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At a guess you know the tweaks to up the power, have you got the 4 speed +E gearbox?
Thought the mk2 had the 1.8 turbo...
May have mentioned before, I have (inherited when dad died) an 83 left hooker imported GTD. Taken to Italy on gb plates. The 1.6 engine was tired with worn rings, replaced the engine with the 1.8 from the mk2 with an added landrover intercooler as I had few. The really tall/long 5th E gear meant the car would do 160-180kph for tankfuls of fuel going from the midlands to sort of Naples.
lynx
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@lynx Na 1.6 turbo. 70 bhp if I remember correctly. Managed to change the alternator, one handbrake cable, rear bumpstop and clean/regrease the bearing for that wheel today... Starting to get the 'old car repair' bug! Certainly a lot cheaper than getting a garage to do it. I love the fact that with these old VWs every piece is designed properly, and designed to be taken apart and repaired intelligently.