BlankThis
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I need a GLI, 4 door.
my 05 Golf build
- Thread starter chriskorwan
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campbellflage
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you gonna do the cutting and welding yourself?
chriskorwan
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That's my plan
chriskorwan
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chriskorwan
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Wavertrac diff for the awd trans
chriskorwan
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I've gotten a lot accomplished. Just don't feel like posting it. If you're interested in daily updates follow me on Facebook. I'm not hard to find mention you're from tdiclub in friend requests
chriskorwan
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I've made a lot of progress! I took it out for a drive yesterday. I'm very pleased with the results! I still have to wire the haldex up and reroute the exhaust a little better, but I'm very pleased. I took well over 100 photos so I'm not gonna post them on here. I'll post my Facebook albums. All albums are public.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201231463773486.1073741832.1378050050&type=1
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201434476808685.1073741836.1378050050&type=1u
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201231463773486.1073741832.1378050050&type=1
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201434476808685.1073741836.1378050050&type=1u
chriskorwan
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Anyone who has difficultly seeing my photos let me know and I'll make a photobucket album(I haven't posted the photos to photobucket yet) . It was somewhere around 100 hours of labor I'd estimate to do the swap with all of the stuff I did. I'd recommend swapping a tdi to an all wheel drive car. It was fun and a good learning experience.
chriskorwan
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After you send me a friend request be social! It's a community I love being a part of because of how many friends I've made. So don't just creep. Comments are welcome
Nash_TDI
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I found Chris on fb before ever finding this thread, haha.
chriskorwan
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Are we friends on Facebook? Not everyone's username is as easy to figure out who they are as mine is. But yes my car is all over FB. It's just so much easier to post photos on there... Yes we are! And Clinton will agree we've talked quite a few times
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chriskorwan
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I paid extra for it. But it looks so good on my golf with the dual exhaust. For double the coal rolling
chriskorwan
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She's ugly, but I've had her up and running for a month. Still need to wire the haldex. I'm pleased with it though. Done about 1500 miles since I got it back together
BlankThis
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She looks bad(ass) with the multi colour motif
chriskorwan
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I don't like the harlequin look either. But right now I'm saving up for another 20th front end and paint. I'm just glad to have completed the massive undertaking of making my golf 4motion
skyking1
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Chris I am bumping this and asking, since you did all the hard work and research.
Can you build a 4motion by modding your existing pan, is the R32 transplant just the shortest path?
Can you build a 4motion by modding your existing pan, is the R32 transplant just the shortest path?
chriskorwan
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If you are a very experience fabricator. You can make a system the mount the rear suspension to. And put a fuel cell in the car.
Easiest/shortest path would be to buy an R32 or a TT and swap the engines.
You will need a minimum of a 225 TT gear box and a euro tdi 6 speed to swap the internals.
Welding in the r pan wasn't that bad. I'd do it again for someone else. The r rear suspension mount with 4 bolts in front of the spare tire well. 4 bolts on both sides where the rear beam used to be bolted to(outside frame rail is a bit different. And then the rear shocks mount on a 45* angle towards the rear bumper.
I'm still trying to get the wiring done
skyking1
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Thanks! I have a beetle, and really need the headroom so I am 'stuck' with it.
I dream of an AWD TDI beetle. I see early quattro TT wrecks and wonder.
I dream of an AWD TDI beetle. I see early quattro TT wrecks and wonder.
chriskorwan
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You can buy a non wrecked tt for less than $1500
skyking1
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Lowest prices for quattros seem to be around 5K that I can find. are you talking about wrecking yard ones with blown engines?
chriskorwan
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I'm talking about Craigslist, vwvortex, audizine. I saw a couple around me running for 3k.
Look for a 225hp 1.8t Quattro with a broken timing belt. They are out there
chriskorwan
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It's been almost a yeas since the last time I posted anything in this thread. Anyways car looks great. AWD is a blast. I'll be building my motor in December or January to try and use up some of the fuel from my +80% nozzles
