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The 1P motor was only available in the left hand drive Syncro,
btw any of these below will do you! or in fact anything listed for the 88 to 91 8v GTI with the motor code PF but only the LHD versions as the British RHD ones were not fitted with a lambda and your Country is
you need either
037 906 022AR
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037 906 022AN
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037 906 022CT
or
037 997 022FXYou then fit an upgrade chip and there you are with a 20%+ power increase without getting your hands(too)dirty
You have the same motor as I do, I uprated mine with an 8V GTI management computer, this btw is LHD europe mainland only as it has a lambdasonde in the exhaust which no RHD Golf 2 was ever fitted with, this will uprate you to either 107 bhp (with cat) or 112 bhp without cat, I have a chip here which when fitted to the GTI computer gives an extra 10 to 12 bhp so you have somewhere between 120-125 bhp, you can also fit the LHD G60 Syncro manifold & downpipe which breathes better the country camshaft is the same as the 8v GTI.
The ‘Rubber tubes’ are no longer available from VW but you should find some at the breakers yard
What an exellent link that is, an education for us all! Good work & thank you for placing it on here
I have only one question though and that is why did you use the VW jointing compound on the casings instead of the VW gasket set or is that not available in America?
I just got my renewal notice @ 246 euros for third party + fire + theft for a year, with an agreed valuation of 4500 eu, but unfortunately it does not cover me on the Nurburgring! ho hum
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Originally posted by Trev16vSo when comparing a MK2 with a bonded window against a MK2 with a normal unbonded windscreen, is there any difference in the aperture (i.e. the chassis) itself?
I dont know, but you can have a look here & decide for yourself
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2957737
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2603533
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http://www.dubforce.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=12305&hl=bonded%20windscreen&st=0
I need a new windscreen for the G60 Syncro but I think I’ll use a normal windscreen, so long as it fits properly and looks standard.
The bonded in screen doesnt use a mounting rubber as its bonded in, it does however use small spacers to allow the correct fitting depth.
I dont want to rain on your parade, but you are going you are going to have to change the rear floor pan to fit the syncro rear axle into your 16 valve shell.
And if you dont want the exhaust hitting the road every time you go over a bump you will need to weld in the higher transmission tunnel from the Syncro as well.
This is what you need to cut out from the Syncro shell
Stand the 2 cars next to each other & compare the depth in the boot notice how the Syncro boot floor is 2 inches or so higher than the 2wd version, that extra clearance is needed for the 4wd rear axle to live under there.
As re2 says the 16V motor is missing a transfer box mounting, and the motor characteristics (poor low down power & everything at the top end) doesn’t really get the best from the Syncro system.
Photos of a modded 16V block to make the top transfer box mounting
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