Mk1 rabbit in need of a heart

[DutchieSaxo]

any updates?

[michael@black forest]

Oh, man. I'm stoked to see updates on this. It's gonna be sick!

[electricalbox]

like Greg said; it'll be all worth it at the end.

after building mine for over 7 months, i get the biggest smile on my face whenever i'm driving it.

keep going mate. i wanna see this swap getting done

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll be sure to get some work in soon hopefully.

[DutchieSaxo]

like Greg said; it'll be all worth it at the end.

after building mine for over 7 months, i get the biggest smile on my face whenever i'm driving it.

keep going mate. i wanna see this swap getting done

[electricalbox]

Slammed as f#%k


No updates sadly, swamped with work.

[Greg|H]

Haha I feel the same with mine, there's quite a lot involved with the 1.8T swap. It's doable though, and will be more than worth it in the end!

[electricalbox]

A 1.8T Mk1 Cabby will be awesome! I'm half way through 1.8T swapping my Mk2 Golf at the moment, can't wait to get behind the wheel! Good luck with your build

Thanks much Greg and best of luck with your build. For a moment today I felt like I bit off more than I can chew. Getting the mk4 pedals, shifter and cluster is going to add a ton of time to the swap.

[Greg|H]

A 1.8T Mk1 Cabby will be awesome! I'm half way through 1.8T swapping my Mk2 Golf at the moment, can't wait to get behind the wheel! Good luck with your build

[electricalbox]

Finally some progress.


Let the wiring fun begin! I'm hoping to mod and keep the pedal box and shifter from mk4.

[electricalbox]

Tore out a ton of the interior. I've decided to just run the mk4 cluster and no dash since it will be a project. I'm thinking about removing everything and just run mk4 seats and mk1 carpet.

So much leg room without the dash!

[electricalbox]

Pinstripe and bumpers off, wheels and suspension on.

This motor swap needs to happen soon.

[electricalbox]

nice progress,
i actually liked the pinstripe on the car,

btw nice wheels, haven't seen those on a mk1 before.

Thanks about the wheels, they normally are on Japanese cars. The stripe made the car too busy for me, removing it takes so much effort.

Front shocks and springs are on, I'm having a hard time removing the rear strut bolts, they will probably have to be cut out.

[DutchieSaxo]

nice progress,
i actually liked the pinstripe on the car,

btw nice wheels, haven't seen those on a mk1 before.

[electricalbox]

Removed most of the pinstripe, pulled off the side trim, pulled off bumpers, made a mess of the garage.

[electricalbox]

I've been removing the pinstripe from the car with a heatgun, what a PITA!

I purchased some volk gr-n 2pc wheels. They are 15x6.5 et32 4x100 with 205/50/15 falkens on them. These wheels have to be one of the lightest wheels I've ever purchased.


I also purchased some Bilsteins with H&R springs.