Mk1 Golf GX build thread.

Yea i have heard that with another one of the gearboxes, are they rivets that give way or something. Have been considering quaife but the amount of money at the time will decide that, as with a lot of other mods.

Its cheaper and easier to just keep replacing boxes mate

HMMMMM would it really be easier to keep changing them lol.



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millfischk69 wrote:

HMMMMM would it really be easier to keep changing them lol.

If you dont need instructions to use some tools, Yeah

Give your desired gearbox a service, fit it up and see how she goe's. If it breaks then maybe spend the cash then

I see you still after them R1 carbs then Lee.

I pm'd him a few times when he first had them for sale and he kept upping the price when i agreed a price with him, so didn't bother with him no more.

millfischk69 wrote:

I see you still after them R1 carbs then Lee.

millfischk69 wrote:

I'm not heard of any of his work either but like lee said the pic looks good and if he studied that sort of thing at university and done as many as he say then he must be fairly good.

thats exactly what i did at university too, but it was boring as f**k so i quit

CaddyRage wrote:

Its cheaper and easier to just keep replacing boxes mate

Thanks for the offer then Tom i will leave my head with you at the next meet then lol.

And keep pestering him Lee he was a pain to try and keep contact with as he dont email back for a couple days lol.

millfischk69 wrote:

And keep pestering him Lee he was a pain to try and keep contact with as he dont email back for a couple days lol.

I know what you mean lol but he now has my money so he better do the deal otherwise they'll be trouble

Oh so you have paid him for them. That be some more practice for you to wire up the carbs so you can do mine with your eyes shut hehe.

Seem strange he put 170 as a bump today then. Hope it all works out for ya dude.

millfischk69 wrote:

Oh so you have paid him for them. That be some more practice for you to wire up the carbs so you can do mine with your eyes shut hehe.

Seem strange he put 170 as a bump today then. Hope it all works out for ya dude.

Wiring?

There is none for running carbs mate. I could wire up your car easy, i've done many lol, not just my own. We can even hide it if you wished.

Yeah, fingers crossed he'll get them posted asap otherwise it'll be a trip to cheltenham

Is there no wiring whatsoever with running the R1 carbs then. That will make things a bit easier for me to understand then.

Been keeping an eye on ebay for R1 carbs and there is a few different sorts as some are also injected and some are throttle bodies but gona keep away from them as im guessing i will need some sort of ecu/electronic management.

TBH i am struggling to try and keep up with the parts i need to make everything work as it should with the sort of build im wanting to achieve. Have been reading a few threads on clubgti to try make things clearer but some of it is confusing me more lol. Am definately learning alot, when i first considered the conversion didn't think there would be so much work, most of it due to wanting to tune it up to make noticably quicker than the standard 16v.

You want the older r1 carbs mate. They swapped to TB's on the newer bikes. You'd need standalone management for those.

Some zx9r carbs went for 41 notes yesterday

CaddyRage wrote:

You want the older r1 carbs mate. They swapped to TB's on the newer bikes. You'd need standalone management for those.

yeah pre 2001 i believe

Yea I was watching them bloody ninja carbs and forgot about them aswel.

And cheers tom they are the ones I'm thinking then, from 97-01 they made.

Dude, just ask me for any info you need, I won't bite!

Already done the research so just fire away and don't panic its any easy conversion.... You wont need many mods on an ABF with Bike Carbs after a rolling road session

ok cheers Simon, much appreciated.

I cant decide how much i want to do yet engine wise. I would really like to achieve is 200+bhp but unsure whether to tune head and lairy cams etc..

Would standard internals be OK if im pushing just over 200bhp, im guessing they will be fine but want to make sure. And what would your opinion be on gearbox? Im thinking what lee suggested try and see what happen if it breaks quickly then think diffs etc

Have make a mistake already though, the rocker cover (from an autojumble for a fiver) i have started on painting is different to the one on the engine Didn't realise there was different sorts till i read this http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=221231

Yes there are different rockers I'm afraid so stick with the one that's on your head! I did the same & have a KR sitting in the garage...

To achieve 200+ you will have to do the head at least mate. I know I got 202 on rollers but it can't be true although is probably 180+ compared to other quick mk1s I've owned. I would do the head and look into cams if you have £ to do it. That will be my next investment too.

With the gearbox side just fit an 020 box and punish it and see what happens! Mines ok for now but I do have spares in the garage like Lee said!!!