tomatoketchup
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Man I'd love a mk1 gti for playing with at the weekends (so to speak). I'd back up the others here that are saying LCR though.
If you were just looking for a tidy cruiser then would seem right to go for a lower mileage newer cupra, but you're talking about a fair bit of modding and the bhp figures you can get to - and the LCR puts you at such a better starting point.
I'm biased mind you.
If you were just looking for a tidy cruiser then would seem right to go for a lower mileage newer cupra, but you're talking about a fair bit of modding and the bhp figures you can get to - and the LCR puts you at such a better starting point.
I'm biased mind you.
yeah man, when i have some more time and money the mk1 will be finished, ive got a stripped down G60 in the garage waiting.
heres a pic of the mk1, MANGO cos of the reg.
im thinking facelift spec cupra, 2002 me thinks about 4k
guna go see the bank manager new year probs Feb
mattgcupra
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another mk1 owner here, sad thing thing I have not driven it in 6 months, oh well wait for some good weather and a little time to fix it up nicely.
Wheres the engine in all thatAt the risk of going wildly off topic here's my Mk1...
Things have moved on alot but the MK1 still looks great to me
mattgcupra
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Lol yeah I know what you mean. The most ridiculous bit on the rhd Mk1s is the clutch cable.
In the engine bay pic you can just about make it out. As you look at the pic it's the black cable that comes out of the bulk head just to the left of the inlet manifold, comes right the way across the engine and then disapears down towards the clutch housing and gearbox.
When you look at engines now they are just so much tidier and better thought out.
It's 112bhp (as standard) and weighs nearly a tonne less that the Leon so unbelievably good fun to drive. I'm sure that most people have seen pics of a Mk1 going round a corner on three wheels and they make you want to drive like that all the time.
Not much protection in a crash tho!
In the engine bay pic you can just about make it out. As you look at the pic it's the black cable that comes out of the bulk head just to the left of the inlet manifold, comes right the way across the engine and then disapears down towards the clutch housing and gearbox.
When you look at engines now they are just so much tidier and better thought out.
It's 112bhp (as standard) and weighs nearly a tonne less that the Leon so unbelievably good fun to drive. I'm sure that most people have seen pics of a Mk1 going round a corner on three wheels and they make you want to drive like that all the time.
Not much protection in a crash tho!
Wheres the engine in all that
Things have moved on alot but the MK1 still looks great to me
That is an obscenely clean engine bay ! I am ashamed to report mine looks nothing like that !
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