| 1.8t Conversion |
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| A pic of a 1.8t in the MkII chassis. Almost anything VW will fit each other from the Rabbit to the MkIII |
| Mocking up the wheel/tire placement on the back end |
| Before the surgery |
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| Post-Op |
| Mock-Up of the rear superstructure in ABS plastic pipe |
| Cut-off framehorns and MkII jig. Pardon the welding! |
| The upper old MkII style bolt reference with the rear reference bolt holes for subframe in background |
| Front motor mount is spot on of the original composite mock-up pic |
| Rear subframe bolt reference |
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| Porsche Boxter E-brake handle and shifter |
| MkIII Subframe mock-up |
| The Idea |
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| Mock up above just to see where things are at. |
| After re-installing jig on GTI and adding reference rear arms, jig is now bolted to shock towers after much measuring, re-measuring, and re-re-measuring and then welding the vertical arms. Reference points were top of the torsion bar housings where the castings are welded to the tube and the front subrame mount holes on the reference jig. They were measured directly and diagonally. Note cutout for clearance of thick RH axle |
| View in engine compartment |
| View from hole in rear package tray. |
| The next step is to fab up the front mount chassis bracket, and then install the engine and tranny. Once the two are in place I will be able to see where there is room to place tubing for the superstructure triangulation. |
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