Why is the lounge the best room in he house? Simple. It's got fat chairs to slouch in, a TV to catch Denise van Outen on, and a pumpin' stereo to annoy the neighbors. Pity lounges aren't portable...... until now. I have built a 200bhp three piece suite to tear up the axminster.
I've already had a Nova GTE (my first car) and a Reanult 5GT Turbo I decided get myself a proper car and tore into a Mk2 Golf GTI 16V. This was my first project car and things started quietly. I sourced a set of wheels to replace the standard VAG items. I treated myself to nice professional respray and fitted a single wiper system.
I would have left the engine as standard, but all my mates were blowing me away in their cars, so I decided to do something about it and I wasn't short of ideas. Keeping the two litre 16V tradition, I called a VW specialist in Manchester and sourced a two litre Wolfsburg engine. I left them to sprinkle abit of magic on my mean machine and in no time the engine was fully lightened and balanced, and a big valve head with a pair of lairy Piper 285 degrees cams was fitted.
For my next move I decided to go for a Weber Alpha injection system to give it some extra torque and big power To match my new 200bhp engine I got a stainless steel Magnex system fitted straight away. The car is so responsive now. The low end grunt is incredible. I reckon I've got about 230 lb/ft of torque. There was no way the 239mm discs could handle the car's new power, so I picked up a set of cross-drilled 300mm discs and mated them to Wilwood four-pot calipers.
With all the mechanical goodies in place, I had to sort out my creature comforts-a bit of ICE. My uncle owns a stereo shop so he sorted all my ICE out at cost price to him and the sound is immaculate, probably the best ICE install in Blackburn. The ALPINE CVA-1000R is not only a CD head unit: it contains a TV tuner with a flip-up screen.
My next move is to fit a supercharger. I'm sure it's compatible with the Weber Alpha system.
DUB DETAILS
ENGINE: 2 LITRE,16V,four
cylinder with gas-flowed big valveAvonbar A2 head, Piper 285 degrees cams.
Weber
alpha injection system with twin 45mm throttle bodies. Mongoose stainless
steel exhaust system, K&N filters.
Samco braided hoses, ally header tank. Standard 5 speed gearbox with
quickshift.
WHEELS: 7 x 17" Azev A with 205/40 R17 yokohoma's all round.
OUTSIDE: Audi door handles,
colour coded badges, single wiper conversion, black tinted lights all round,
VR6 lower
front spoiler and car painted PORCHE Riveria Blue
INSIDE:
Electric Recaro front seats, Momo Fighter steering wheel, Momo gear
knob, colour coded dials, carbon
detailing, ally pedals and footplates & leather gaiter.
ICE:
Alpine CVA-1000R head unit and TV modulator, Alpine MRVT-500 V12 amp, Soundstream
Reference
A10.0 amp, Audio Control 24XS crossover. Boston Pro 5.4 component kit,
Soundstream SPL-160 sub.
Optima 12V battery, split charger.
SECURITY: Loads
INSURANCE: £1250 TPFT with
1 years NCD with agreed value (I know its a joke, and bieng only
19 years old doesn't help either)