Ruining a GTI.....my rwd swap thread

autocross16vrocco · Jan 27, 2014

Awesome I will be following this for sure.

Question what do you plan on doing with steering? I know VW stock rack placement is not ideal.

16v_HOR · Jan 27, 2014

Einkaufswagen said:
I feel like this GIF just about sums up this thread.

Hi Mr.B :wave:

PS: send Brandon more Cat Facts

That's pretty awesome, I hope I can compete with that gif. I sent Brandon plenty of cat facts and the fox one too, I hope he's been getting him.....I'll send another 10 or 15 tonight

I didn't get as much done as I wanted today. I would have got the crossmember done, but due to some design changes I couldn't get the high grade bolts I wanted and 8.8 wasn't going to cut it. Speaking of, if anybody knows a local place in North ersey where I can get grade 10 and 12 fasteners I would appreciate a suggestion, it would be nice to move onto the steering or rear end this week.

Here is what I did get done. First I drilled holes in the both the floor mounted crossmember and the bottom mount.

Then I built the top brace to connect the 2 sides of the crossmember.

Notched for the shifter.

As you can see in the previous pictures the support goes over the bolt holes, which mean that once I weld it up they're in there for the duration. Now I could put the 8.8s in that I have and weld the floor crossmembers to the the one attached to the mount, but at that point I would need to slide the trans forward about 3-4 inches to remove it. This causes a problem as my serpentine assembly is 2 inches on the nose from the front radiator shelf, which would mean that I would need to remove the engine first everytime I wanted to drop the trans, which I'm really not a fan of.

After that mishap I decided to test fit the hood,just to confirm everything fit properly.
Nothing under here guys, just an old 8v :laugh:

Then I took this shot cause it gave me a big **** eating grin.

That's all for now, hopefully I find a fastener supplier locally, if not I'll start on something else tomorrow.

Shavarsh · Jan 27, 2014

I have thought about doing this, looking forward to more progress, looks great!

Dave926 · Jan 28, 2014

Snitch ****** deluxe.

Jon how does that shifter sit compared to the 02a? Looks a little further toward.

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16v_HOR · Jan 28, 2014

Dave926 said:
Snitch ****** deluxe.

Jon how does that shifter sit compared to the 02a? Looks a little further toward.

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Haa, busting out the SND on people. It does sit a bit farther forward, but I have a fix for that

Einkaufswagen · Jan 28, 2014

16v_HOR said:
Haa, busting out the SND on people. It does sit a bit farther forward, but I have a fix for that

Black Magic?

syracusegli · Jan 28, 2014

opcorn:

16v_HOR · Jan 28, 2014

Einkaufswagen said:
Black Magic?

Arm extensions actually

Dave926 · Jan 28, 2014

16v_HOR said:
Reach further foward

Kind of like a reach around?

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16v_HOR · Jan 28, 2014

Dave926 said:
Kind of like a reach around?

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Pretty much, just a little less balls.

syracusegli · Jan 28, 2014

whats the plan for the front axles?

16v_HOR · Jan 28, 2014

syracusegli said:
whats the plan for the front axles?

cut the spline off the front axles and install them in the spindle to keep the wheel bearings from crushing.

d-bot · Jan 28, 2014

This is awesome.

Dave926 · Jan 28, 2014

Can't wait to blow donuts in this thing on the nog setting

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dougkehl · Jan 28, 2014

16v_HOR said:
I would have got the crossmember done, but due to some design changes I couldn't get the high grade bolts I wanted and 8.8 wasn't going to cut it. Speaking of, if anybody knows a local place in North ersey where I can get grade 10 and 12 fasteners I would appreciate a suggestion, it would be nice to move onto the steering or rear end this week.

Where in North Jersey are you? I work down the street from an industrial tool and hardware supply place. They usually have some high grade stuff..

16v_HOR · Jan 28, 2014

dougkehl said:
Where in North Jersey are you? I work down the street from an industrial tool and hardware supply place. They usually have some high grade stuff..

Clifton, right on the Passiac border.

dougkehl · Jan 28, 2014

Damn man, that's like 30 minutes from where I work. The place I'm talking about is called Scheaffer Supply in Dover NJ. Their website is garbage, but it does have their phone number on there and you could try calling them and seeing if they have what you're looking for.

16v_HOR · Jan 28, 2014

dougkehl said:
Damn man, that's like 30 minutes from where I work. The place I'm talking about is called Scheaffer Supply in Dover NJ. Their website is garbage, but it does have their phone number on there and you could try calling them and seeing if they have what you're looking for.

I'm going to give them a try now, thanks for the heads up, I appreciate it much. :thumbup:

dougkehl · Jan 28, 2014

No problem man :beer::thumbup:

Hopefully they have what you need and I hope to see this beast in person one day being that I'm so close haha

16v_HOR · Jan 28, 2014

dougkehl said:
No problem man :beer::thumbup:

Hopefully they have what you need and I hope to see this beast in person one day being that I'm so close haha

They didn't have it so I ordered with bolt depot, they allow you to order single bolts unlike McMaster so I saved about $20

You're more than welcome to come over and check it out anytime, just shoot me a pm :thumbup:

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