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LONG and pretty far-fetched: fabbing and modifying roccosforQuattro (Haldex or torsen)



Do a search in the Vortex archives - I remember reading that someone had
reasonable success grafting the A2 floor pan from a Rallye Golf onto an A1
body. Problem is that the "Type-R" Golf is not available in North America...

MAJOR, MAJOR OUTLAY OF $$$$

Good luck though!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doruk Seren" <doruk_seren@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:41 PM
Subject: LONG and pretty far-fetched: fabbing and modifying roccos
forQuattro (Haldex or torsen)


> SO...
> I know the list is more often a discussion of
> reasonable, realistic stuff, the most extravagant
> being turbo conversions and ONCE, a twin-engine... But
> hey, you guys have more technical expertise than most
> other non-professional mechanics i've ever met, so i
> figured i'd ask:
> Of course this all sounds crazy, and I won't even get
> to start till summertime...
> But the garage-owner I used to work for, me, and a
> couple friends are trying to get a rally thing going.
> I got to do some rallycross this summer in my
> mostly-stock 85 8v, TONS of fun.
> But i am thinking a really nuts all-out Open class car
> would be far more entertaining.
> Anyone here have any thoughts or suggestions at all
> about any of the following?
> -Mid-engined RWD roc (using probably audi 4k rear
> suspension and the whole engine/trans unit from some
> other FWD VW, like, say, a VR6 and its corresponding
> cable-shift trans)
> -AWD rocco using, say:
> -vanagon syncro trans/driveline + some newer engine
> (yeah, i know this equates to a fat lump of cast iron
> sticking out the ass end, but with power going to the
> front also, it might (?) be manageable... Maybe using
> a haldex diff for the front? With what little I know
> of them it's PROBABLY possible without too much actual
> modification to the diff proper...
> OR
> Maybe use a whole, traditional Quattro driveline, ala
> the dahlback Golf RSI? I figure prepping a rally car
> will take a lot of shell prep like seam-welding and
> stiffening anyway, so it might not be too
> unreasonable... Suppose, for example, you use a newer
> setup, like a V6 from an A4 or 90 model, and like i
> said, pull a 'dahlback' and mount the radiator and all
> the other crap in the back end (almost as if you were
> building a mid-engined car backwards). This would
> almost certainly require a scratchbuilt front
> crossmember and grill support etc, but the radiator
> being in back might prove to be very helpful in this
> case...
>
> And again, before anyone calls me crazy (again), I
> should mention the team in the northeast that runs
> (what used to be) a VW Fox wagon with full Quattro
> driveline and a biturbo V6 from an S4... I know this
> one doesn't require the change from longitudinal to
> transverse, making it WAY easier... Maybe a two-door
> fox sedan  would be easier for this?
> The main goal with doing something like this instead
> of just resorting to a DSM or old 4k Quattro like more
> people do, is to have A. A relatively light car for
> once and B. a short wheelbase without using the audi
> sport method of hacking 2 feet of body off behind the
> b-pillars... but maybe that would be less crazy than
> this stuff?
>
> Like i said folks, we're brainstorming. Let's hear
> what you all think...
>
>
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