The Ultimate Hot Hatch | MK2 VW Golf GTI

The Ultimate Hot Hatch | MK2 VW Golf GTI - Homemade Clubsport

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2 жыл бұрын

The MK2 VW Golf GTI is no doubt an automotive icon, and is really a founder of the whole hot hatch genre.
In this episode we chat with James about his 1989 MK2 Golf GTI and also take it out on the road to see what it's all about. James has owned the car for nearly 15 years and has struck a balance between usability and also capability. By creating a "Clubsport" type spec, this particular example takes some of the best elements from both a track variant and road going variant.
It is a beautifully kept car with lots of intricate details and hopefully this film helps to capture some of that, as well as the enthusiasm that binds the car community together.
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VW Golf, Golf GTI, MK2 Golf, MK2 Golf GTI

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@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the video! A big thanks to James once again for bringing his awesome MK2 Golf GTI out on salty roads for the shoot. Subscribe to him here: kzfaq.info Apologies for the poor audio when I'm speaking, we had a mic issue which will be resolved for the next video!

@mry82 2 жыл бұрын

You all doing alright across the pond? Realized I had not seen a new video for a while and hope all is well!

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

@@mry82 Thanks for your message man, doing good thanks, hope you are too! Yeah took a bit of a break, mostly due to a lack of time on my part but will be back soon! We have some videos planned for the next couple of months so you should see something later this week or next. Stay tuned!

@mry82 2 жыл бұрын

@@FootToPedal No worries, just glad you are alright!

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

@@mry82 Appreciate it! Video out in a few hours time...

@KRAMPUS_G60_16V 2 жыл бұрын

MKII 4LIFE! ❤

@MrBones-do2wt 2 жыл бұрын

8v mk2's are invincible

@BoudicaJ Жыл бұрын

She's beautiful. I have had a Mkii GTD since 2008 and I'll never have another car, we bonded for life the second I saw her little nose peeking around the corner.

@Jimladvw 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys! Great to meet two like-minded people! You’ve done a cracking job with some amazing footage. (Its just me talking that lets it down!) see you on the next one! 👍🏼

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks James, great to meet you too! Ahaha not at all, was awesome to hear from you in the video! See you on the next one indeed 👍

@precisionfit941 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and a really enjoyable watch. Great to see a Mk2 being used well especially on track..I own virtually the same spec Mk2 apart from thr interior and it’s in white!..bags of fun winding it up through B roads and mine sounds exactly thr same with the Milltek system on thr overrun👌 World love to come on the channel with mine and James ‘s together sometime for a shoot👍

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

@@precisionfit941 Thanks very much for watching man! You can follow us on Instagram (@foot.to.pedal) for more. Will definitely be doing more car features throughout the year!

@tolinanelda2448 2 ай бұрын

Nice clip and that acceleration from 12:00 min. You said you've done the top completely. What does that mean? And what cam did you add 268? Watching your Nürburgring clips on your main channel. Cheers!

@Jimladvw 2 ай бұрын

@@tolinanelda2448 so the cylinder head has been rebuild, new valves and guides, tappets and a newman 268 cam. Thanks 👍🏼

@markjordan6318 2 жыл бұрын

I owned a 1986 Mk2 8v Golf GTI in black back in 92. My girlfriend at the time (now wife) went out & purchased 16v Mk2 - both great cars & set us on a road of always having at least 1 GTI in the garage. We now run a Mk5 & Mk7.5 - but very happy memories of our 2 Mk2’s which started us off. Terrific video - liked & subscribed.

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome story Mark, cool to hear you still have GTIs in the garage! Glad you enjoyed the video 👍

@rafaminus5366 4 ай бұрын

Wow!! My father had a mk2 Gti and I bought a Mk2 Gti 16v. Now I have my mk7 Gti. A legend. Thanks my friend. Enjoy your Gti !!🎉🎉🎉

@shovons 2 жыл бұрын

Great car, thanks for the report. Videos on affordable classics like this are right up my street! 👍 More to the point, what a brilliantly produced film! I love the whole aesthetic. The camera work, the retro colour grading, 80's synth music, and even the font style! All subtle, without being cheesy. Creates such a chilled, cool vibe to the piece. I'm sure you been told many times before, the production values on your videos is immense. With just the two of you working on it too! One would have assumed a whole team was involved. You deserve so many more subscribers, and I guess that is only a matter of time. Please keep at it and I'm sure your team work will bear fruit! All my best for the future! 👊

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, much appreciated and glad you enjoyed the video. Also nice to see you noticing the subtleties that go into the video production! It's very difficult at our size to get traction so appreciate your support! Stay tuned 👍

@Discopuss Жыл бұрын

I had a MK1 GTI in the late 80s early 90s and it really was a phenomenal product. Quick, comfortable, practical and tons of fun! Great memories! And definitely where I got my taste for speed!

@FootToPedal Жыл бұрын

Yeah these are brilliant cars, so iconic too!

@SinsAscendant 2 жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. The overall videography was top notch! I've followed the car for a long time, definitely deserved a feature!

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shannon, appreciate it! Yep, an awesome car for sure!

@adrobbo84 4 ай бұрын

Great video, guys. I owned an immaculate mk2 8v a few years back and also a lovely mk1 8v but I also drove a few mk2 16 valves. Like you mentioned, the 16 valves are quicker, but you do have to rev the hell out of them. The 8v, in my opinion, definitely feels to have more low down torque, which definitely makes them more fun to drive and gives the true spirit of what a GTi should be.

@bigirch690 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, and seen first hand what this car can do, copes MK2 is one of a kind and the engineering is second to none, all done by cope as well, will be subscribing and having a watch of more of your fantastic videos...... Peace

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, appreciate it. Absolutely agree, the thing felt absolutely solid and of course immensely capable. Huge credit to James for all the work that's gone into the car!

