Ebay Golf syncro g60

[conor]

Anyone know this car? It has popped up a few times in the past few years

Ebay Link

[LD50]

hmm well it’s RHD so I guess it’s not an original G60..rhd g60 conversion?

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[Chris S]

I wonder what gearbox/transfer box & exhaust down pipe it has, there are no piccys from under the bonnet.

[conor]

I messaged him years ago and he said it has the standard exhaust Manifold (RHD 1.8 carb). Not sure what gearbox it is running though.

[LD50]

oh yikes. the standard GU downpipe on a G60? that doesn’t sound great but I guess it would work..sorta. Never even worked particularly well on the original GU.

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[conor]

I actually ran my g60 with the GU manifold and downpipe, it worked fine, but I never had it on a dyno so I couldn’t confirm how much it restricted power!

[LD50]

interesting. so was that the RHD downpipe or the LHD one? the LHD standard syncro downpipe is pretty decent (i think I have one somewhere) – 2 smooth pipes and little restriction, whereas the RHD one is with the round connector with clips and the flattened section.

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[conor]

Yeah it was the standard RHD GU cast manifold with the toilet bowl opening into the down pipe, held together with 2 C clamps. this then mated up to a powerflow 2″ stainless system. I did the conversion in relatively short time, I basically pulled out the GU engine and dropped in the PG engine with the intention of revisiting the manifold and down pipe at a later date. I even had a LHD g60 syncro manifold and down pipe I was going to try and adapt.
Unfortunately I melted a piston in the G60 as a result of running a smaller pulley and not chipping the ecu to suit the extra boost.

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[LD50]

oh that sucks. sorry to hear it :-\

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[conor]

Thanks, yeah I miss that engine, I replaced it with a 1.8T but the engine does nothing for me, it doesn’t have the same character.

[SamSam]

I’ve messaged the guy a couple of times – he’s vague to the point where he doesn’t seem bothered if it sells or not.
It’s a syncro running rear drums and GU running gear. Claims it be running a 2.0 G60 – I have engine bay pics if interested.

In previous conversions I believe he said he wouldn’t take less than £3750…

This is a link the seller sent me
http://www.brick-yard.co.uk/forum/1990-h-golf-mk2-syncro-g60-capri-green-200bhp_topic80349.html
(this was the person from whom the current seller purchased the car from)

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