s3 running gear?

Ant FR

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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:)


its called don't fix it if it ain't broken, i cannot see the point of this conversion at all.

The fabrication for the transmission tunnel alone will be way too much work. Also we are talking about an S3 running gear, its not really the proper full on 4wd system you are thinking it is,. You really want a proper quattro system off the S4 instead of the pansy Haldex system.

why not go buy a mk3 Ibiza and whack 4wd in that, now that would be engineering and would be a genuine challenge for an uber engineer like yourself.

But where ever there is a off the shelf solution go that way. its like all the boys who spend 5 grand modding there Mini Coopers to 160bhp, when all they needed to do was trade there own car in then buy a cooper S for just a couple of grand more.

but hey if you do decided to do this, then post up cos i'm sure we'll all enjoy reading and viewing. i think if it was a TV program they call that type of viewing car-crash TV if you pardon the pun. or another way of terming it is "WTF is he doing that for.....lol"
 
Jun 28, 2001
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its called don't fix it if it ain't broken, i cannot see the point of this conversion at all.

The fabrication for the transmission tunnel alone will be way too much work. Also we are talking about an S3 running gear, its not really the proper full on 4wd system you are thinking it is,. You really want a proper quattro system off the S4 instead of the pansy Haldex system.

why not go buy a mk3 Ibiza and whack 4wd in that, now that would be engineering and would be a genuine challenge for an uber engineer like yourself.

But where ever there is a off the shelf solution go that way. its like all the boys who spend 5 grand modding there Mini Coopers to 160bhp, when all they needed to do was trade there own car in then buy a cooper S for just a couple of grand more.

but hey if you do decided to do this, then post up cos i'm sure we'll all enjoy reading and viewing. i think if it was a TV program they call that type of viewing car-crash TV if you pardon the pun. or another way of terming it is "WTF is he doing that for.....lol"


ALREADY HAVE DONE A MK3 IBIZA IN 4WD:clap:
 

c11rgd

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Sep 27, 2006
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thanks

its good to see the true nature of forums like this where a question to an idea can be asked and loads of opinions be received.

So the answer is its not a straight bolt on and therefore isnt worth it.

SO.... anyone want s3 rear running gear? lol offers.
 

warren_cox

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Also we are talking about an S3 running gear, its not really the proper full on 4wd system you are thinking it is,. You really want a proper quattro system off the S4 instead of the pansy Haldex system.

why not go buy a mk3 Ibiza and whack 4wd in that, now that would be engineering and would be a genuine challenge for an uber engineer like yourself.

But where ever there is a off the shelf solution go that way. its like all the boys who spend 5 grand modding there Mini Coopers to 160bhp, when all they needed to do was trade there own car in then buy a cooper S for just a couple of grand more.

Whats wrong with Haldex? The latest generation is quite good. According to Haldex website Range Rover, Volvo, VW, Audi all use it so it cant be all bad. Doesnt the Veyron use Haldex?
 
Jun 28, 2001
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the mysterious car....

anyway

4WD/RWD conversions on cars worth naff all with plentiful spare shells kicking about - that makes sense

Not on a car with value left in it.

not mysterious when its at home in my garrage:)
 

tompotts

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Mar 17, 2007
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C11rgd If youve gotr the space, keep it.

It would be a sweet project, I often fancied doing it to my golf, but the work involved is just mental and the car would have been off the road for ages.

But if you really want the project then why not buy an old wagon that you can spend time on.

Do you reckon the 4wd set up and a vr6 engine would fit in a soft top mk1 golf? That would be a sweet ride! mk1 R32 golf!

:bounce:
 

tommmineh

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Feb 28, 2005
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vr6 and r32 are rather different things matey

vr6 has been done in mk1 golfs a fair few times

there was a mk1 in PVW a while back with scooby engine and 4wd running gear [B)]
 

tompotts

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vr6 and r32 are rather different things matey

vr6 has been done in mk1 golfs a fair few times

there was a mk1 in PVW a while back with scooby engine and 4wd running gear [B)]

Ok if you want to be picky, but you get what I was talking about. :rolleyes:

I can imagine that it has been done before, but what about in a soft top golf mk1?

All done up proper old skool, but secretly a demon underneath.[B)]
 

Colonelk

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Ok if you want to be picky, but you get what I was talking about. :rolleyes:

I can imagine that it has been done before, but what about in a soft top golf mk1?

All done up proper old skool, but secretly a demon underneath.[B)]


Not quite a soft top, but if you want to see what a guy is doing with his mk2 golf (Leon Cupra engine, complete refurb project, new suspension etc) then there is an excellent thread of his progress here at the OCUK forums.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17689394
 

c11rgd

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Sep 27, 2006
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Not quite a soft top, but if you want to see what a guy is doing with his mk2 golf (Leon Cupra engine, complete refurb project, new suspension etc) then there is an excellent thread of his progress here at the OCUK forums.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17689394

theres a young lad who works for SUBARU4you in newbury who is making a track car with a 180bhp cupra turbo engine. and man hes doing it all fromthe top of his head.
 
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