4motion setup

[team_v]

To be honest with the amount of money you would be spending you might as well just buy a Westfield or if you want more a Caterham kit.

[noone]

This would be an epic project.

For me, I'd just buy a Quattro TT and you've got much the same hardware in a better designed chassis for less...

Still, I'd kiss your feet in worship if you got it done.

[nightphotographer]

I can certainly help you with parts too

[s4mmie]

Good to know NP

If you just bought a Quattro TT or Golf you'd just have a run-of-the-mill Golf or Audi, where's the fun in that?
That said, this is all just a hypothetical at the moment. I think realistically money would be better spent on a LSD and getting everything setup correctly.

Learning that the Polo R is not going to be AWD gave me serious sad face.. and unless I suddenly start to like the Mk7 Golf, I see myself keeping the Polo for a while. May as well do something worthwhile with it
Can you imagine a 2.0L stroker with a GT2860 or the like and AWD in 1100kg?




Anyways..

Doing a bit more research, IRS v DeDion seems a hot topic with the Lotus and Caterham boys. General consensus is that a DeDion tube setup will be lighter, cheaper, easier to setup and give 98% results of an IRS getup. Sounds pretty good.

A custom rear subframe bolted between the rear chassis rails, rubber mount the diff, coilovers where the shocks are now...
Not sure on what hubs I'd use though...

[s4mmie]

Hmm could start the journey --
Audi Quattro complete rear end. - Oakleigh - VIC - $ 500

[vwthunder]

Hmm could start the journey --
Audi Quattro complete rear end. - Oakleigh - VIC - $*500

Wow do want, thats half the conversion right there

[leitch]

Please someone buy that and make this happen.

[s4mmie]

Needs a bit more research for me at this stage..
I've been talking about it with the other half on and off for a while now and I have the missers on side if it ever happens, I love my wife!


If we're getting into the nitty gritty:
The rear end obviously need some fabrication, probably the biggest part of the job getting the geometry right.
The other details I'd like to know center around the gearboxes.
I wonder if the transfer case rear output would line up with the tunnel?
Still need to have a look at an 02R to see if adapting a transfer case is possible.

But the Quattro 02M 6 speeder might be the go, 6 speed and transfer case all in one...

[vwthunder]

I wonder how much fabrication would cost to get the rear of the car done.
Seems fairly basic to make a frame to hold the whole rear assembly but im sure it is a lot more complicated than that.

If it was under 5K i might think about it

[Njay]

Re: 4motion setup

I wonder how much fabrication would cost to get the rear of the car done.
Seems fairly basic to make a frame to hold the whole rear assembly but im sure it is a lot more complicated than that.

If it was under 5K i might think about it

5k would be a 50hr Job assuming workshop charges $100/hr

I reckon it would be double, look at ranton build on His mk2 his spent quite a while getting that r32 floor plan on the car

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[clicht]

I wonder how much fabrication would cost to get the rear of the car done.
Seems fairly basic to make a frame to hold the whole rear assembly but im sure it is a lot more complicated than that.

If it was under 5K i might think about it

DO IT !!!

[s4mmie]

I reckon the way to go would be to talk to an engineer and talk them through it and even have some drawings and ideas to run past them. If they give you the go, I'd start and tack the rear subframe up myself and get the engineer to give the final draft the nod. Then I'd get someone more skilled to fab it up out of something nice. I think that would take a lot of the cost out...