Member Rides August - detective : 1986 VW Golf

[db]

Congratulations to detective on winning ride of the month for August. He has won a VWFORUM decal pack and T-Shirt.

Owner Member Name: John Kimball
Year: 86
Make: VeeDub
Model: Golf
Color: Flash Silver

Summary of the car: Daily driven uber sleeper. Representing deutschland!

Pictures:












Golf Launch Movie Clip (3.72mb): http://www.vwforum.com/rides/detecti...olf_launch.mov

Engine Specs:
Stock 1.8L 16v, 60 trim T3 Turbo, Megasquirt injection, 25x6x3 FMIC behind the grille, cable clutch 02A, lightened G60 flywheel, eurosport plug wires, K&N cone, 2.5in downpipe, TT 2.25in exhaust w/ Borla, chain exhaust hangers...lots of other stuff but that covers the major mods.

Suspension & Wheels
Weitec 60/40, 15" Rota Wheels, 11" Brakes up front, rear disks, 22mm master cylinder, Neuspeed front swaybar.

Exterior Specs:
Beat euro bumpers, smoked side markers, 3 chamber headlights w/ yellow fogs, OEM yellow H4 bulbs, 16v chin spoiler, chrome window surrounds!

Interior Specs:
Full factory power Recaro Trophy interior, central locking, power windows, power mirrors, 88 16v dash/cluster ect, autometer boost/water temp/oil pressure gauges, Neohaus air/fuel, keyless entry and no sunroof (so my head fits).

Notable Acomplishments:
It beat an EVO on the freeway last week.

Comments:
This car came about as a result of a sad series of events. You may have read the thread a few months ago about the white Jetta GLI that was rolled. Well, that was me and this is the result. Aaron basically swapped everything from the wrecked GLI to a $350 Golf that we picked up in Seattle. Not a bad deal really, we put a gallon of gas in it and after gapping the sparkplugs with a rock, drove it home. Literally the next day we had the Golf and Jetta together in the driveway and were busy swapping everything that wasn't painted silver. In two weeks we had completed the swap and I was back on the road. I kid you not, down to the hard brake lines everything has been swapped or replaced. The only parts that remain original to the Golf are the body panels, the glass and the carpet (I liked black better). Complete wiring harnesses have been swapped from car to car, subframes, rear beam and of course the precious turbo engine! I have to give my kudos to Aaron on this one. I can't thank him enough for all he has done but I'll try. Thanks pal!! I'm extremely pleased with the results. It's my super sleeper, 4 door commuter ass kicker. So far it has more than lived up to my expectations.

[mk-4gasm]

think you might need to change the car info in the post title...

[detective]

Thanks for choosing my ride!! I've got a slew of new mods and pictures as well as some dyno sheets and 1/4 mile slips for you too!!

I'll post those up later tonight.
Thanks again!

[A4TurboAvant]

love the car, very deserving.....

[liquidmike]

Originally Posted by detective

Thanks for choosing my ride!! I've got a slew of new mods and pictures as well as some dyno sheets and 1/4 mile slips for you too!!

I'll post those up later tonight.
Thanks again!

Ahh turbo 16v I wanted to go fi with my 16v also just never got around to it. Please post up the dyno sheets and 1/4 times I want to see what I missed out on nice ride btw..super sleeper

[VWjetta97]

sweet ride man. congrats

[stkshftgti]

congrats on ride of the month! super sexy sleeper, I love it!!! deff. post up times and dyno's

[85gti4door]

ive always loved your car man, major props

what your car leakin in the first pic?

my fav part is you stuck with small bumpers

[justdubit]

congrats, awesome ride man. i love the head lights.

[detective]

It's been a while since I updated my member ride post, so here's the list of new stuff that has been done to the car; It has a boost controller (a greddy profec b) so I can run 15psi when racing (10psi on the street). Aaron has fabbed up a prototype rear sway bar which works awesome. Camber bolts have been added up front adding 2.5 degrees or so of camber. And the most exciting new addition: It now has 205 50 15" Falken Azenis RT-615's. Damn those are a great tire! I recommend them highly to anyone who both races and street drives their car. As it stands this is still my only car and I drive it to work everyday as it sits.


A recent autocross, previous to my new tire purchase. (wet conditions do not like front wheel drive turbos)

http://www.euronationmotorsport.com/..._Autocross.mov (5.6MB)


We had the car Dyno'ed and she laid down 218hp and 228 ft lbs of torque at the front wheels!! She does drive like a torque monster I must say, with a power band that starts pretty much where a stock 1.8L 16v does. As you can see by the sheet below the torque curve is broad and flat (and very high up there!). What more could you ask for?




Here's me on the return road after making a 14.21 1/4 mile pass




Here's my staging up against the new Bahn Brenner car (I beat him in that race and below is the slip to prove it!)





And a few new pics of my car after racing. Yes that's me in the hat.







Its been an interesting summer, and I hope to make my car even more competitive next year at the autocrosses and the drag strip.

[milk dud]

Congrats on ROFM. I am sure that ride turns heads in WA.

[detective]

Originally Posted by 85gti4door

what your car leakin in the first pic?

not quite sure. It had a coolant leak for a while there... maybe oil too.
The bottom end has 180,000 miles on it.

[85gti4door]

the pics u have up top on the post and the pics u have at the bottom after you were racing,do u have 2 diff suspension setups the ones after racing look way lower the nthe ones up top

[SleepyHeadGTi]

Congrats...

[detective]

Originally Posted by 85gti4door

the pics u have up top on the post and the pics u have at the bottom after you were racing,do u have 2 diff suspension setups the ones after racing look way lower the nthe ones up top

That's the difference in tire size. In the top pics I was running 195 50 15's, in the bottom pics I'm running 205 50 15's. They barely fit!


Also, thanks to everyone who has congratulated me, and to db for picking my car. This was completely unexpected.