Brutally Honest Review: 200BHP MK1 GOLF GTI! *NO REV LIMITER, NO ABS, NO PS*
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- So today we have an iconic car, and an iconic review! Welcome to the channel; Greenlight's MK1 Golf GTI, with a 2.0 fully rebuilt engine running on carbs, coilovers, with NO REV LIMITER, NO ABS and NO POWER STEERING!
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So yes, Greenlight gave me the keys to this extremely rare car! a MK1 Golf GTI, with a few upgraded bits ;)
Thanks to @simona_gt86 for helping us film!
Hope you all enjoy the video!
The most dangerous thing is not hitting 7000rpm it’s when you hit the breaks and your good lady goes through the windscreen??? Seat belt ??
Noticed that 😬. Just thinking about it gives me chills.
Well I apologise for not noticing
@@itsleelockwood we're all human Lee. Don't worry about it 👍
Lee Lockwood sorry if it sounds like I’m making more out of it then it is. easily mist when doing your reviews . Stay safe and keep up the great content
Had mine for some time now and it’s still no where near done 😭
This review needed more speed bumps
Owner: Don’t really know if it’s a GTi?
Golf gti: have you seen my grill fam?
I found out after; he just never listed it as a GTI😂
Lee Lockwood Ah okay that’s fair enough, what a little beast 😂 Got more BHP than my BMW 3 series 😂
Can't always look at a cosmetic part and think for certain it is that. It's like some bmw drivers putting a M badge on there cars 😂
Zain K Yeahhh I knowww, just thought I would make a joke, I know what you mean though 😂 glad I’m not one of them fannys
Love the rear end , golf’s not bad either 😬
Fronts lovly aswell xD
Quality old motor tell the girl with you to wear a seat belt bud
Old cars make you feel like your going fast even when your not
New cars you can be going 120+ and feel safe
I came for the perv comments well done lads you surprised me
dickelg 😂
Eyes should have been there though, surely ? lol
david haygarth no need for eyes. She’s a friend 😂
So it's not just me that was watching the braless wonder instead of listening to Lee 😂😂😂😂
Lee Lockwood I could do with a friend like her youth 👍🏻
18yr old me at living at home going to college, wants mk1 GTI.. Spends bursary on MK1 GTI (£600 btw) against Dad’s will! Car looked superb, no way my Dad could be mad, pull up at home thinking I could talk him round, turn off car, keys in my hand... car still happily running with no keys and just a light flickering on the dash! Fuck what have I done!
How are you gonna get insured on that
Con O' Driscoll Insurance was similar price to the car (May have been more), it was 25 years ago though. Stupidly my student loan & bursary mostly went on my cars. I guess I had to get to college somehow, petrol was 48p per litre when I started driving which was nice.
Mr. Airgun ahh that explains it I misunderstood thought you were 18 now.
Con O' Driscoll ... I wish 😭
Con O' Driscoll where the fuck do you think you can get a Mark 1 GTI for £600 that even has an engine in 2020?
Whoever the girl was needs to be in more stuff mate, was a nice change to see your passenger interested in the car and enjoying herself instead of the normal sitting there with one hand twiddling their hair and the other scrolling on their phone.
Please do more reviews on proper cars like these! So much more character in old cars like this than anything new :)
Please don't.
I agree
Agreed. Driven many different cars but I just love and enjoy driving my vw citirox (south African modern mk1) with 1.8 fuel injected motor and 276 cam. So much fun
The vw golf is just so iconic.
Yes Lee lad! I met you at autosport a few years back on that sim. Ive got a mk2 gti that i use alot on track. Glad you like the low powered, light weight old stuff! Its a really raw experience which i could tell you both massively enjoyed! 👍🏼 alot of younger people today would turn there nose up at any hatch back with less than 350bhp. But as you’ve demonstrated you dont need power to have fun! Look forward to the next one 😎
Rule number 1. Know your subject. You won’t blow up a 16v 2L Golf unless you constantly go past 7.5k.
