Mk3 2dr Project Car (1.8t swap)

[The_Hawk]

I love watching builds like this, especially the Mk3's (which just makes me miss my VR6 that much more). Maybe one day I'll have to space/time/money for a project. Sadly my eldest (who still doesn't have his licence) seems to be into BMW's, but maybe that means I will get to work on a car I don't have to pay for! (but who am I kidding, I'm sure Dad will be suckered into helping out anyway )

[Weeman]

Kill switch blank is a good idea!

I like it.


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Thanks mate.

Now add another kill switch but hide it. Slows down anyone trying to steal the car and we know no one in Tassie can be trusted.

Better yet, on/off pressure switch for the fuel pump hidden under a soft part of the dash.

Otherwise all good. Congrats.

Cheers

Paul

Hahaha tassie is a bit dodge for theft, but the trade off is we don't need to worry about a cop defecting us everytime we drive to work so far pulling the fuel pump fuse is easiest if ive parked it where things are a bit hairy lol

I love watching builds like this, especially the Mk3's (which just makes me miss my VR6 that much more). Maybe one day I'll have to space/time/money for a project. Sadly my eldest (who still doesn't have his licence) seems to be into BMW's, but maybe that means I will get to work on a car I don't have to pay for! (but who am I kidding, I'm sure Dad will be suckered into helping out anyway )

Thanks heaps, certainly been a fun one. Haha working on cars without the expense is awesome! Your boy is gonna have a rude shock, gotta stick to them cheaper front wheel drives lol. I was in awe of a E30 the other day, bout the only beema that would tip me over the line into the rear wheel drive territory... would look nice parked up next to the mk3. Had to leave a space between it and my van, not quite the same "stance"...

[Weeman]

Update: 21/03/2025

Bit of a quicky, mounted up a 1.5 metre kill switch cord to run to the key inside. Used one of the holes in the rain tray area to mount to. Sits nice and discretely to not draw tooooooo much attention... but a blue triangle will go in front of it eventually, but for the time being, hopefully the randoms walking through town don't keep killing it on me lol...



Got GIVEN a 6x4 box trailer, so needed some space, lucky me. Goodbye junk Audi. And commissioning trip for the trailer was a goodbye to the original 1.8 from the mk3. Fun times!



P.S. I wish the forums were more active with builds, would be cool to see more things start to finish, no matter how long they take.

Cheers,
Thomas

[HaydEn]

Great stuff!

Long live forums.


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[sports racer]

Not sure about having your kill switch accessible from the outside. What happens if someone nicks the red key?

[Weeman]

Not sure about having your kill switch accessible from the outside. What happens if someone nicks the red key?

The outside kill switch is just a pull cord. Has a piece of wire inside a sleeve that runs into the car and connects to the one key on the dash. Means if anyone pulls it from the outside, I can still re-engage the key inside, no dramas.

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[sports racer]

I just realised that it's only a MK3. No one would want it even if the keys were left in the ignition.

Unless it had a full tank of fuel.

[Gutoneto]

I just realised that it's only a MK3. No one would want it even if the keys were left in the ignition.

Unless it had a full tank of fuel.

What are you talking about? I would love to have a manual MK3 again, even with an empty tank!

[Weeman]

Update: 24/05/2025

Things are still ticking along behind the scenes, getting onto the track is now top priority from here on. The list of things to organise is ever growing but I'm getting through it.

Firstly, brakessssssss. My stopping power is awful. The teeny tiny brakes on there now just aren't cutting it. Insert Audi TT calipers, 312mm slotted discs, and mk4 golf rear calipers (alloy vs cast iron, just to lighten things up). Note I am only currently 4x100, so this complicates things and I was so certain I was going to drill the Audi TT discs to 4x100, but I've decided against it and now looking out for some decent 5x100 rims, that I can swap my brand new freshies Pirelli P-zeros onto from the 4x100 rims... argh more money...



Secondly, transporrrt! Now my predicment is I only have the van as my tow vehicle (FWD, 1800kg capacity). So don't even think about a car trailer. And they are so expensive!!! Which basically leaves me with no option. But wait... a dolly trailer! Never seen one before, dunno how unsafe they are, but they are a thing! So I've picked up an unregistered one for $700 and been to work. I am certainly not a skilled fabricator but I've busted the mig out and I'm actually very happy with my new fab up of wheel arches to replace the rusted out ones. Just needs new tyres now, a fresh respray and then hopefully a straight forward stroll over the pits to get it registered. And this one is pretty cool, you wind a winch and it lowers the deck up n down, so you don't need trailer ramps. Cool in theory, see how well it goes with a mk3 on it...



Thirdly, racegear... I'm mentioning this cause boy its expensive. But the collation of items begins, with marketplace being my best friend.



And lastly, golf(s) made it into a special wedding again, pics presented them very well! Exciting times.



More things to come.

Cheers,
Thomas

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