Golf VR6.

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Hi,
Just thought I'd start a thread of my golf.

I have bought this to use as a road legal track day toy.

It has already had some mods done.
K+N panel filter,
6 branch stainless wrapped manifold and system.
Koni Shocks + eibach springs,
312mm Front brake upgrade and red stuff pads,
17" Kahn alloys.

Here are some pics of it when I picked It up.

 

 

 

 

 

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So the first Job I've done was to source a bonnet the same colour and swap that over.

Before

After

A marked Improvement I feel.

I have found a few faults with the car so am going to get them sorted this week as I have my first track day 1 week from today.
Jobs to do are;-
fresh pair of wishbones,
rear engine mount,
front n/s wheel bearing,
fresh brake fluid,
have a look where i'm loosing water.

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Oh and I stripped the back seats out.

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So yesturday the golf decided it wasn't going to start. The starter packed up. I whipped it off last night and had it refurbed this morning, then fitted this afternoon.

Also took a bit more of the interior out.



Well they do say Lightening is the best form of tuning.

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Spent the day on the vr6 yesterday.

Here's the jobs I did.

Replaced both front wishbones,
N/S front wheel bearing,
Cut 1 coil out of each front spring ( in an attempt to bring the font of the car down a little, unsuccessful),
Rear n/s engine mount,
Changed the brake fluid and bled the brakes.
Fitted a pair of front wiper blades,
New panel filter, turns out the car didn't have a k+n panel filter like the seller said it had.

 

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[Lukey. 381]

Good effort mate, but if its going to be tracked you don't want to be just cutting coils off springs, it will muck up the handling.

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yeah, know what you mean, but i left it too late to order any, thought it might be better than it sitting really high at the front for the time being.

Turns out it didn't do anything anyway, still sits front end high.

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So I did my first track day on Monday.
Great day and and the golf did me proud. Went well with no problems, even after a full day of hard driving.
Definitely doing some more.

 

 

 

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[jez_monkey 1]

Are they standard sized discs?

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Are they standard sized discs?

Na, they are 312mm, with red stuff pads.

They worked brilliantly on track, didn't get any brake fade and surprised me as to how well they stopped. A well recommended upgrade.

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Got myself a Bedford autodrome sticker from my track day, removed my rear wiper motor for a bit of weight saving and I prefer the look without and blacked my vw badge. The back is looking a bit tidier now. 

 

 

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I would get the rest of those plastics out be much lighter then! And get some good springs and it will improve it muchly. Lol

That bonnet made a world of difference though.

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What event did you do at Bedford? I went to a How Fast there, it was a great couple of hours.

 

 Weight saving on a MK 3, take the side impact bars out of the doors, they weigh heavy as does the sand bag sound deadening under the carpets.

 

 I stripped out a MK 3 GTi, surprising how much can be removed. 

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I would get the rest of those plastics out be much lighter then! And get some good springs and it will improve it muchly. Lol

That bonnet made a world of difference though.

yeah, bonnet made a big difference.

Am bidding on another set of springs on ebay at the mo. I'm sure I'll be taking more out. lol

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What event did you do at Bedford? I went to a How Fast there, it was a great couple of hours.

 

 Weight saving on a MK 3, take the side impact bars out of the doors, they weigh heavy as does the sand bag sound deadening under the carpets.

 

 I stripped out a MK 3 GTi, surprising how much can be removed. 

 

Did a full days track day with msvt, here's a pic there photographer took.

 

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Whats a how fast sesion? Do you get timed?

 

Have only just started on the lightening front, I'm sure plenty more will be coming out. lol

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So the front of the golf sat way too high, so I managed to get a used set of konigsport adjustable damping coilovers for what I think was a fair price.

Today I managed to fit the fronts.

 

Here's a before pic,

 

 

And here's after,

 

 

Not sure its going to stay that low.

 

I still need to free off the rear's spring seats, once that's done I'll throw the backs on.