1998 Volkswagen GTI (der Golf Kart)

.:Ryan · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:24 am

Info:
My daily driver and race car
http://www.loopd.com/Members/RReitsma/Default.aspx

Mods:

Exterior:
Gold Badges
Laminex headlights and signals

Interior:
OEM "Drivers Edition Interior" (black/red high bolster seats, steering wheel, shift boot, and golf ball knob :D)
Alpine CDA9813 head unit
Alpine S-Type 2-way speakers
Bazooka Subwoofer tube
OEM Remote keyless/alarm
Push button start

Engine/Drivetrain
VW ABA 2.0 obd2 engine, 8v 'crossflow' 1987cc
VW 020 CHE Transmission, 5 speed, cable clutch
VW OEM VR6 cat-back section, sans resonator aka 'the suitcase'
USRT 'Smart Shift' kit, basically replaces all the plastic linkages from the knob to the trans with heim joints.
VW OEM 16v clutch
87 Octane
30mpg

Suspension/Brakes:
VW OEM 10" vented rotors and single piston calipers (front)
VW OEM 9" solid rotors and single piston calipoer (rear)
VW OEM front and rear sway bar
Bilstein 'Sport' shocks/struts all around
VW OEM Springs

Wheel mods:
Stud conversion with 60mm long studs and black nuts

3 sets:

Rally Cross:
Custom Gold colored
OEM VW 'Flyers' 14x6 et 35 (or 40?)
Bridgestone Blizzaks WS-50 195/70/14

Everyday/wet asphalt race:
Shiny silver OEM VW 'Flyers' 14x6 et 35 (or 40?)
195/60/14 all-seasons

Dry asphalt Race:
"NA" Mazda Miata M-Edition BBS 14x6 et 35
Kumho Ecsta V710 225/50/14
5mm (~1/4") spacers

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(6/28/09)

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:09 am

Nice!! Fwd ftw!! banana

Joe Barbato Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 831

W0rd.

.:Ryan · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:26 am

New pictures up with the new gold/black wheel finish! Mr. Green

BBS wheel shots coming after the first autocross event

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:19 pm

The black centers look nice! I say you continue to rock out the busted mirror...it gives it character. lol

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:23 am

I like. I always was a fan of the mkIII GTI

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:28 am

I saw the wheels in the garage today, love 'em!!

I saw your car while I was on my way to see my friends bmw, that got put on cinder blocks and the wheels stolen off of it :shock: So don't trust your stuff in Copernicus

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:23 pm

Yeah, Copernicus is like the worst lot you can park you car in. I borrowed my fathers Trail Blazer one night and came back in a few hour to a busted tail light. This happened on a Thursday night after our meeting and I came back around 1-2am. My father said that stuff like this has been happening since he was going there.

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:45 pm

green is fo the money, gold is fo the honeys

Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:49 pm

Matt wrote:

I saw the wheels in the garage today, love 'em!!

I saw your car while I was on my way to see my friends bmw, that got put on cinder blocks and the wheels stolen off of it :shock: So don't trust your stuff in Copernicus

That's crazy, I was wondering if that was Greg's car or not when I was in Copericus the other day, I never had a problem with the STi there and I used to park it there all the time since I was in Sam May and then James.

.:Ryan · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:13 am

Matt wrote:

I saw the wheels in the garage today, love 'em!!

I saw your car while I was on my way to see my friends bmw, that got put on cinder blocks and the wheels stolen off of it :shock: So don't trust your stuff in Copernicus

Wow, you learn something new everyday i guess; and that's really not cool. But these aren't really cool wheels so i'm not concerned lol. You might get 100bucks for em on the 'street'. There are some other VW's with more valuable wheels on em in the parking garage :

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:53 am

Scoobyless wrote:

Matt wrote:

I saw the wheels in the garage today, love 'em!!

I saw your car while I was on my way to see my friends bmw, that got put on cinder blocks and the wheels stolen off of it :shock: So don't trust your stuff in Copernicus

That's crazy, I was wondering if that was Greg's car or not when I was in Copericus the other day, I never had a problem with the STi there and I used to park it there all the time since I was in Sam May and then James.

I guess it's like a crap shoot. I was there at the wrong place, time. I have parked there before, but in the day. Also, I knew someone who had there car stolen twice. I think one was in Copericus, the other was in garage by the student center.

.:Ryan · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:42 pm

I found out this week that the 'police' don't monitor the garages, which is pure BS.

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:20 pm

RyanR wrote:

I found out this week that the 'police' don't monitor the garages, which is pure BS.

wtf! That is total BS...it's not like they're doing something every minute of the day. Everytime I go by the station almost every police car is parked there. They could at least put up surveillance cameras. Lazy asses.

.:Ryan · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:28 am

Today marked an accomplishment of the Golf Kart: it (and I) were the fasted 2wd car(/driver) on the RX course!

RyanR- (SF) 491.xx
____ - (2M) 492.xx (mk2 GTI fully modded for 2M, driver is also nationally competitive)

Mr. Green

<all hail vw emoticon>

haha i need to update all those photos!