needing help

[ibizaboi]

hay i need some help badly arfter lowering my car i have manage 2chew my way thr about 5 gearboxes and its now do or die with the car, is there anything i can do apart from raising the car a fair bit?? please help...

 

[Dolly_Gti]

how low is low?

 

[ibizaboi]

not a hude amount im rining 17"and is 60cm front and 59cm rear ifi measurefrom the floor2the arch thru themiddle of the wheel and theres about 2 fingures worth of room between the wheet and the arch.....
would new bushes helpor isit got nothing 2 do with it being low??? btw my roadsare propper sh*t

 

[crezz]

my car is and has been low for a few years now, never had a problem yet...(touch wood) what you doing, driving to fast over bumps and that?

 

[ibizaboi]

wellbox number 1 and 2 but arfter that noi slow right down i the one that has just died was a reckon and set back a fari bitso didnt rag it or anything i was criusin at 50 in 4th and bang chrunchitsounded like crap and ididnt dare take her outa 2nd,it was making a god awful noise even when idealing?? its a 1.4 8v

 

[OrcaGti]

Sure your flywheel or clutch aint falling appart?did you fit new ones at all when doing the boxes??

 

[ibizaboi]

yer it had 2new clutches as not all the boxes manged 2 brake apart and flywheel has been changed fly wheeldont think so

 

[OrcaGti]

sorry mate i aint quite following that last post, you lost me??

 

[ibizaboi]

lol dame note book, its had a couple of clutches but not a new fly wheel, could the be a contributing factor?? also where can u get them from?

 

[OrcaGti]

Just chack to see that the flywheel bolts aint sheered, around the outside or slightly loose, could be the cause, one of them suckers comes loose or fals out its bad news!! Unlikely to happen twice in a row tho!! Fly wheels from most places mate,

 

[ibizaboi]

ill have a look i just cant understand how im gettin through them so fast

 

[OrcaGti]

Either can i mate, pretty impressive, im sitting lower then you front an back with 17 an my gearbox gets punished at Crail & Knock hill an touch wood, its holding up like a pro!!

 

[ibizaboi]

i know its not gd my mates old mk2 golf was propper low on 16s and was fine ? its a 1.4 i change at about4k revs so it dont get punished at all apart from a few pot holes if i have 2 look where im goin lol

 

[OrcaGti]

Strange one bud, who's been changing the gearboxes??

 

[ibizaboi]

a local garge who my mum has used for years , i might get some 1 esle 2 have a look i cant understand y its crunching in ideal? or would that be wear the clutch has died?

 

[OrcaGti]

yeah if your clutch is fried mate you wont be able to get a gear without a crunch unless your timing is bang on!! clutch cable beat??checked that?

 

[ibizaboi]

na im not got the no how i could get it in gear and i drove i drove it its just it was grinding and crunching all the time and the garage said its the box

 

[GMInsite]

Im sitting around 90mm all around on 13s but havnt once had a problem

 

[ibizaboi]

any1 reckon some poly bushes would make a difference? or would it make it worse as there would be less play?

 

[suj]

you sure it isn't the 17" wheels? the 1.4 8v hasn't got much power as it is, then with 17" wheels you are adding gearing to the car?