owner of a late GTI T2 and as long as I donāt give up/run out of funds Iāve got fairly ambitious plans for it....The car has a really good solid shell, new front wings, nice glass all round and seems mechanically ok, no huge leaks anywhere, etc.....
Iāve now owned enough of these to know what I want to do to turn one into a truly amazing, modernised country hopping cruiser
1 Properly soundproof the shell, door skins, footwells, etc....
2 Fit a modern stand alone A/C and heating system, Iām not going to have the spare wheel under the bonnet and that space and removing the heater tower liberates a huge amount of space for a retro fit unit...
3. Full stainless exhaust system (I already have one on my T1)
4 16ā T slot wheels
5 Finally Iād like a bit more oooomph, so, Iām almost decided on going down the route of a completely new engine management system and a hybrid turbo and getting rid of the entire old K jetronic system and associated wiring, etc....
There seem to be varying views on this but there are now lots of retro fit full management systems and I canāt believe it can be impossible to make a simple, understressed 4cylinder engine with a simple turbo installation work. Iām aware that the flywheel pick up may be the sticking point but Iām going to fit a new clutch anyway...
Iād welcome any thoughts, warnings of doom, etc and will try to post pics along the way.
In the meantime, I need to get it running as after it initially worked itās stopped! I only really need it to run to move it about
I have sparks and good fuel pressure at the rail but it now wonāt start. Iāve changed the following
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Crank sensorā
Any thoughts.