It Begins: The S3 1.8T into my '85 Mk2 GTI

[GOLFBALLS]

And this is the replacement GTI. By the way, these Cheviots are for sale. $100 with good rubber.

[jayjay]

holy crap that wheel got munched!! are you going to parts out your old mk2 then? cause mine's looking pretty tired.. and you have 2 now!! well 1 and 1/2..

[Mischa]

wow... your old car certainly did take a beating from hitting that curb. big bumpers look better anyway

now stop procrastinating and stick that 20vt in there

[GOLFBALLS]

This is the donor S3 arriving, and some shots of the damage to some of the engine ancillaries. Pretty bad eh?!!

[GOLFBALLS]

Once i get the wreck to Golfwagen (08 9303 4999) me and Joe will pull it apart and I'll make one sweet car outta two
Sorry Mischa, but one of the first things will be to retrofit the small bumpers That front big bumpr looks dodge anyway after some 'nice' home repairs by the previous owner!!
Then I will use the great interior from the grey car and possibly the ol' split window'd front doors. I need a new small bump'd GTI front splitter/spoiler if anyone knows of one???
Eventually the white car will someday be resprayed in the Atlas Grey or similar as it needs a respray anyway.
I'm looking for a suitable 02A gearbox and flywheel, and a VR6 clutch. Joe will probably have something there amongst his huge stockpile!

[joshyd-mk2gti]

bah i really dont like the older style split window front doors. dont know why youd want to put them on :S small bumpers with the newer doors will look good.

[Water Boy]

Dude looking good... I do say it would have been nice to have a 2 door for the 1.8t conversion

[Golf Loon]

Engine should bolt into the Mk2 pretty easy.
Are you gonna go factory loom and ecu, or aftermarket?
Your Grey doors would be ideal for Jay Jays early car may even be the same colour. I reckon the big front windows and small bumpers will be the best.
What piece do you need for the front, i have most of a small bumper one here. Plus an o2a box or 2

[SoVeReIgN]

Geez that S3 really copped a beating - Do you know much about its accident?

[GOLFBALLS]

I'm trying to go for a nice balanced looking car. I need the 5 door because i have to be able to load my drum gear in and out easily and quickly.
I havent decided for sure which front doors but the little quarter glass in the old front doors matches the rear door quarter glass. It might sound weird but to my eyes the styling seems to work better when its balanced and visual "themes" are rounded off. On the other hand, the single glass doors have elec mirrors and i like the newer mirror shape and position. We shall see...
Matt, i'll check out whats around locally for an 02A before buying interstate Also will wait and see if I can straighten the front bumper out a bit before replacing. Same goes for the front guards. Apparently big bumper cars have different front guards to small bumper ones

[GOLFBALLS]

Geez that S3 really copped a beating - Do you know much about its accident?

Yep! It was crashed by a dude on the ozaudi forum. He was goin about 100kph down a Brissie highway when some dude ran a red light through an intersection! The S3 cleaned him up at full tilt and flipped over The red light runner was killed.

[GOLFBALLS]

Are you gonna go factory loom and ecu, or aftermarket?

Will go the QPEng Plug n Play kit. Whatchya reckon?

[Golf Loon]

Probably easier for that car. Get the proper loom built for the car and plug away. I`m gonna use the same for my Rocco 20VT.

[GOLFBALLS]

Yep. Whats the back up service like for Qpeng? I dont really wanna tune it too much as 270bhp will be quite enough!
Is the front small bumper a GTI one? And do you have the plastic grille panel for under the bumper along with the lower metal panel? Also will need the front splitter if ya got one

[h100vw]

I am reckoning that you wouldn't need any back up. If they are any good the loom would be tested out fully, as should the ECU.

The only unknown for me, would be the actual software they load into it not being perfect for our hot climate.

Shouldn't be any bother getting 270 out of it, a decent FMIC and big downpipe and exhaust will help no end.

Gavin