s3 running gear?

[c11rgd]

i have the PROP, Rear DIFF, Cradle and Hubs and Shocks off an Audi S3.

if i source an s3 gearbox will i be able to fit this to my LCR 210, as i know in EU they launched a 4 motion version, so is the chassis the same??/

 

[goble]

yes but youll need a fuel tank as well, you will probably loose your abs, youll need a diff controller from sqsracing, and probably a better clutch and some small mods on the way

 

[ArosaRacer]

mmmm now thats a few parts im looking for soon

 

[goble]

oh yer handbrake cables as well, as well as brake lines which can be easily made

 

[RobM]

That's a lot of work for little gain. If anything, you'll end up with a car that's not as good to drive as you have now. Part exchange your car for an S3 if you want a car that drives like an S3.

 

[goble]

but could be alot of fun with 100 bhp increase

 

[RobM]

Buy an S3 and remap it then.

 

[stt]

i doubt very much that the lcr 210 is the same floor pan as the 4wd leon, so i doubt very much it will be a straight bolt on job,

not worth it imo

 

[Icecavern]

It won't be an easy job. Not a bolt on job that's for sure. I'd also say buying an S3 is a bad idea too after driving a couple. Save the cash for a newer car later.

 

[goble]

working on both golf 4motion and lcr and seeing a 4motion leon the underneath is the same just need cradle mounts welded onto floor and that the only hard bit

 

[m0rk]

i doubt very much that the lcr 210 is the same floor pan as the 4wd leon, so i doubt very much it will be a straight bolt on job,

not worth it imo

It's not even close - so you're right

really not worth the bother of fabrication.

 

[goble]

close enough.

 

[m0rk]

apart from the bigger transmission tunnel, and the mounting points for the rear axle

 

[goble]

ha admitting defeat before the projects even started!
i duuno what engineerings come to these days, have one look ,if it looks to hard then it gets the bin job

 

[goble]

if youve got the running gear and a spare couple of grand then go for it and do somthing that no one else has got in the uk in rhd
seen it done before with alot of cars astras,nova's, micra's

 

[tompotts]

Whats the point, its harder to do burn outs and skids in a 4wd!

 

[RobM]

Whats the point, its harder to do burn outs and skids in a 4wd!

I think that IS the point!

 

[tompotts]

I know thats the point, that last post wasnt entirely serious

but I think theres far to much work involved for what youll get out of it. Its a mammoth task, and you can kiss goodbye to driving the car for quite a while!

 

[jonnie5]

That's a lot of work for little gain. If anything, you'll end up with a car that's not as good to drive as you have now. Part exchange your car for an S3 if you want a car that drives like an S3.

I had the same discussion on my last vectra site, there where people wanting to and did supercharge their v6's for £0000's. I always argued that they would of better of buying a car that was already faster and had a better chassis to handle the power. But people like projects and like to try thing that no one has did before. I prefer just saving the money and buying something better, faster already

 

[warren_cox]

Could you buy a Cupra 4 shell from the continent and re-fit it, or would it be:

a) too expensive
b) not take to RHD conversion