@Jimladvw 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@callytheblueparakeet 2 жыл бұрын

Great watch, beautiful cinematography as always. Struggled to hear you a little Ollie but judging from your comments it sounds like you had a technical issue. Keep up the good work 👍

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel, appreciate it! Yeah sadly some interference on the audio track so had to do without it, just one of those things! Hopefully will be all sorted for the next one 👍

@drfeelgood5870 Жыл бұрын

That's really nice.

@danielsanchezlopez1108 2 жыл бұрын

Nice golf and nice driver 👌

@stevenireland6252 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice mk2👍

@GTFour Жыл бұрын

Great video. Have followed James’ golf channel for years. As he says; it’s a misnomer the 8v makes more torque, the 16v makes more torque entire way through the rev range. Subsequently has more area under the curve. They rev fair bit higher too. I test drove quite a few of each before I bought my 16v, the revs are addictive! Fell in love so had to pay the 16v premium, was worth it though. 😊

@FootToPedal Жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad you got your own too! Thanks for watching the video 👍

@rickydub6950 2 жыл бұрын

Cracking vid on a cracking mk2 👌 followed the build thread and track vids over the years 😎 2.0 8v & 16v mk2 owner myself 🙂

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, much appreciated!

@angry7518 2 жыл бұрын

The Mk2 has always been the best of the bunch (better all round than the Mk1 but obviously no first). The rest don’t do it for me. I have had about 7 Mk2’s and indeed my brother owns my old small bumper 3 door. That sounds and seems to go well for an 8v Digifant. Lovely car, I’m thinking it has a 272 degree cam.

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah thats fair enough. Thanks for watching!

@Jimladvw 2 жыл бұрын

Its a newman 268 👍🏼 close!

@angry7518 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that, at one point I had an 8v with 2e block, stage 4 big valve head and a 272 cam, a bit of an animal. I still have all the underneath parts to build a great Mk2 again one day including a 2.0 16v BRM 180 engine with Schrick cams running mega squirt ecu. I really miss driving Mk2’s, an all round excellent car in any GTi form or even better if tweaked a bit. Great video/car and took me back to me and my brother constantly tweaking Mk2 Golfs for many a year. Will kick my brother into action and we can get his small bumper, 3 door back on the road this year running his ABF with Mercedes supercharger.

@Jimladvw 2 жыл бұрын

@@angry7518 nice! Yes the are a fantastic car, basic but so well put together. Im actually building a new engine at the moment. A 2.1L 16v abf, will be running jenvey itbs. Should make a nice N/A upgrade 👍🏼

@danjones6279 2 жыл бұрын

Is it lumpy at idle James? It sounds good in the video

@yoson8525 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you looked at this car! Also a little birdie told me that this video will hit the algorithm

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Ahaha I really hope so

@mry82 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice.

@beyondthepedal 2 жыл бұрын

Great video guys!!!

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@chrismc1977 11 ай бұрын

The 8v is a great road engine when worked. With a 2L block you’ll see off a stock 16v- however the 16v is better on track & especially breathed on. A good valver is just better. More revs, more top end. The 16v feels weaker because it struggles with gas speed in the head at lower rpm- however the reality is it’ll match an 8v- & then exceed it at the top end

@dj_paultuk7052 Жыл бұрын

Thats a Digifant1 car. BBR used to do a chip for those that took power up to 125bhp. Had one in mine.

@018139548 2 жыл бұрын

This vehicle is as clean as a whistle.

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, it's beautiful!

@petrolvectors Жыл бұрын

Great video and channel, this mk2 strikes a nice balance between road and track, not sure I'll ever have one again at 10k plus though 😔

@FootToPedal Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, yeah this is a brilliantly built car! Shame prices have gone up so much

@josephdichristina5617 2 ай бұрын

I'm about to redo my 1992 8v gti. I've let it sit for 24 yrs. I'm going to redo everything. When I had an 89 jetty 8v. I put headers, tectonics exhaust 258 cam, dropped it but not a ton. Eibach springs kyb shocks and an air intake. That was it. But it flew and was a 4 door. The gti is very lite and very fast idkc how much hp it boggies

@CorradoRacer 2 жыл бұрын

awesome content! i really like mkII

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

They're very cool cars indeed!

@ryanlu7124 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like ripping fun!

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Sure was!

@martinmoran89 Жыл бұрын

You questioned about the 8v feeling torquey. I had an 8v gti many years ago and the gearbox failed. I ended up replacing it with a 16v transmission and it just never felt the same. In a way it ruined it and just wasn't as fun working through the gears - felt less torque and sluggish. I never compared the ratio charts though.

@FootToPedal Жыл бұрын

Yeah thats interesting, I wouldn't be surprised if the 16v cars used different ratios to better make use of the different torque spread!

@britishbluetess 2 ай бұрын

Have we got a spec of the suspension

@MrBones-do2wt 2 жыл бұрын

Also beautifull car man

@FootToPedal 2 жыл бұрын

Credit to James there, he's done a great job with it!

@tubytom Жыл бұрын

Great vid, great car! Too bad for the sound at the interview, could not understand the tire type, can somebody tell me what he's driving?

@FootToPedal Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom! The tyres are Nankang NS-2R's, hope that helps!

@RE3DT Ай бұрын

Anyone know the full spec of this car?

@KungLaoquendero09XZ 2 ай бұрын

I really want one of this, sadly, since I'm the third world, we just have the 8v engine, so... XD Hey! Can I use your video to take some clips for a music video?

@FootToPedal 2 ай бұрын

Hope you manage to get one some day! Sure but please make sure to clearly credit our work and link the channel