Cadwell Park September 2021
Whilst Knockhill was the best trackday in terms of driving as hard as I could for a full day and…
Brake pad spacer shims
There are a few sellers of titanium brake pad shims online. The advertised benefit is the titanium reduces the amount…
Accusump. What is it and how does it work ?
Since fitting one to the Golf, I`m frequenty asked what the Accusump actually does and how it works. There are…
Custom Driveshafts
Since fitting 17″ wheels and tyres I`ve broken 7 outer CV joints, stripped the teeth off one 3rd gear and…
Quaife Gearset
I`ve been running a variant of the 02A gearbox for the last 15 years. The box was released by VW…
Coilover testing and repair Vol.2
2 years ago I had my coilovers refurbished at Cornering Force in Harrogate. They are one of the very…
Dyno Mapping Part 3. Boost-By-Gear
The Golf has been on the Dyno at EFI-Parts twice since I fitted the DTA S80Pro ECU. The first time was…
Engine build August 2020 Supertech Valve fitment issues and resolution.
Shortly after the engine build in 2015, I replaced the OEM pistons and twin head gaskets with some Wossner low…
Laser cut custom sill stands
A couple of years ago I added some Sill jacking points to the Golf, the long term plan was to use something…
Sill jacking point. #Updated June 2020 with rear tubes.
The problem with adding a flat floor and side skirts to aid Aero on the car means jacking the car…
Gripper plate differential fitting and gearbox bearing preload setting
I felt something was amiss with my diff in September but simply haven`t had the time to remove the gearbox…
Over tyre trailer strap
The question of how to strap your car onto a trailer is something that gets asked pretty regularly so I`ve…
Bedford GT 10th June 2019
After fitting the new turbo and getting the golf remapped on the Dyno I was very keen to do a trackday…
Converting a standard rubber engine mount to polyurethane
I noticed when the car was on the Dyno earlier this year there was more engine movement than expected. Looking…
440HP @ 1.5Bar. Dyno mapping part 2.
Arrived at EFI-Parts for Chris to map DTAFast S80Pro ECU on the Golf with the new Owen Developments GT2868HTA turbo…
Exhaust manifold collector failure and repair 2019
At the Circuit Days event, both Matt and I were sure we could smell some exhaust fumes under the bonnet…
On the Dyno with a new DTA S80Pro ECU
I swapped from the Megasquirt 2 ECU I`ve run for the last 8 years to a new DTA S80Pro over the…
Coilover Servicing
Just to clarify as I`ve received several emails enquiring about coilver servicing. I don`t service coilovers, you need to contact…
Nurburgring April 2018 Circuit Days
It usually happens early December during the period where this years trackdays are over and you have an eye on…
What is the Pinderwagen ?
Back in April 2007 I bought this MK2 Golf CL shell to replace the previous one I`d crashed at the…