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General => General discussion => Topic started by: tommk3cab on 22 February 2010, 20:01
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Done by my nephew in law (?!), talented kid (only 19). He has just finished his mk2 golf 20vt conversion recently, I went out in it today, quality ride. He recently started putting a vr6 engine in a mk1, 4wd and all, the wheels shouldn't spin at 80 (ish) like in the mk2.. which is nice.
http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=209507
hope it is ok to post links to there from here if not then feel free to delete.
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Vr in a mk1 screws up the handling.
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Vr in a mk1 screws up the handling.
Hearsay or have you driven one?
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Vr in a mk1 screws up the handling.
Hearsay or have you driven one?
Never driven one but have heard lots of people say it is too heavy for a m1, 2 other issues are that you have to cut the car around plus the sump ends up really low when you have finished.
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Vr in a mk1 screws up the handling.
we will find out soon :smiley:
Never driven one but have heard lots of people say it is too heavy for a m1, 2 other issues are that you have to cut the car around plus the sump ends up really low when you have finished.
he has cut the car about a fair bit as it is. :smiley:
he has also found a way around the sump being low, in those pictures he hasn't yet but he has now.
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Awesome work by the way
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good read, he's got some skills
is he related to adaptorman :grin:
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is he related to adaptorman :grin:
who the hell is adaptorman? I may have missed a trick here.Awesome work by the way
yeah, he is pretty talented, legend has it he has been greenlaning since before he could walk, or soon after :)
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Adaptorman: http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=107206.0
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adaptorman (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=107206.0)
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beat me to it
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beat me to it
sorry
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adaptorman (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=107206.0)
ah, I see. I thought it was a cartoon character or something from the TV. I did consider the 'member of this forum' approach but the first two were far more amusing. :smiley:
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i read this not too long back (the clubgti thread) and he has got skills!
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I think he really has skill to pull this off and i am going to follow it nicely now to see what,i could possibly do differently on my conversion, i intend to use a audi s3 running gear ,passat rear diff and modded rear axle , the 1.8 t will have a shallow sump to virtually eliminate any sump scraping problems and offcourse its light too :wink:
But its all a distant dream at the moment cause im still struggling to iron out problems on my other project :undecided:
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I think he really has skill to pull this off and i am going to follow it nicely now to see what,i could possibly do differently on my conversion, i intend to use a audi s3 running gear ,passat rear diff and modded rear axle , the 1.8 t will have a shallow sump to virtually eliminate any sump scraping problems and offcourse its light too :wink:
But its all a distant dream at the moment cause im still struggling to iron out problems on my other project :undecided:
I will try to persuade ( poach ;)) him over here, he will probably be interested in running parallel threads anyway, one over here and one over there.
he is a nice kid, no-one around here even knows it is in the car, it is not like he drives it flat out everywhere or goes around telling everyone about it.
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He has awesome fabrication skills but theres more to a conversion like that than just making it fit. Not only will it be too front heavy but using the mk1 subframe will make it handle pretty poorly. Also the angle of the engine installation is important to the balance of the car and how the power will be put down. It'll get murdered on corners at a track and possibly will be quite unstable. Best option would have been mk2 subframe as a wide track making good handling a possibility.
I'll keep an eye on it looks like it'll be wild when done, i just hope he doesn't hit a wall or regret not going for a changed subframe route.
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I'll keep an eye on it looks like it'll be wild when done, i just hope he doesn't hit a wall or regret not going for a changed subframe route.
He will not hit a wall, he is a really sensible driver pretty much all the time. without a strengthened drivetrain on his mk2 he has to be really.
If it is not right I am sure he will rip it all out and start again without too much hesitation :).