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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.
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Nice! Ours is the 5 full gears as it's a 91. Yeah, it's mostly tuning up the fuel pump with this engine isnt it? Tbh if I was to do anything with it I'd want to improve the economy not the speed. With it being the family car that's more important, although it's pretty good as it is. Especially compared to the petrol version. Would changing the turbo and intercooler give me more umpfh and more top end economy? As we said before the idea of this car with a modern economical engine is pretty tempting....
Once I've got it all out back together and polished I'll put up some photos
Jw89
@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.