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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Cab3.5 on 09 July 2017, 21:11

Title: Golf mk3.5 Cabrio
Post by: Cab3.5 on 09 July 2017, 21:11

Hello has anyone done a conversion on these from the avantgarde 2.0l to 1.8t from the golf mk 4? i am thinking about doing it but not sure what else i need. Found engine+loom+turbo+intercooler+downpipe+decoded ecu. Thanks!

Title: Re: Golf mk3.5 Cabrio
Post by: itavaltalainen on 10 July 2017, 13:33

ECU can be stock, you just need to put in mk4 speedo, then you can keep immo (and I always would).
You probably will also need gearbox, engine and gearbox mounts, probably brakes and axles too..... the mk3.5 did not have all that great brakes to begin with...

Title: Re: Golf mk3.5 Cabrio
Post by: lemski on 11 July 2017, 14:04

Been done. Ide be going for 280mm discs on front. Rear discs if they havnt got them.
Youll need pedalbox and a hydro gearbox. Mk4 will do but youll have to change the cups for 100mm out of your box so that your shafts can be used or find a mk3 16v box.

Title: Re: Golf mk3.5 Cabrio
Post by: gasketface on 22 July 2017, 22:17

It will handle great on a flat straight road but the shell is so heavy it wont handle anywhere else.

Heavier than a VR are the avantgarde.

If it's a 3.5 you wont be able to use the ecu at all.