mk2 golf 4x4 conversion
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hi, can anyone out there give me any idea on how i can do a conversion on a mk2 golf 2 door to make it into a four wheel drive. i was told i could use the running gear from a syncro. is this right???? is there a kit that can be bought to do a conversion like this??? can anyone help.....please.
foz
foz
In condensed form you will need:
a 3 door golf of your choice
A Synchro Golf of your choice
Transplant transmission tunnel, boot floor, drivetrain, fuel tank from syncro into 2 door shell (lots of welding and some fabrication.
Also the standard Synchro drivetrain is very weak, you'll be wanting at least Rallye kit or preferable Haldex for a big power conversion.
a 3 door golf of your choice
A Synchro Golf of your choice
Transplant transmission tunnel, boot floor, drivetrain, fuel tank from syncro into 2 door shell (lots of welding and some fabrication.
Also the standard Synchro drivetrain is very weak, you'll be wanting at least Rallye kit or preferable Haldex for a big power conversion.
If you have the 4wd drivechain, you probably started with a 4wd car, so just use that ....
Oli.
alextgreen said:
Also the standard Synchro drivetrain is very weak, you'll be wanting at least Rallye kit or preferable Haldex for a big power conversion.
I thought that the Synchro drivechain was the same as the Rallye one ... I know of a couple of VR6 Synchro's that were built without any problems at all (well, no problems for the couple of years after they were built.) Oli.
alextgreen said:
In condensed form you will need:
a 3 door golf of your choice
A Synchro Golf of your choice
Transplant transmission tunnel, boot floor, drivetrain, fuel tank from syncro into 2 door shell (lots of welding and some fabrication.
Also the standard Synchro drivetrain is very weak, you'll be wanting at least Rallye kit or preferable Haldex for a big power conversion.
a 3 door golf of your choice
A Synchro Golf of your choice
Transplant transmission tunnel, boot floor, drivetrain, fuel tank from syncro into 2 door shell (lots of welding and some fabrication.
Also the standard Synchro drivetrain is very weak, you'll be wanting at least Rallye kit or preferable Haldex for a big power conversion.
What you mean is, forget it.
Right got some pics, what you need is a scrapped golf syncro or a corrado to take the tunnel out of but the syncro will have the prop shaft lugs on it.
I used my old syncro that got wrote off
I made a simple jig consisting of two hoops with legs attaching onto the subframe mounts to hold the car befofe i cut out the 2wd tunnel and welded in the 4wd one.
Then you need a rallye rear end which bolts staight onto the back end after you cut away the spare wheel well.
And finally make a rear beam, nothing fancy i used some heavy guage 50mm box between the chassis legs and welded the original diff mount onto it. cant find any pics tho.
Apparently passat syncro`s have a bolt on rear diff mount this is how a friend mounted his to a corrado.
Then it up to you how you sort out the fuel tank i personally plated the floor up and bolted a racing cell to the floor but thats one option.
I used my old syncro that got wrote off
I made a simple jig consisting of two hoops with legs attaching onto the subframe mounts to hold the car befofe i cut out the 2wd tunnel and welded in the 4wd one.
Then you need a rallye rear end which bolts staight onto the back end after you cut away the spare wheel well.
And finally make a rear beam, nothing fancy i used some heavy guage 50mm box between the chassis legs and welded the original diff mount onto it. cant find any pics tho.
Apparently passat syncro`s have a bolt on rear diff mount this is how a friend mounted his to a corrado.
Then it up to you how you sort out the fuel tank i personally plated the floor up and bolted a racing cell to the floor but thats one option.
foz said:
tried to look for that rallye on ebay. didn't see it.
Here it is http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF
(600th post whoohoo!)
Edited by greatgranny on Friday 19th January 16:09
Rallye`s are good but once you`ve bought it you have the problem of what to do with the peice crap vw call the G60 engine.
Anyway rallye parts go really cheap at the moment maybe £500 for all the transmission so its peanuts to convert a mk2 and you have plenty left over to do the obvious 1.8t swap.
Anyway rallye parts go really cheap at the moment maybe £500 for all the transmission so its peanuts to convert a mk2 and you have plenty left over to do the obvious 1.8t swap.
gnutz2 said:
Rallye`s are good but once you`ve bought it you have the problem of what to do with the peice crap vw call the G60 engine.
Anyway rallye parts go really cheap at the moment maybe £500 for all the transmission so its peanuts to convert a mk2 and you have plenty left over to do the obvious 1.8t swap.
Anyway rallye parts go really cheap at the moment maybe £500 for all the transmission so its peanuts to convert a mk2 and you have plenty left over to do the obvious 1.8t swap.
I loved my G60 golf, admittedly the standard was nicer to drive than the rallye! But i would never have described it as "crap"........
leonski said:
gnutz2 said:
Rallye`s are good but once you`ve bought it you have the problem of what to do with the peice crap vw call the G60 engine.
Anyway rallye parts go really cheap at the moment maybe £500 for all the transmission so its peanuts to convert a mk2 and you have plenty left over to do the obvious 1.8t swap.
Anyway rallye parts go really cheap at the moment maybe £500 for all the transmission so its peanuts to convert a mk2 and you have plenty left over to do the obvious 1.8t swap.
I loved my G60 golf, admittedly the standard was nicer to drive than the rallye! But i would never have described it as "crap"........
It`s because i`ve had better experiences with the 1.8t engine.
Been looking for a while for a forum like this. Does anybody know of someone carrying out a mk2 vr6 syncro conversion? I had a tuned mk2 vr6 and it was the nuts but the power transfer was hard to get down with just fwd so I plan on carrying out a 4x4 exercise with a vr6 and supercharger this time round. Any advice out there? Great posts bytheway.
Stockers_81 said:
Been looking for a while for a forum like this. Does anybody know of someone carrying out a mk2 vr6 syncro conversion? I had a tuned mk2 vr6 and it was the nuts but the power transfer was hard to get down with just fwd so I plan on carrying out a 4x4 exercise with a vr6 and supercharger this time round. Any advice out there? Great posts bytheway.
I believe that the VR6 lump will bolt straight to the Rallye drivechain. Others will no doubt correct me.
Oli.
I have seen a Keith Risebrough MkII VR6 syncro but normally aspirated. His website is not accessible at the moment but his photos of his conversion can be found on a google search through images. This shows it can and has been done which is great news. Anymore information/advice would be much appreciated. Cheers.
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