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  1. Posted

    original colour, it started life as a G60 but was stolen and stripped, I bought it as more or less a bare shell about 8 or so years ago and rebuilt it into a VR. I ran the car for 6 years and loads of track days before selling the shell and a big pile of bits to Coxylad, but now she’s back with me ready for the 3rd reincarnation :lol: it just gets faster every time

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    it’s not about the 2wd vs 4wd theory, it’s about the suspension you are limited with if your using all VW parts. so where would the 2wd vs 4wd theory be if you had a choice of a 2wd well setup car or a poorly handling 4wd car, I know the choices are a bit extreme but there would be a big difference in the outcome. Go 4wd by all means but I wouldn’t do it with the Rallye/Syncro rear end, I’d look at using the rear end (suspension, arms and subframe) off an Audi

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    that’s if your running a rear diff but surely that means that the diff is possibly making up for a short coming with the rear suspension, if I went 4x4 I think I’d make the rear suspension and not use the syncro/rallye rear axle

     

    I don’t have a problem with 4x4 just the rear axle they use

  15. Posted

    the Corrado was much better handling than the Golf, rear end gave little or no feel and I couldn’t/daren’t keep up as much corner speed with the golf. I always asked myself why no Rallye had ever put in a good lap time on any of the track days I’ve seen, could it be because they couldn’t drive?? could it be because they didn’t dare push there pride and joy?? or could it be because they don’t handle as well as we think they ought to?? I don’t know the answer but I won’t use the Rallye/syncro rear end again.

     

    I could be wrong but I’ve altered the settings and the rear end never felt a patch on the old rear beam and it’s not as if I was cutting costs with the suspension/bushes/tyres etc

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    http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/in%20car0234.avi 11mb

    http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/m ... 20car2.mpg 1omb (you need to see the end of this one)

    http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/banana%20lap1.mpg 21mb

    http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/c ... orhead.wmv 7.5mb (phatty's car + track golf)

    http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/mallory%20mix.wmv 5mb (at mallory)

     

    http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk/videoclips/rant.wmv what i think of the 20v turbo

     

     

    or you can just look at my web site http://www.20vsyncro.co.uk

  17. Posted

    Paul, the MK2 was different, I wanted to sort the car out in 2wd (ie setup) before I went 4x4 but it became evident straight away that it wasn’t going to entertain me for long even with 4x4.

     

    If I were to carry on with the golf I would have put in a diff first and then the 4x4 after. what did put me off was the rear axle, no confidence in it at all, it may feel different with the rear diff driving but could that not be because it compensates for the poor characteristics of the rear axle???? Not sure without trying it but I didn’t see the point in developing something I wasn’t interested in.

     

    Ian’s building something I think he’ll keep so he’s time to alter and develop things bit by bit, if you change everything then how do you know what part of it is wrong if it doesn’t drive and handle like you thought it would, go the same way as they set up cars and bikes for racing, change one thing at a time (not literally but you know what I mean)

     

    ps: Mick just tries to kill everything I own anyway :lol:

  18. Posted

    I fitted a leon cupra box to my mk2, and the gearing was horrendously short.

    Great for a track car, not so god for everyday use.

     

    4000rpm at 80mph in 6th is a bit short for me

     

    ?????? i had mine off the clock (160+)on the A1 (6spd 02M 1.8t) and it was still going, i was running 15's so i think you need to deduct 6.5% of the speed to compensate for the diff in rolling cir from the TT.

     

    i love the 02M but it's just a bit of a lump.

  20. Posted

    I’d say (yet again) build and finish it in 2wd with a diff, get the car running and set up as you like and then if you feel you are suffering with lack of traction then fit the rear diff etc, how can you gauge if the 4x4 setup is better if you’ve not run it in 2wd first.

    As long as you make a diff mount you can still go back to using it as a 2wd car if you don’t like it as a 4wd. if you finish it as a 4x4 then it’s going to take you longer (and it’s about time you got something on the road) and you’ll be forever wondering if you’ve wasted your time and wouldn’t it be better just fwd.

    By finishing it 2wd then your loosing nothing, you just get it on the road faster and you’ve still got the bits to 4x4 it, you get to use it this summer and if you want you could put the diff in next winter. and as for the “I need 4x4 for where I live” ……..go buy a tractor if you do :lol:

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