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    R8 Manual gearshifter refresh

    May 19, 2025 Nigel Pinder
    Coilovers Suspension

    R8 Ohlins TTX Dampers

    March 14, 2025 Nigel Pinder
    ForSale

    FOR SALE ! Golf MK2 16VTurbo. £18,000

    January 12, 2025 Nigel Pinder
    Oil system

    R8 Additional Oil Cooling

    October 30, 2024 Nigel Pinder
    R8 Roll Cage

    R8 Half cage and harness bar

    July 7, 2024 Nigel Pinder
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    R8 Manual gearshifter refresh
    Bearings Build Topics
    R8 Manual gearshifter refresh
    R8 Ohlins TTX Dampers
    Coilovers Suspension
    R8 Ohlins TTX Dampers
    FOR SALE ! Golf MK2 16VTurbo. £18,000
    ForSale
    FOR SALE ! Golf MK2 16VTurbo. £18,000
    R8 Additional Oil Cooling
    Oil system
    R8 Additional Oil Cooling
    Repacking an SKF Wheel bearing with High Temperature Grease
    Bearings Build Topics
    Repacking an SKF Wheel bearing with High Temperature Grease
    R8 Manual gearshifter refresh
    Bearings Build Topics
    R8 Manual gearshifter refresh
    Turbo Rebuild
    Turbo
    Turbo Rebuild
    Rockingham 2014
    Rockingham
    Rockingham 2014
    R8 Manual gearshifter refresh
    Bearings Build Topics
    R8 Manual gearshifter refresh
    R8 Ohlins TTX Dampers
    Coilovers Suspension
    R8 Ohlins TTX Dampers
    FOR SALE ! Golf MK2 16VTurbo. £18,000
    ForSale
    FOR SALE ! Golf MK2 16VTurbo. £18,000
    R8 Additional Oil Cooling
    Oil system
    R8 Additional Oil Cooling
    Nurburgring Trip Reports

    Destination Nurburgring DN26 September 2021

    September 1, 2021 Nigel Pinder

    After the aborted trip in July, this was to be my final visit to the Nurburgring in 2021. The previous…

    Cadwell Park Trip Reports UK Trackdays

    Cadwell Park August 2021

    August 11, 2021 Nigel Pinder

    We fancied a mid-year Cadwell trackday and as the date approached, the weather forecast was for warm nights and clear…

    Nurburgring Trip Reports

    Nurburgring Ringmeisters 2021

    July 19, 2021 Nigel Pinder

    I usually write these reports in the order things happened allowing you to experience the trip as it developed. This…

    Knockhill Trip Reports UK Trackdays

    Knockhill June 2021

    June 28, 2021 Nigel Pinder

    I last drove Knockhill way back in 2013. Back then it was simply ‘Niges Golf’ and was normally aspirated with…

    Bedford Trip Reports

    Bedford 7th June 2021

    June 7, 2021 Nigel Pinder

    I hadn’t done Bedford for a few years and whilst I share the view of many that it isn’t the…

    Anglesey Trip Reports UK Trackdays

    Anglesey June 2021

    June 2, 2021 Nigel Pinder

    With the ongoing Covid situation the Welsh government were stipulating that all track days were run as sessioned events, whilst…

    Croft Trip Reports UK Trackdays

    Croft May 2021

    May 8, 2021 Nigel Pinder

    After Silverstone I gave the Golf a once over, swapped the Isolator switch, washed it and put it back on…

    Silverstone Trip Reports UK Trackdays

    Silverstone April 2021 Circuit Days

    April 9, 2021 Nigel Pinder

    The ongoing lockdown meant the trackdays in the UK and Europe I`d booked in Jan, Feb and March were all…

    Oil system

    Accusump. What is it and how does it work ?

    January 1, 2021 Nigel Pinder

    Since fitting one to the Golf, I`m frequenty asked what the Accusump actually does and how it works. There are…

    Oulton Park Trip Reports

    Oulton Park Javelin 12th December 2020

    December 12, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    Oulton was the last trackday I`d booked in 2020 and with the lockdown ending the week before and the Tier…

    Build Topics Gearbox and Clutch

    Custom Driveshafts

    December 2, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    Since fitting 17″ wheels and tyres I`ve broken 7 outer CV joints, stripped the teeth off one 3rd gear and…

    Cadwell Park Trip Reports

    Cadwell Park 4th November 2020 RMA

    November 4, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    I hadn`t planned to do Cadwell again this year and was actually booked onto Donington tomorrow. The pending lockdown meant…

    Build Topics Diff Gearbox and Clutch

    Quaife Gearset

    October 19, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    I`ve been running a variant of the 02A gearbox for the last 15 years. The box was released by VW…

    Coilovers Suspension

    Coilover testing and repair Vol.2

    October 13, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    2 years ago I had my coilovers refurbished at Cornering Force in Harrogate. They are one of the very few…

    Croft Trip Reports UK Trackdays

    Croft 30th September 2020

    September 30, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    The last time I drove Croft in 2018 it never stopped raining and I was hoping for some dry weather…

    Dyno Trip Reports

    Dyno Mapping Part 3. Boost-By-Gear

    September 28, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    The Golf has been on the Dyno at EFI-Parts twice since I fitted the DTA S80Pro ECU. The first time…

    Nurburgring Trip Reports

    Destination Nurburgring DN24 September 2020

    September 5, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    Covid-19 meant this trip almost didn’t happen. UK government kept adding countries to the none exempt list which meant I’d…

    Anglesey Trip Reports UK Trackdays

    Anglesey August 2020

    August 15, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    Anglesey had initially been booked for the start of July but the Welsh lockdown meant it had to be postponed…

    Engine Trip Reports

    Engine build August 2020 Supertech Valve fitment issues and resolution.

    August 5, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    Shortly after the engine build in 2015, I replaced the OEM pistons and twin head gaskets with some Wossner low…

    Snetterton Trip Reports

    Snetterton August 2020

    August 4, 2020 Nigel Pinder

    I haven’t been to Snetterton since 2016, I really like the circuit but it takes hours and hours to get…

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