mk1 golf R32 4WD

got the fuel tank in now

i used the mk3 sender as i'm using the mk3 clocks keeps it all the same


i will do the filler neck tomorrow

 

are you putting in a fire wall?

 

hey joe hows tricks?
wayne has done a good job on your tank

 

i have not thought about that maybe something to do in the future

hey yer all going good thanks and you?
yer wayne did do a good job we had a bit of a issue with the bot on cap as it was a bit to small so had to chop it out and do a beger one lol

 

going by the shape of the tank it reminds me i think of the old escort rally cars.....

 

Fair play for the foresight and skills to be able to pull this project off

 

thanks


got the filler neck and breather fitted it day was a bit of a balls up as i tacked the bend in and went to take it out then realised i could not so i had the chop it in the middle as you can see in the pic



also i had a bit of a fiddle with the bias breaking to try and get it somewhere near

 

hello people
i have splashed out and bought a Tig welder (this could be fatal lol)
and also have made a trolley for it to, have a look at that lol



so i thought the first project would be a strut bar

 

nice work

 

also made a windscreen washer bottle for my mk2
just need's a bit of a polishing

 

managed to blow the clutch the other day so the engine is out at mo, just wating for the new one to come was going to put a single mass flywheel but dont no whether to or not?

as the eingine is out i decided it was about time i got the heater woking not as we need it at the mo lol decided that i didnt want it showing in the engine bay so i thought as i have now got the tig welder i might aswel make my own heater box




it is getting a bit tight under the dash now lol

 

good skills joe, see your tig'ing is coming on

really need to pop around and see this thing running soon

 

yer should
how is yours coming on?

 

Hello, I am new in the forum and I have registered to be able to continue in this post.

The Swap that these making is IMPRESSIVE
I congratulate you for it.

I am admin of the Club VW Golf Spain and there they are lately also making enough Swap.

One of the things that has gotten me the attention is the adaptation of the electric power steering of an Vauxall (Opel in Spain) Corsa.

Could you explain like it should be made so that it works correctly??.
It is something that I find tremendously useful.

Tks, regards

 

whats happened to this joe?

 

hi there
now your testing my memory lol
looking at the pic below the bracket on the side of the column is the original corsa bracket. on the black line i angle grinded off and welded a piece of metal 90degrees to it with two holes in it to bolt into the lower column mounts on the mk1.



now taking the original mk1 rack chop it off just below the bracket where it bolts onto the upper column. then chopping part of the tube off as you see in the pic below as the inside diameter is fractionally too small and the end of the column what sticks out rotates as well and then taking the corsa bracket again and welding that onto the end of it for mounting to the column



some general pics




now connecting the corsa column to the mk1 rack i drilled out the little rivits on the corsa shaft just after the first universal joint so the second universal joint came away what i slung in the bin. the chopping the one joint off the mk1 steering shaft what then fits nicely into the corsa one get it all in car to get the length tack in place in car then take out and weld up nicely.

now doing the top half if i remember correctly wat i think i did was chopped off the shaft coming out the top of the rack leaving a couple of inches and the same off the top part of the mk1 column shaft making sure it was at the correct length get that wrong could have all sorts of problems but you do have a bit of flexibility on the steering lock.

sorry i dont have any pics of them

for control units obviously you need the original corsa control box which i think is originally bolted to the rack and you also need another control unit (which i got from http://www.rallywiz.com ) was also very nice as your could variate the sensitivity of it i find i have it wound all the way down as it seems to good and then wind it up a smigin when parking to give you that bit extra.

the one only problem is the bit what sticks out the bottom of the corsa rack what you can see in the pic below happens to also be where the bottom part of the dashboard sits so you would have to cut a hole in that piece and let it stick through or do away with that storage space and just smooth it off



hope this is some help to you

 

up date

have been doing a bit more tig welding decided i didnt like the swirl pot i had as the mounting of it wasnt brilliant so i decided to make my own one up which i could mount from the top.



got some other things planned for the near future also upgrading my ms2 to ms3X and have a bit of a dabble with fully sequential and a bit of VVT i think i will be calling on a little friend of mine for help i can see again lol
also thinking of some means of adjustment on the back wishbones to alter the toe angle maybe replacing the ends of the wishbone arms with rose joints dont really want to use off centered bushes really what do people think?

 

Hi been watching this thread for a long while now.

I am also in the process of building a awd mk1 so will put a build thread up soon.

Great work. Any more updates?

 

hi
would be nise to see a thread on that

bit of a up date
i have decided to put rose joints on the rear wishbones to give me more adjustability



i also got the ms3x in now running fully sequential and the vvt

just got to get it running nicely now

 

anymore happened on this since feb then?