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New addition to the drive....

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:28 pm
by ImysE30
Needed a cheap run about for work so picked this up yesterday :D

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1.6 GTI 16V Twin Cam :cool:

Re: New addition to the drive....

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:47 pm
by bss325i
Quite pokey turds these!

A work mate from years back had one but it was rotten.

Got nick named the "Toyota Corroder" :D

Re: New addition to the drive....

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:56 pm
by ImysE30
It goes like a go-kart, very nippy when you get it going in the high rev range.

Surprisingly this one is not rotten. It's had new arches in the past. It's come from Scotland too :P

It's on Koni coilovers and polybushed all round, the ride is quite hard/harsh 8O

Not many left now :cool:

Re: New addition to the drive....

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:34 pm
by capri_rob
Same engine as the Mk1 MR2 ?

Bet theres not many of these left

Re: New addition to the drive....

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:11 pm
by ImysE30
Yes same engine Rob. They're pretty much bullet proof and nippy at high revs. 9k rpm :twisted:

Not many left according to this, about 600

http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/to ... la_gti_16v

Re: New addition to the drive....

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:06 am
by miniblob
Had some fun in a Mk1 MR2 with that engine - but it suddenly seized on me one day!!!
No one could understand it and said they were super reliable and never seized!!!

I'm sure your's will be fine - these impossible things only happen to me normally!!!

Re: New addition to the drive....

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:43 pm
by ImysE30
I've done 600 miles in about 3 days and still going strong :D

Re: New addition to the drive....

Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 9:53 pm
by ImysE30
Up for sale now winkeye

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251538189131? ... 1586.l2649

To be replaced with a BMW now winkeye