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StarLight Garage presents the Volkswagen Golf Mk1 GTi 1981,
a car that 22 years later is converted to an powerful good looking hill climb car ....
the Forge Motorsport Mk1 Golf aka Berg Cup Mk1 Golf 2013.
a car that 22 years later is converted to an powerful good looking hill climb car ....
the Forge Motorsport Mk1 Golf aka Berg Cup Mk1 Golf 2013.
Forge are making a habit or turning heads with their cars at Autosport, and for 2013 they brought along their latest creation, this MkI Golf, and as ever it had been prepared to a meticulously high standard.
It’s an incredibly build: the ’81 chassis has been completely stripped back, dipped and rebuilt with a full T45 cage and 400bhp 1.8 engine hopped up with a Garrett turbo. Forge are targeting hill-climbs, and the Berg Cup in particular.
The guys had started with a rough but standard Golf Mk1 GTi. The shell was then stripped back and prepped with a cage and carbon roof panel. They wanted a completed project that would be road legal enough to drive to a track, tear it up all day and then drive home. All show and all go was the aim.
The engine is based around a 1.8T AGU block that’s been over bored by 2mm, with pretty much every other component being sourced from the aftermarket world.
The guys have got a whole army of people they have worked with over the years and the Golf has really become so much more because of these relations; it’s hard to explain but if you’re in the industry maybe you will understand. When you’re passionate about what you do then good things happen as a natural consequence. So it was with the Golf.
VW never favoured turbo power for their Golf until the fourth generation but the light, nimble chassis of the Mk1 is well suited to boost. The car has only an intercooler at the front end,
because in the interest of space, cooling and weight distribution the radiator has been moved to the rear of the Golf.
The KW ‘Berg Cup spec’ coilovers actually give a load of adjustability for Forge to play with, dependent on what they want to do. Because one day it might be on the track and the next popping to the shops; it’s all about making sure it’s used.
Specifications
Engine
VW 1.8T AGU block bored 2mm over stock, JE 9.25:1 pistons, Integrated Engineering rods, 2.0 TFSI crank, Calico coated bearings, ARP main studs, ARP crank bolt, ARP head bolts, Ferrea three groove inlet and exhaust valves, Integrated Engineering titanium retainer and valve spring kit, Integrated Engineering inlet manifold, Jenvey 70mm throttle body, TSR tubular v-band manifold, coated by Zircotec, Forge 44mm v-band external wastegate, base coated by Zircotec, Garrett GTX2860 turbo, Owen Developments turbo blanket, V-band turbine housing coated by Zircotec, Hose Technik oil lines, Scorpion 3” turbo back exhaust with a single silencer, Forge Motorsport
custom intercooler, Forge Motorsport custom cold air box, Pipercross air filter, AGN 20v valve cover, Magnecor custom 8mm plug leads, Bosch coil pack with plug leads and INA mounting bracket, Mocal oil takeoff plate with -8 Hose Technik lines, Forge Motorsport -8 oil cooler, Forge Motorsport oil catch tank with -10 Hose Technik lines, Forge Motorsport breather adaptors for block and valve cover, billet fuel rail, Siemens Deka 830 cc injectors, braided -6 fuel lines, Sytec fuel pressure regulator, 290 lph in-tank pump, Forge Motorsport boot mounted header tank, INA block water outlet, Forge Motorsport rear-mounted custom radiator, twin 11” Spal fans, Omex 710 ECU, lightweight wiring loom
Driveline
VW O2M six-speed gear box, Wavetrac LSD, Golf G60 flywheel, Sachs organic clutch, Hose Technik braided clutch lines
Suspension/Brakes
KW ‘Berg Cup spec’ full coilover suspension, Powerflex suspension bushes, Forge Motorsport engine mounts with Powerflex black compound bushes, Modified Golf Mk2 rear beam, with added triangulation and bracing, Eibach anti-roll bars front and rear, Forge 280mm grooved front discs, Forge six-pot calipers, Golf Mk2 rear calipers, Hose Technik braided and hard lines throughout, Tilton pedal box and bias adjuster, hydraulic handbrake, Tarox grooved rear discs and pads
Wheels/Tyres
Compomotive MO 9 x 15 ET-25, Toyo tyres 888 225/45/15 or Dunlop SP Sport 200/58/15 racing slicks
Exterior
HR Engineering fibreglass arches, Forge Motorsport side skirts, rear wing mounts and front bumper, Fibre-lyte carbon fibre front and rear wing extrusions, HR Engineering fibreglass rear tailgate, HR Engineering fibreglass doors, TRS tow straps
Interior
Cobra seats (custom trimmed by Cobra), Cobra 3” six-point harnesses, Race Technology digital dash, Forge shifter tower, Sparco plumbed-in fire extinguisher, Custom Cages roll cage with extra bracing added and safety padding, Plastics4Performance windows, Forge Motorsport custom footrests, Forge Motorsport battery tray
Source Forge Motorsport
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