08-12-2012, 09:56 AM
1) Yes take what you want off the 1.8! It'll cost you more in the long run to buy/paint the bits over again than it will to just keep them and knock say £50 off for someone if they ask. Wish I hadn't left certain bits in my 1.8 when I got rid, then again I didn't expext to be back in a 306 so soon lol. Not sure about taking the brakes off though, unless your standards are still in good enough condition to put back on and bleed up ok. Atleast the GTi ones havent been on long enough to sieze up I guess.
2) Down to money really, I almost guarantee you can't insure 2 cars permanently (but could maybe use one on a temp basis now and then instead). Personally I can't see the point in having 2 diesels, I know they're different, but I don't think they're different enough to make the weekend/track car fun. Personally I'd have something fast and petrol (probably low boosted 6) for the track, but each to thier own really. Your HDi should be failrly 'quick' when you FMIC and stage 2 it - but bear in mind due to the weight it'll still only be about 120bhp/tonne. Just to make some sense of that, the Golf was 150bhp/tonne, stage 1 HDi estate is 105bhp/tonne, your 1.8 (going on the dyno'd 125bhp and weight of 1100kg) is 113bhp/tonne. So the stage 2 estate won't really be much quicker than the 1.8, although obviously the power delivery is different and you'll have (albeit a small amount) boost. So I'd imagine you'd want something MUCH quicker for a toy, whats the point otherwise? Each to thier own though as said, thats just my opinion.
3) Totally your choice really. You won't get money back that you put into the 1.8 now. So if you do it, it's gotta something you really want to commit to, not just some half arsed attempt where you get bored halfway through lol. But it's also gotta be something really different to justify the amount of money you'd need to spend.....
2) Down to money really, I almost guarantee you can't insure 2 cars permanently (but could maybe use one on a temp basis now and then instead). Personally I can't see the point in having 2 diesels, I know they're different, but I don't think they're different enough to make the weekend/track car fun. Personally I'd have something fast and petrol (probably low boosted 6) for the track, but each to thier own really. Your HDi should be failrly 'quick' when you FMIC and stage 2 it - but bear in mind due to the weight it'll still only be about 120bhp/tonne. Just to make some sense of that, the Golf was 150bhp/tonne, stage 1 HDi estate is 105bhp/tonne, your 1.8 (going on the dyno'd 125bhp and weight of 1100kg) is 113bhp/tonne. So the stage 2 estate won't really be much quicker than the 1.8, although obviously the power delivery is different and you'll have (albeit a small amount) boost. So I'd imagine you'd want something MUCH quicker for a toy, whats the point otherwise? Each to thier own though as said, thats just my opinion.
3) Totally your choice really. You won't get money back that you put into the 1.8 now. So if you do it, it's gotta something you really want to commit to, not just some half arsed attempt where you get bored halfway through lol. But it's also gotta be something really different to justify the amount of money you'd need to spend.....