Eurowise Project 500hp turbo awd 1984 rabbit GTI

[lilcraigford]

I can't believe the fabrication work in here! Seriously one of my favorite current builds...

[eurowise]

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correct.

Updates today on the back to front suspension.
customer wants to still maintain a pretty aggressive stance and minimize wheel gap. In order to achieve this with the new taller spindles raising the strut towers will be done. This will give us 1.75 inches in height drop without adjusting the suspension and sacrificing ride quality.

shot before raising



shot of the passenger side strut tower top cut off and this section will be extended and cap will be welded back on





half finished product, welds will be grinded down and smoothed out





side profile of suspension lowered



rear shot



tires are 205-40-16 all around used just for mock up. Yes we know they're backwards



roll cage also mocked up

[mo diesil]

there is just so much consistent fabrication work

[MixDuP]

all i can say is WOW!

[eurowise]

updates
complete underbody shot of the rear subframe \differential bolted up in its home



closer shot of subframe\differential bolted up in its home





passenger shot of the suspension



drivers side trailing arm mount and bolted in place



removable trailing arm like oem



factory floor in place the rear spring seat\mounting cup is retained and utilized



shot of where the rear shocks will mount. Like the r32 it mounts at the bottom of the spindle and at an angle bolts to the bottom of the floor. this will be done same way as well on rabbit. Arrows point at the mounting pointa



the rear floor pan 75% complete here is an under body shot of the complete rear differential and sub frame
Transition where the floor pan and rear differential pan hump meets we welded 2 parallel square tubing braces. We left the pockets on both sides of the drive shaft open. One for an full size battery and other will be a storage pocket for whatever the customer decides to put in it.





the pockets will go on this opening

[DragginWagon]

wow, no words.

[Zic]

sick!

[da3bous]

dahlback has nothing on this.....WOW

[Pir8 97]

So much fabrication. I love this!

[dav3design]

Jaw meets floor.

[Tedd81]

Wow, insane build!

[eurowise]

Custom modified mk3 VR6 spindles, with custom machined R32 hubs, VR6 wheel bearings, machined strut brackets to accept mk1 coilovers.





The front suspension spindle bolted up and modified vr6 ball joints we mocked up the spindle and suspension





on to the rear. once everything on the rabbit was gutted the rabbit structurally is very weak. we've gone through the entire car and welded 1 inch square tubing like we did here in the picture below to strengthen the rear end now that it has double the weight added



then boxed in with 12 gauge steel



since the r32 is wider overall and we wanted to utilize the OEM rear floor pan to flow with the rest of the body we had to section the floor into 3 pieces shorten it and weld them back together. much like doing a chop top.



Doug wrapping up the rear floor, welding and grinding down to make it look like 1 seamless floor pan



shot of the rear wheel tucking



Thanks to Black forest industries for providing these beautiful complete performance engine mount replacements

BFI ENGINE MOUNTS

transmission mount was machined and modified because BFI does not offer a transmission complete mount replacement at this time





how the engine sits now completely bolted in



finally after 2 months we have an Mk1 R32 AWD rolling chassis

[T.Reed]

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Agreed.

[dav3design]

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