Twin 40’s will be strangling it tbh. Needs 45’s to make use of flowed head & schricks. Oh & a quaife diff
My mate got a black one mk 1 and mk 2. Yes agreed it’s the most iconic car of the 80s 90s, my mate took me to town in the mk1and so many people stared and had few mature lady’s come up saying it brings back memories for them. Should try get Peugeot 1.9 GTI and Clio Williams or even a Renault 5turbo you won’t be disappointed. Keep up the good work👍👍👍
My little escort hasn’t got a rev limiter and she’s bullet proof just goes till it valve bounces but she loves it😂😂
You've captured that exhaust note perfectly. Well done sir.
Swear down lee your vids have gotten so much better recently i appreciate your hard work
Rouge Bandana Thankyou man. ❤️
Epic car, great review. Agree about everyone loving the mk1, it's an icon
This has always been one of my favourite cars! They just look incredible, awesome review man!
So mechanical! Reminds me of EVERY car I owned in the 90s, trying to warm start my AX GT 😩 in the filling station 😂😂👌🏻 Great video Lee, thank you 👍🏻
Maybe one day if I take my MK2 Golf over to England you can take it out for a review. No ABS or PAS either, but 310whp and lights up the wheels through 4 gears.
Shona yes!😂
Now that's a little beast, brilliant vid again pal
Loving the sound from this pocket rocket. A true hot hatch
Nothing moves you like a Mk1 Golf Gti, my tip is to fit them with Brembo brake discs and uprated pads, then they're perfect. I'd love another one. Thanks for this video, I'm wanting another Golf Gti now.
Great review and a great car. I grew up in the 80's/90's and had loads of cars from that era, mk1 XR2, Nova SR, Astra GTE, Cavalier SRi 130 and a couple of mk2 Golf GTi's. Good times.
@@am4nrb264 nice, I couldn't insure a cossie back then, insurance went through the roof in the 90's and they were so fast and easy to steal they were big money to insure.
Love the pops from the dellorto carbs. Such a retro sound!
Ah memories. Had numerous mk1’s , mk2’s , mk3’s , corrados. Mostly with daft fuelling so a pig to start 😃 some stripped right out. Raw . Good times
Nick Higginson do u know a good website to find good ones?
Z Mercado been many years since I was involved. Not even sure what forums are still going! There are a few retro vw groups on fb that share for sale posts.
A nice drive around Hanningfield Reservoir, had some great fun there in my teen years r5gt turbo life 😁
5gtt stll got the oil stains on my drive from when my brother used to pop round. lol great cars back in the day, havent driven one for 15 years would love to see how the drive now after all these years.
Proper drivers car no gizmos just the drive and the car always makes it a more exciting drive and experience
Why in God's name wouldnt you wear a seatbelt? Utter madness. Straight through the windscreen 100% with an impact.
The squeeks it's making sound like a bov 😂
Love the mk1's . I had the mk3 8v and it was so slow , the Primera GT I had would leave it for dead but the Dub was a cracking town driver
Twistedmind Photography I quite liked the mk3 8v I had. Looked good on 9x16 wheels. Yea it wasn’t the most sporty thing compared to the other golfs I had , but as a general car it was great 😁
@@siennamayh I was GIVEN mine for my lad by a guy I worked with who decided to shag the cleaner and his Mrs found out. He just wanted it gone and signed it over to me for my eldest to learn to drive in
In South Africa we use the 2 litre 8v motors in the citigolf (mk1) and we throw some big cams on them. Full exhaust. Gasflow the head. In that light mk1 chassis they are very quick and have great torque
I’m this happy every time I drive my Mk1. Great fun rain or shine.
Love the fake torque steer. Quality content as always.
Watching this and now miss my old Mk1 Golf Gti 8v,
I Loved mine and your so right the brakes scared the crap out of me,
I used to have to brake 2 car lengths ahead of the car infront to not smash into the them 😂
Wow the comment section is full of positive comments for once 🤣🤣
Owen it’s a beautiful day 😉
Really nice gti, ive had a few mk2 gti great raw fun driving
You definitely need to review more retro cars mate... so much better driving experience than modern stuff with all the bells and whistles trust me, I had them all xr2's, xr3i, mk3 gti, astra Sri all of them a death trap..... but sooo much fun!!! Great video 👍
Bang tidy that one 😉
And the car
I’ve been driving my mk2 since I passed my test last year haha, gotta love it
Cool first car to have. My dad had a mk2 GTI back in the day and got it in a magazine. The funny thing is he put it up for sale and someone contacted him about the feature.
