good!