hi, ive herd from a friend that you have a mk2 golf gti 20vt down there an have fitted it with full haldex 4wd running gear!!! any pictures of the car? details etc, this sounds like one hell of a conversion, cant imagine how quick its goin to be...
The Build Thread Owner said somewhere TSR said they'd probably never do it again as it was too much trouble. Don't know if that was just a joke though.
haldex conversion in a mk2 golf isnt as difficult as people think. I converted mine with some mates and have hardly any mechanical expertise.
?? hows that a load of cock, whats wrong with the exhaust being inside the car, ive seen a fair few jap drift cars with exhausts goin through the car an they dont have any issues...
Ummmmm, i bet that cost a bit. I opened up the front of the tunnel on my mk1 to get it all down there. I'll withold any negative comments
Thread moved: All - Please ask technical questions in the technical forums, and don't get into opinionated discussion on TSR's Trade Section. These sections should be used for purchase enquiries. Also, if you want a quick response from our busy traders, it's probably better to ring them. VR6Will was working on one of these I believe. Also I know a guy who rallies an Audi TT on single venue events. For simplicity and reliability, he's converted the Haldex rear diff to be permanent 4WD. The electronic clutch in the haldex has been dowel pinned to override the ECU, and it's got a freelander centre diff grafted into the drivetrain. Might be useful ideas for someone.
Wow, I don't like to be disparaging of other people's workmanship but that's pretty rough for a place that purports to be a VW specialist! I notice they have cut an welded the lower arms, I wonder if they have done anything to correct the geometry? And considering PhatVR6 has a (self built i.e. not a "VW Specialist") well executed, properly engineered Corrado complete with 24v engine and 4x4 drive-train he's entitled to his opinion about the exhaust Do you have any(more) information on this? Thanks
i was thinking bout this on my other base shell golf mk2, not sure exactly how to tackle it , but would be an awsome project,got a unit and base shell as said, so looking into parts, wots exactly needed for this
wow alot of work, so has he made a new rear frame,then welded the rear s3 subframe to that,then shorted drive shafts,track control arms, making them adjustable ? intertesting stuff
the one thing that makes this a lot easier is to use a bigger exhaust tunnel the corrado/golf g60 /golf rally and syncro all have a bigger exhaust tunnel than the standard golf gti even the mk3 golf has this a bigger exhaust tunnel probably for the vr6 but then again you do get syncro mk3 in europe a remarke that is spot no in my view it would have been a lot easier to weld in the bigger exhaust tunnel
Surely it would have been easier to transplant in a Rallye/Synchro beam/floorplan, and use the Dutchdub Synchro-Haldex conversion kit to mount the diff...
mixed comments then, i still think its goin to be one hell of a car, i havent seen any in the uk built without using any syncro parts as in full haldex, i see what people mean by using the dutchdub conversion but then thats just even more of a cost, i cant wait to see the finished job...
im liking that idea, so if obtained syncro floorpans/boot floor,use the syncro subframe,mount haldrex using kit, could be possible,less hassle conversion
g reg ish passats have the right tunnel, also have a shufty at normancoal's jetta coupe project for info on fitting a mk3 tunnel
i see what people are saying but to get another tunnel is goin to cost either to get another car to cut it out of or to try an get hold of a new panel... what i think they have done looking at the pictures is taken the down pipe through the hole thats there from the factory were if it was LHD the steering rack would go though then under the seat an out the back so all they have done is cut one hole which would take 2min which is better than cutting the hole tunnel out an rewelding the new piece into it... tho would that mean the centre console wouldnt fit as the tunel is higher an come to think if it the matrix is only a cm or so above the tunnel so that would maybe mean changing the matrix for a rallye one???
how are they sealing up the entry and exit point where the exhaust runs through the shell? lots of movement/vibration/expansion issues there get hold of some furnace blanket to help insulate the thing. the big tunnel is really the best way to do things, or do a side exit exhaust have a look how chris did it mind his mates had a lot of experience with 4x4 mk1s and 2s, so i imagine he had lots of advice from thos who'd done it before
i hazerd a guess it would be well wrapped, a bigger tunnel would be the best way but theres no point makeing things harder by changine the tunnel when i can be done a simpler easyer way, theres no wrong or right way to do it either way will work fine...
i think there will be loads of problems with the exhaust in the shell like that. Hope they have a cunning plan
