Last post by wub -
Hi i have a 1987/88 mk 2 golf 1.3. its right on the change over year so has the older style open bearings that you grease up, on the front wheel hubs. I dont know why but these dont seem to last very long, i've done them twice in the last 5000 miles and ones gone again. Any body tried swapping the front hubs for the later (1988 onwards) sealed bearing type hubs? Does everything have to be changed, ie calipers, drive shafts etc or is just the hub thats different?
Last post by Keekster64 -
I changed the manifold to a GTi one, and fitted a corrado downpipe and GTi exhaust on my 1600 Golf Driver and didn't even have to retune the weber carb. It ran fine, and power has improved above 4k revs. So this suggests changing the exhaust manifold and exhaust makes little difference in itself. So the problem is there is either an air leak in the intake somewhere, or some passages in the carb are blocked.