Zain K that’s crazy mate, mine ain’t looking too magazine ready haha, love it none the less
One off the best cars on ur channel m8 fuckin awesome vid lad keep up the grt vids bro 👍 fuckin awesome 👌 🏴
That thing sounds so nice🤤
ive always been a Ford man, but even ive gotta admit that the MK1 GTi was bloody brilliant even in standard form. this here ones a peach !
Love an old golf, my dad had a mk2 gti for a while that we rebuilt and it was hilarious, pretty nippy too!!
I got a corrado vr6 Lee you can review when you are ready
alastair stanley yesss message me on insta!
would love to see that, my vr6 was the car I regret selling the most
Fair play to Lee for trying something classic rather than some dull modern soulless turbo woosh bang pop turd.
As for not knowing what Dellorto carbs are or Schrick cams, the guy can't be expected to know everything like nobody can. However if Lee wants to try a really fast atmo MK1 he's welcome to come try one of ours one day....we'll even give you an old school education on how real engines make power Lee rather than cramming in more boost!
Oh and you didn't need to worry about breaking the engine Lee...we run them to over 7000 with no issues and 9k still with some std parts....who needs vtec!
Awk come on.. reviewing cars and not even knowing what webers are!
jrice283 dellortos mate haha 😂
Yesss Haha "must be all vw slang?" 🤣🤣
Best hot hatch ever made.
reminds me of my mk2 driver, miss that car so much. slow but fun. mine didn't have a rev limiter either plus it didn't even have a rev counter, it had a bloody clock instead and I used to rag that thing everywhere. amazing that I never blew it up
Looks like a fun little car, good vid mate 👍🏻
Favourite review so far ♥️
golf is where it's at lee.....
Car is so nice that you distracted 99 percent of viewers from that bird. Not me though, she is FITTTTTT mate
No Rev Limiter, No ABS, No PS and no Seat Belt for Girlfriend!
Shame the Girl cant be bothered to wear a seatbelt 🙄
Another Cracking review mate, love the sound!
Love it! here from US!
Great to see you appreciating the old school motors, endless cool. Like to see you drive a Brooklands Capri or dare i say it, a Manta..( Ford team go crazy), Best wishes.
Old skool cars are always the best shame there not this fun any more.
I feel that cars these days have become larger compared to their previous model which probably loses that fun factor. I had a Peugeot 107 as my first car and even though it was slow compared to my sporty stiff fiesta I think it was more fun to drive for its size and chuckability
Thanks so much for taking the time to record this Lee! Loving the classic car touch!! Next time you are down in Essex hopefully we will have our track car ready for you to take on a track session at snetterton! Was great seeing hanningfield reservoir in the video! only 10 mins up the road! Thanks Again, Miriam xx
Girl Wear your damn seat belt!!!!! Also mk3 gti engine on carbs in a mk1 not really a true review of a mk1 golf gti
Loved my mk1 back in the day brakes were shit when hot amount of times I was nearly in a ditch driving to fast
First car I got with power steering and injection was a 2.8 ford Granada
I've had 2 mk1's. A tin top, A reg and a cabby, B reg
Loved the video,great little cars,nice to see some old retro cars coming through,I think you enjoyed yourself driving that and that my friend is what it's all about ,loved the video cheers.
Lee awesome video on a Golf GTI the only one thing is to say is that your passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt if if the brake was so bad lol
Norman Beresford she was haha
I can't see no Seatbelt 😳
That’s a real motor🤤
no seat belt looks like no bra too
Is the lassie allergic to seatbelts or is it not cool to wear one ? 😂
Never thought i'd see a carburettor engine on your channel
0 % that that golf has 196 HP , to get that even out of a 2.0 16v is pretty hard, and seeing its idling at about 750, so not a really big cams, sounds pretty stock if i am being honest, and the 16v head is pretty fkcin bad on the exhaust port flow. i am thinking this one has around 150 HP
I owned standard 1.8 gti mars red back in the day. Was the most fun car I have owned. Do make them like that no more. Lift oversteer was awesome to play with. Brakes are ok you just have to man up.
Loved this review. Keep em coming.
