well helloo people, as the title says, and this is my gt, i'm on the hunt for a g40, I LOVE the older polo's i have had a 1.0 mk2 parade a temporary 1994 6n (for a month, was too new for me!) then found a nice mk2 coupe S with a GT engine and had to have it! so here it is:
Engine
* 1.3 3F GT.
* Removed from an embarrassingly tidy GT and having covered 70,482 miles 1995 of the donor vehicle
* The engine is completely standard apart (including the GT exhaust) from a slightly drilled airbox and a de-cat pipe. Everything was cleaned when it was returned to the engine bay and the rev counter has been wired in.
* The cambelt was replaced when the engine was installed and new earth leads have been fitted, along with a new coil pack, plugs, leads, fully synth VAG oil and MANN filter, dist. cap, rotor arm, air filter, fuel filter, AFM, all vacuum pipes, rocker cover gasket, header tank, heater matrix, starter motor, clutch cable, semi-synth gearbox oil, gear linkage kit, coolant temp sensor and exhaust mounts.
Suspension - Wheels
* Phil J kit 40/40, Front end also fitted with Supersport 10mm lowering caps.
* All rubber for the front end of the vehicle was replaced - lower track arms, one steering tie rod end and CV boot, and all 4 anti-roll bar bushes.
* Mk3 GT rear axle.
* Revolution RFX 13" rims, with 175/50 R13 Slime Astars
* Mk2 Coupe S Hockenheim alloy spare
Brakes
* Mk1 Golf GTI front calipers (VW II), with 239mm vented discs.
* New hoses all round.
Interior
* GT Steering wheel.
* LG head unit
* Period Phillips in-car 'hifi' speakers
* Original front, VW, dealer-fit, rubber mats
* Checkered interior
* Rear flooring (from a breadvan...van)
* JBL GTO sub in tube box and 500W amp
* Black carpet (front section)
Body
* De-bumpered (including side-strips)
* De- wipered (rear)
* Modern look window wipers
* Coupe parade mirrors
* Indicators moved to foglights
* Sunstrip
* Chrome Handles
* INXX polished alloy bonnet lifters
To Do:
* Lower (more)
* Black front seats
* 4-2-1 Branch
* tint rear lights (or buy crystals)
* Chip
* De-Wedge
* Port and Polish
* and probably more if i can think!
Pictures- Then:
Pictures- Now...ish :
it's always changing as i keep buying stuff, it looks a tad different atm (lower, chrome handles etc..) but i will update the pics when i can grab a camera lol
it's no g40 but i love it! hope you enjoy
