MK1 Ragtop

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Originally Posted by sports racer

I've just read the whole thread from stat to finish. Makes good reading how it's progressed from a standard 1.6 with rust to what you have today. Well done.

I couldn't see anything about a rear sway bar, did you ever get round to fitting one?

That and a lower strut brace make a big difference to how well you go round corners.

Cheers

Paul

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Thanks for the kind words Paul :)
The car and I have come a long way these past few years.
The car currently doesn't have any bracing or swaybars whatsoever yet.. but I'm saving all that for a rainy day. I have a rear sway bar that nseeds some links made up and I plan to make front and rear top strut braces and a front lower brace along with some A pillar and roof repairs. all in good time. First and foremost, I need to address my wheel alignment (mostly the rear to :/ ...) decent bucket seats and I've been on the eternal quest for the perfect wheels.. so I gotta sort that out haha

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A proper fitting bucket seat will give you a huge boost in driver confidence, especially when you're not holding onto the wheel for dear life :P

Be sure to not "over tyre" a Mk1. My old man ran 185/60/14 in Yoko IPRA control tyre for a long time.
Spend your money of brakes, handling and seat time before you get some fancy track tyres.

Well done and im enjoying your updates!

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Originally Posted by Water Boy

Be sure to not "over tyre" a Mk1. My old man ran 185/60/14 in Yoko IPRA control tyre for a long time.
Spend your money of brakes, handling and seat time before you get some fancy track tyres.

Well done and im enjoying your updates!

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As far as brakes go, they haul ass. So that's done :)
Seating will be taken care of, most likely a pair of saas fixed back seats. Car Handles well but will need to spend time in that department. My goal after all this is to win a bet of producing 100+fwkw without spending over $500 hehe:/:/ gonna be quite a task

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So, I did a thing. Dyno day, made 67kw [emoji41] also watch this space, new wheels on their way..http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...c3adc151-1.jpghttp://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...d7d65701-1.jpghttp://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...c87cbba4-1.jpghttp://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...8242ca7f-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by MarcusAurelius

My goal after all this is to win a bet of producing 100+fwkw without spending over $500

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You do know that equates to 200hp at the motor?

67kw is a long way from 100 but still lots of fun in a car that weighs 800kg.

Car still looks good.

Cheers

Paul

Oh I'm just setting the baseline, my 100kw goal definately involves induction, of the forced kind [emoji48]

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Originally Posted by sports racer

You do know that equates to 200hp at the motor?

67kw is a long way from 100 but still lots of fun in a car that weighs 800kg.

Car still looks good.

Cheers

Paul

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100kw from a 1.5 NA diesel??? :O :O :O You must be a wizard

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I'll leave that dream for you, I can't steal them all :O

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Originally Posted by Browneye

100kw from a 1.5 NA diesel??? :O :O :O You must be a wizard

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As I've slowly been piecing together parts to boost the adz, I've been also playing around with a set of wheels..
Enjoy :)

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