Audi TT off-road project
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Evening all,
My daughter and I are neck-deep in a 4x4 build. We've taken a TT Quattro, lifted the suspension, fitted Land Rover Discovery tyres, a snorkel, bobtailed it...
I'm Youtubing it, but not sure whether I'm OK to post a video link here and don't want to get myself in trouble
Rear view:
Front view:
My daughter and I are neck-deep in a 4x4 build. We've taken a TT Quattro, lifted the suspension, fitted Land Rover Discovery tyres, a snorkel, bobtailed it...
I'm Youtubing it, but not sure whether I'm OK to post a video link here and don't want to get myself in trouble
Rear view:
Front view:
king love it!Cylon2007 said:
OK I'm in but have tov ask why?
It's a fair question and a bit of a long story. My daughter wanted to learn some mechanical skills, so I bought an A3 with failed gearbox; the idea was that we broke it for parts, and once it had paid me back, the rest of the money was hers. It worked pretty well. Now she'd really like to learn to drive (she's nearly 11) so I figured that an off-roader would be the way to go. So we bought a TT with her profits from the A3 and it was game on.Clearly a TT isn't an off-roader, but it does have 225hp and four wheel drive, so with a few modifications, it could hopefully be a car that wins the "what was your first car?" game for all time...
On top of that, I have to own up to outside motives; I wanted to launch a YouTube channel, and "here we are driving a Discovery" probably wouldn't stand out!
As an owner of an offroad Mr2 I wholeheartedly approve of this, but for the love of God - work a bit more on that snorkel! 😂
Did you know you can get an aftermarket haldex controller so you'll have constant 50:50 front : rear torque split? It would make it much more fun to drive.
Did you know you can get an aftermarket haldex controller so you'll have constant 50:50 front : rear torque split? It would make it much more fun to drive.
mudnomad said:
As an owner of an offroad Mr2 I wholeheartedly approve of this, but for the love of God - work a bit more on that snorkel! ??
Did you know you can get an aftermarket haldex controller so you'll have constant 50:50 front : rear torque split? It would make it much more fun to drive.
An off-road MR2 is a fantastic idea. What would you recommend on the snorkel? I'm a bit concerned about rainwater getting in, so at the moment the top's tied up in a plastic bag while it's not running. Though just now there's no engine on the other end, so it perhaps doesn't matter at the moment!Did you know you can get an aftermarket haldex controller so you'll have constant 50:50 front : rear torque split? It would make it much more fun to drive.
And no, I hadn't realised that I could get an aftermarket controller; that does sound very interesting. Having the rear drive cutting in and out continuously is probably neither good for the drive nor good for the Haldex.
Thankyou - sound advice. The 2.0 has a hybrid steel/alu sump which is a direct fit and tempting, but it will definitely be getting a bash plate regardless. And not least because I need somewhere to mount an anti-roll bar; the TT one doesn't fit with lifted suspension and a Golf one doesn't fit with the rear propshaft, but a Land Rover 300tdi rear ARB, mounted forward of the axle, looks ideal.
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