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The beige best is finally up and running :-D She is a 1984 Mk2 polo squareback or "breadvan" which started out as a humble little 1.05litre, 2 owners from new with a mere 52k clocked up in its life in sunny old wales. It was fairly nippy but i bought it with intentions of making it a sleep...

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My L reg G40 had a CEK (not CEH) gearbox in it, apparently this is a late spec G40 (ATV) gearbox.

Does anyone know the differences between the two??

My housemate is a metal fabricator and i've been working closely with him to make brackets to allow the use of your standard G40 calipers (or Mk2 golf 16v calipers) but in conjunction with bigger discs The reason i'm doing this is because you might be experiencing problems in tracking down audi coup...

what would be a realistic turbo to put on this manifold if it was fitted to a 1.0litre?,and is there plenty of space between turbo and radiator,enought space in front of it to fit an intercooler? As andy said a T2 would be good for a 1 litre if you were going to turbo it. There would be plenty of s...

I can only guess and aim for the £250 mark, it could be £50 either side of that

One of james's rear shocks has decided to leak and become weak and bouncy so he is after a set of rear shocks with the selectable spring height mounting clips I asked phil but he can't give me a definate date as post from germany can be anything from 2-4days Have you got any and would you be able to...

Prices will be finalized once the maker has recieved the modded manifold so they can see how much materials/work is involved, this will be within the next two months

what size engine is this for or could it fit the 1.0litre aswell i have been looking at ways to improve the power of my car but dont want to put a bigger engine in ,and a turbo sounds like the best idea:)how much is the rother one and also the ones you are getting made? Really wouldn't put a turbo ...

Up till now (well two months'ish away) the only turbo manifold worth talking about was the rothe Ko3 manifold http://www.rothe-motorsport.de/bilder/10/g40_polo_6n_turbo_kruemmer_2.jpg Many have used it and to good effect but it's not the best in terms of even flow from each cylindor to the turbo whi...

We are currently building a Mk3 polo GT engine (3f) to fit into a mk1 golf The spec so far is rebuilt bottom end with slight increase in bore ported and polished head schrick 252/276 cam volkwagen motorsport inlet manifold twin 40 dellorto carbs GT gearbox G40 clutch and a few other odds and sods. T...

What size tyres are you running mate??

I've run dunlop sp9000's for a while now and find them ok but i'm in need of some new front tyres......

Do i

A) go for the Dunlops again or
B) Try Continental SportContacts???

both in 195/45/13's

Any advice would be handy

(tyres will be struggling with 200bhp+)

gary87 wrote:what sort of arches are those on it? Car looks mean and so phat, good work buddy!

Standard G40 arches colour coded mate