Mr Lockwood looks like the love island dude...also lee's new bumping ting aint too bad
Nice Mk 1, my mate had one in the 80's with the Pirelli alloys on it.👍🇬🇧
I was a Ford lad but the brakes were the same. Saying a prayer was as likely to work as jumping on the brakes.
Twin 40s are the carburettors they aren't a VW thing it's what people used to do before they started putting turbo's on in the 70/80/90s trumpets are what go on the end of the carbs and the air filters go on them
My mk1 should be done in a few months, 16v on 45 webbers and Tarox 6 bot brakes ( lol) ? Buzzing now I've watched this
Enjoyed the vid Lee - I'm into my VW-'s - have had a mk3, mk4, & mk5 - would love a go in a mk1 or mk2. Best one I've had is my Mk5 Edition 30 . I think you're spot on about the brakes on the mk1 - I've read they felt pretty bad even with the 1.6 or 1.8 the mk1 GTI originally came with!
This is my dream car. I'm scared to watch.
Great video Lee
Another car another women ☹
@@leighsimpson8071 And what does it matter? Good on him i say. He needed a camera person and he one upd by getting one that would definitely bump the views up. Cant understand this hate for lee and have any woman on his channel. Hes a young lad let him have his fun. We all started watching his channel because we like his style and thats why we keep coming back. Leave the guy alone.
Apparently I’m not allowed to either speak to girls as friends, OR speak to girls in any another manor... because it clearly hurts peoples feelings
Lee Lockwood exactly mate. It’s such a shame that people are so quick to judge you and the people on your channel. Just waiting for them to start shit for having your family on the channel. I think folk need to appreciate the amount of work you out into tour videos and the fact we don’t even pay to watch them so can’t complain when it’s free quality content. I’ve been watching your videos for years now and yeah it’s had it rough patches but the content had always been there and your dedication too. Honestly keep up the good work
Keep them up bud 👍
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No seatbelt on the passenger side 🤔
4.35 the clutch was slipping by the looks of it..unless the wheels were spinning..p.s chokes are only for cold starts (Im a bike rider cbr 600 stage 2 Dino jetted ) has a choke also.
Yeah it spun the wheels pretty easily hahah
@@itsleelockwood epic cars, my uncle has 1 also gti aswel, but just original engine and much slower. Am not a vw person but 2 cars I love in these are mk5 gti and mk1 mk2 gti.. epic cars
@@itsleelockwood the only UA-camr replys to comments 👌. Keep up the good videos
It sounds great!
That car needs to come on true rally 😍🏎
Always regreted getting rid of my mk1 but I've vowed.......I WILL HAVE ANOTHER !!!
NOW WE'RE TALKING, THIS IS MORE LIKE IT, BLESS YOU LEE, WHO COULD EVER TIRE OF SUCH A CHEEKY AND CHARACTERFUL LIL CAR! Just I was surprised that you were able to start it again, when you were at the Petrol Station, using the choke, as if it had already been started with the choke, earlier that same day, and the engine had warmed up, it can flood the engine, as it happened to my Mum's old 'H' Reg Ford Fiesta, and it would not start at all, after that, LOL! Anyhow, I know it doesn't have an Engine, but have you ever ridden a TRICYCLE before, as I can't Drive, but I have Bessie, my Tricycle, to get around on, but she needs a little work, now, so was thinking of trying to do like a "PIMP MY RIDE", and MODIFY HER, as I already get a lot of strange looks, when I'm out and about in Tonbridge, on her, so I thought, why not go all out, just for FUN, hey! XxXx XxXx XxXx XxXx
The only car guy that doesn't know what Dellortos are. Amazing...
10.07 she feels the force . amazing headlights 😁.
Cool video but I find is a little weird you're a car guy but you didnt know what Shrick Cams or dellorto carbs are :)
You need to get more older cars on your channel and so you can experience them aswell. Maybe a nova next?
About time you done a video like this 👌
And the 2l engine code is a ABF 🤙
What a car 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Can’t be the only one to notice the nice jiggle 😉
Love it 👌 old skool rules
Get her seatbelt on, mint car
Any car guy knows the fuel gauge moves going round bends as its on a float
what a waste of an upload i can put money on it your passenger wouldnt know how much of an icon the mk1 is