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You see, Cary Wintle delivers pizzas for
a living. And when you deliver pizzas in a 1990 GTti Charade, you deliver
them quickly. Caryís GTti is 100% street
driven (about 1000 km a week ñaccording to Cary) and itís far from standard!
A large list of modifications makes this one
quick GTti, and reads like a performance parts shopping list. High
volume oil pump, larger injectors and to keep things cool a 4 core
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radiator
with twin thermos front and back. The somewhat tiny standard exhaust has
been replaced with a hi-flow cat and a hand built 3" stainless item.
The factory turbo setup has also received the
once over with larger exhaust wheel, larger compressor with back-cut housing
and a "home-built" blow off valve, which, according to Cary, is good for
at least a second off of his 0-100Km/h times. The
standard intercooler now has a water spray addition and the whole kit and
caboodle is run by a factory spec Daihatsu twin board computer with boost
set at 1.3 bar. Externally the GTti runs
15" Enkei rims and 195/50/15 Yokohama GP5ís. If you are looking at the photo
and thinking, "Those arenít Enkei 15ís!" If thatís the case, then youíre
right. The car rolls on Speedline 14"s when Cary is out rallying.
As you can probably imagine, a car that is
used for Rally Racing also needs a decent suspension setup. This little
weapon uses Daihatsu competition spec KYB shocks and is lowered 1.5" all
around with Daihatsu lowered springs. To keep the car on the road through
the corners Caryís GTti has integral camber/castor adjustment, HUGE 27-mm
front swaybar and 18 mm (standard) rear swaybar. Daihatsu comp spec bushes
throughout and welded and strengthened rear lower arms.
Realising that the overall package was not
quite complete, Cary set forth and worked on the interior. A hand built
roll cage built by Mark Bourne (Possum Bourne, the Rally Drivers, brother)
sets the mood and adds to the overall safety of the car. Carbon Fibre/Kevlar
composite rally bucket seats a 5 point Luke racing harness and the most
important safety feature, a Kenwood stereo system.
As of yet Cary doesnít have any official
times, but a legally hand timed 0-100, on private property with two people
on board on a crisp winter night was just under 6 seconds. Not bad from
a 3!!
Whatís next on the list? A complete custom
exhaust from MRT and a water/air intercooler should help to get those
pizzas to your door a little quicker.
Having a car like this leaves
only one question in most peoples minds tho Cary. What the hell do you
do with your spare time?
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