Satchealous Garage Mk1 rabbit

[HooWybrow]

Hurry up and finish it.

That is all.

[aaron22]

Tiny bit of progress today





Probably going to move the rabbit out of the garage tomorrow. Buddie's e30 is coming in for an M50 swap:

[aaron22]

you gonna clean up some of the plumbing while you're at it?

That's the plan. Charcoal/emissions stuff is removed, carbs will replace all the CIS bull shit, brake booster is removed and I'm running a vacuum advance saab distributor to delete the ignition control unit. Should be a fairly empty bay...gunna have to trim down a lot of wiring.

[TheEgyptianMissile]

Coming along great!

[ChristopherJason]

that spline looks like an axle lol

Nice work so far man !

[softg]

nice to see some progress

coming together nicely and I'm sure the shaving will go well, you gonna clean up some of the plumbing while you're at it?

[aaron22]

Back from the dead with only minor updates. I ran out of money and never did end up buying those keizers so I've decided to refinish my exims. The other week I grabbed a used set of 175/60r13's. As much as I'd like a wide 13/14 to run some stretch, it's just not in the budget.



The wheels are 13x6 et13 so it should still look okay. Tire's should be flush.





Trying out a colour. Matches the engine block...



I've also started to prep the front end for paint. Doing it right this time and will be spraying everything from the firewall forward. After pulling the passenger side fender, I was reminded of how hack this car was previously put together There was putty wedged between the rad support and where the fender sits and the expansion tank was held on by foam and electrical wire tied in knots... I'm going to delete the expansion tank for now but keep the mounts in case I need them in the future.



Started by scraping the big globs of sealant/coating off. I'll get hit the rest with a wire brush.



A buddy helped weld the new quick release spline to my steering column.

[G535]

Yep, 9a/kr hybrid. Don't think I'll be making quite that much but ~145ish would be awesome. With the exception of the header and carbs, it's all stock. I bought the head already rebuilt and the bottom end is a mystery block. I pulled an entire 2.0 from a passat at a "carry out what you can for $50" parts day at a scrap yard. I tied a seatbelt to the latch of an upside down car hood, threw the entire motor, some extra manifolds, and more onto the hood and dragged that bitch outta there $50 engines FTW

Haha, nice to hear what you can get for such a small amount of money! 50€ wont get you shit in Germany though we have shit tons of old passats and golfs...
Anyways, except for the carbs my buddy's not running anything too special and it still runs good. He's got different cams, lighened flywheel, no cat, bigger exhaust and some other minor stuff for reliability. The set-up's been lasting for the past for years without a single problem and that thing gets driven hard.
At least the sound of your engine will be badass im sure

[aaron22]

Thanks errbody

nice work Aaron, seems to be going in a similar direction as my build (in the way that everythings getting done at once) Can't wait to see this thing in person

Thanks man, looks like your e30 is coming along nicely too

Great great build! So youre using a 9A block with a KR head right? What are you expecting for hp output with the zx carbs? Engine is looking damn fine..it will be a beast!
My buddys running a 1,8 KR with 45 double Webers in his MK1 with about 160 whp so im sure yours will be fast as fuck!!

Yep, 9a/kr hybrid. Don't think I'll be making quite that much but ~145ish would be awesome. With the exception of the header and carbs, it's all stock. I bought the head already rebuilt and the bottom end is a mystery block. I pulled an entire 2.0 from a passat at a "carry out what you can for $50" parts day at a scrap yard. I tied a seatbelt to the latch of an upside down car hood, threw the entire motor, some extra manifolds, and more onto the hood and dragged that bitch outta there $50 engines FTW

[G535]

Great great build! So youre using a 9A block with a KR head right? What are you expecting for hp output with the zx carbs? Engine is looking damn fine..it will be a beast!
My buddys running a 1,8 KR with 45 double Webers in his MK1 with about 160 whp so im sure yours will be fast as fuck!!

Keep up the good work man!

Oh, thats his car btw

[Minty_Fresh]

dam looks sick.

[P78]

good to c some more progress on tis

[kidGT]

sweet build bro!! cant wait to see it rollin!!

[HooWybrow]

dude this thing is gonna be so badass, make sure to let mike or me know if you need any help!

[soulfly]

lots of pics, coming along very nicely