M4N1

I'm sure this will have been covered before :sleeping: but i'll cover it again just incase... stretch fit tyres make the steering and general ride quality very uncomfortable. I've had 8x16's on a 195/45 stretch on my G60 for almost a year now, and ive just reverted back to original 6.5x15's (195/50/15's). The steering and ride quality have improved so much that ive forgotten why I even fitted aftermarket wheels in the first place. The car absorbs bumps and potholes like it should, instead of pulling you to the side over every anomaly in the road. Bump steer and even torque steer are something of the past and the car just feels alot more 'true' to drive. It feels lighter and more nimble - more like the C people rant about as being one of the best handling FWD car of its time. The only caveat now is the flex you get in the 'balloon' like tyres going round corners. This I can live with. Until I get bored of how it looks. I would recommend anyone running 7J wheels fit atleast 205 width tyres. 7.5J I'd run with 215 and 8J i'd fit 225 etc. I know this defeats the idea of slamming your C to the ground; but it depends whats more important to you. I drive my car every day and sheer driveability and comfort have become priorities by default. On a show, or weekend driven car you'l no doubt have different icons at the top of your list. I always see manufacturers, no matter how big the wheels, fit tyres with a tread width slightly wider then the width of the wheel itself. The shoulder of the tyre seems to play a vital role in absorbing and transferring loads between the road and suspension correctly. This appears to be well understood by racing teams but by no means is it conclusive. Stretch fit tyres solve all sorts of rubbing issues and usually let you go that 15 - 20mm lower! I guess it's all down to personal preference. Mani

I didn't fit a brand new tensioner - I had one knocking around in the garage. Turns out the timing belt was slightly too tight. I slackened off some tension which got rid of the the dreaded whining noise... a good seeing to and some long runs on the motorway and i'm back up by the 30's.

8v tornado, found the vac leak in the pipe which bends around the back of the inlet manifold - it bends around quite abit and it split right at the end of the metal tube which it slips over. I added a small section of pipe in with a curvy bend to stop it happening again. Damn vac pipes! Had so much trouble on my mk2 driver carburettors with leaky vac pipes. My fuel economy has somehow dropped about 5 mpg now after changing the timing belt tensioner. Either the belt is too tight or the tensioner I fitted has siezed being just as bad as the old one! OR it could from some high resistance in one of the auxiliary components. Trouble is finding out which one it is! They all spin freely when the belt is off. That Mk4 TDI is becoming somewhat more appealing these days... :(

I get an average 30 - 32mpg on my G60 - just about 200 miles out of 30 quid at todays prices, engines completely standard, albeit with a few leaks. Most significant improvement was after I changed all the top end gaskets last year inc. the head gasket. Had some work done on the head which no doubt tightened up the compression abit. Whilst connecting everything back together I found a leaking vacuum pipe around the back of the inlet mani, TB side - worth a check as I think the vacuum lines contribute heavily to the MFA reading.

Ive had the exact same noise and strange feel on my G60, just after replacing all the wishbones, ball joints, TRE's and ARB drop links. Dodgy steering, understeer and oversteer, not to mention that lovely 'wandering' feeling you get when the road contours change. Turns out one of my ball joints was loose on the wishbone - one of the 3 bolts that hold the BJ to the wishbone was missing! The second bolt was loose and the third was on the way. I found with aftermarket parts, especially my ball joints - the bolts tend to be quite soft and the threads seem to shear quickly. After loosening the bolts, pulling the bottom of the wheel away from the car (nice positive camber :D) and tightening new bolts back in, the car feels fully poised once again. Just remember if you adjust the camber here your tracking will be out. The other day I drove over some rough road quite fast and the now same thing is beginning to happen again. The 3 ball joint bolts seem to be working themselves loose - they definitely need some Loctite! Awesome when you renew some parts on your car and it ends up worse then before you began!

Hi andydlc-g60, Glad you asked, Ive been looking at these for a few weeks... the chap from venom motorsport tells me it's FK's attempt to bridge the gap between the Highsports and the Konigsports. They seem a steal for that price on ebay, but people dont seem to rate the FK range on golf forums, who knows why! Its a case of some1 buying them, testing them then letting the rest of us know how they are. I can't see them being that bad considering the alternatives for the price! M4N1

Has anyone heard of/fitted the FK Highsport Edition Plus coilover kit??? They are, based on the Highsport Coilovers with an additional 6 damper rate settings, top adjustable. After reading reviews on the Highsports having a tendency to be too hard; maybe FK have caught on and incorporated an adjustable damper for the 'softer' amongst our community? With a budget of around £400 I cant find much better for the money?! Unless someone can sway me towards something else. M4N1

Thanks for the reply. Just as I feared! The guy at ECP stressed the Lemf

I'm replacing the bushes up front on my '91 G60; consisting of new Lemf