Scirocco Sillyness with a midmounted motor

[static1800]

That thing will be a weapon!

Ive always had the idea somewhere in the back of my mind to build a mid engined Mk1 with an R32 golf engine in it. It's safely stored in the way to hard basket

[lyle-act]

wow dude, thats gonna be bloody nuts!!

My brother just got his Mk1 painted and is getting his suspension soon. Cant wait till he gets a 1.8T in his! :twisted:

[aprr32]

Mid mounted 24 v VR6 turbo in 76 scirocco, keep your eyes open in the future. Parts are here, time is coming.

[Golf Loon]

Mid mounted 24 v VR6 turbo in 76 scirocco, keep your eyes open in the future. Parts are here, time is coming.

Why mid mount it, couldnt you mount one in the front and one in the back and have a twin engined badboy

[Golfwise]

Mid mounted 24 v VR6 turbo in 76 scirocco, keep your eyes open in the future. Parts are here, time is coming.

Can't see why you would chop up a good Rocco .But then again the floor has probably rusted out like a lot that age.
Where in the hell are you going to use it.It would be hard to register ? but whatever turns you on.eh.
That orange Mk1 Golf in Pommieland is unreal when you look at it.Great video of it if you've seen it.TassieGTi has got it somewhere if you haven't seen it.

[aprr32]

I bought this scirroco in the early 80's and have had it off the road for over 10 years trying to restore it. It was an English import and the only rust in it is in the rear bumper mount holes. This project will be engineered and registered. No point having a car that you can't drive on the road. If you build these projects properly there is no reason they can't be engineered. We have a good engineer here in Canberra who we use all the time and will help us out.
As I said all I need is the time as the are a few more jobs to finnish of my own and also customers cars come first.

[TassieGTi]

Mid mounted 24 v VR6 turbo in 76 scirocco, keep your eyes open in the future. Parts are here, time is coming.

Sounds good in theory. Another case of topic hijacking though Loon!! Perhaps we can start a new topic for aprr32's projects as you did with Golfwise's Jetta.

[aprr32]

Sorry, sometimes I get carried away-so much to do, so little time.

[roccodingo]

I bought this scirroco in the early 80's and have had it off the road for over 10 years trying to restore it. It was an English import and the only rust in it is in the rear bumper mount holes. This project will be engineered and registered. No point having a car that you can't drive on the road. If you build these projects properly there is no reason they can't be engineered. We have a good engineer here in Canberra who we use all the time and will help us out.
As I said all I need is the time as the are a few more jobs to finnish of my own and also customers cars come first.

So how many you got ??? LMK if your wanting body parts for it..

[Golf Loon]

I`ve seen the front half you sent to Melbourne, looks ok man.
Cheers for the wiring diagram roccodingo

[el_foolio]

i do love the orange mk1 mid-mount VR6, rear wheel drive converted, best from the uk, i still have those videos, aaaace!!!

[Golfwise]

I've got a damaged R 32 which will be used for a project sometime but being a traditionalist I won't be midmounting the motor in anything.
If I liked rear wheel drive I'd be into Skylines or Crappydores or something like that.
FWD revolutionised modern motoring and my hot hatch wouldn't be that with the back floor full of engine.
I like mk3s so I guess thats where it will end up (300 hp with a chip)(I like all modern VWs 76 on)
A current model Polo sounds good as well ?Sorry I hope I'm not hijacking anyones storyline here.

[el_foolio]

i agree, im not really a RWD man, i love my little FWD hatch wow, that sounds pretty insane, cant wait to see where that R32 ends up!
Viva La FWD!!!!

[aprr32]

Some of my cars are front drivers and some are rear drivers and one is all four.Each has its good and bad points. Mid mounted is the best as I have learnt with the 914 but its air cooled, so a mid mounted water cooled VW has to be the best.Any how I have to finish the beetle cab, fit the 2.2 911 engine in the Ghia cab for my wife and take the poor 4 speed out of the caddy and fit the Golf4 GTI box and a KO4 that is cluttering up the workshop. Assoon as the scirocco hits the workshop I will start feeding you all pics. Thanks roccodingo, no doubt I will need some parts for the car and also to keep my brothers 78 scirocco(2l 16v on quad throttle bodies) on the road.

[static1800]

err.. i never made this thread??
what seems to be going on?