87 Black GTX

[scrappy1382]

woohoo ive finally been tagged on this cheers kieran

[BlackGTX]

Changed the gear knob for a polo gt one

[BlackGTX]

Bought some clocks off ebay a while back. Just had a look at them, ones 140mph which i guess is std and the other is zero milage 160mph ones but whats interesting is the chane to how the miles turn

[mark1gls]

I think 160 mph clocks come from a 16v Scirocco/golf, not that they would go that fast

[BlackGTX]

Yeah i thought it was a bit optimistic

Got some new tyres but not sure i like the look. Wheels are 8 and 9j and had 185/45/15 and 195/45/15 which is now 195/50/15 and 205/50/15 hides the wheels a little and takes away from the look the car had, may put the 195 on the rear and have 185/50/15 on the front and get more subtle stretch than before.

the original tyres were well below the std rolling radious and messed up the speedo

[BlackGTX]

A few more things

Changed for clear indicators & repeators.


Also found this, a sign of lower days


Also tested the speedo against a sat nav, the polo was bang on but this was out by 10%

[mark1gls]

Even running standard wheels old VW speedos seem to over read, my golf over reads.

[BlackGTX]

Yeah i expected it to be so but i think the satnav factors in 10% which is why the polo was spot on. Also noticed the needle doesnt sit on zero so some adjustments.

Probably try some spare clocks

[mark1gls]

Looking at the picture of the speedo above I think the needle should line up with the thin line just below the pin unused as a stop, if you very carfully lift the needle over the pin it should sit on the line.
If you do want to remove the needle I placed some thin card on the face of the speedo so not to scratch it and used a table fork to prise it off.

I did this on my Mk1 after having to dismantle the speedo as the miles stopped turning over as the cogs was slipping on the shaft.

I drove and checked mine on the satnav, made the dash look very simple!

[BlackGTX]

Small progress

[BlackGTX]

[BlackGTX]

Ok there has been progress this

Added these parts to the conversion:

• scirocco 16v inlet
• scirocco 16v loom
• 16v 45° dizzy to clear brake res
• 16v waterpipe
• abf scirocco 421 stainless manifold
• 16v kjet fuel lines

May relocate and change the expansion tank as that side of the bay is packed. Probably use a smaller polo gt one





As you can see its all still pretty messy in there at the mo

[BlackGTX]

Been working away on this,

Started fitting a 16v loom


And a heritage 421

[mark1gls]

That's close to your steering UJ boot, I would wrap that as they can catch fire if they get to hot!
I used a plumbers mat from ebay for a couple of £'s and I also wrapped my manifold DX engine 4 to 1 manifold.

The matt I bought
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silverline-Pl ... Sw8d9UvjW1

[BlackGTX]

about time for an update

nothings really gone on with this yet, just sitting in the garage waiting for the motivation to return