VAG 1.8t+4motion-A rather stupid idea for my project car...

VAG 1.8t+4motion-A rather stupid idea for my project car...

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MicraMatt

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2 posts

112 months

Thursday 18th June 2015
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Hi all,

In December I will be transferring my insurance from a lowly 1990 Micra to a Volvo 960 estate...however, the plan is not to sell/scrap the Micra, but more to build it as a track car.

My current engine is rather stuffed (230k, oil+water mixing and the block is cracked)-so, I'm thinking strip it and ground up build with custom suspension, hubs and such...however the thought crossed my mind of basically put the running gear and drivetrain from a VAG 4motion (AWD) system and 1.8t lump into it with a fair bit of welding and a fair bit more swearing.

PLEASE NOTE: The car will not be for road use after this (mainly as it'd cost too much to insure...)

Can anybody think of any serious reasons why it would be a total pain in the arse other than massive welding costs and lots of custom bits of drivetrain.




nsa

1,682 posts

227 months

Friday 19th June 2015
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I remember reading that this generation of Micra is about as rigid as a wet cardboard box. I guess a roll cage would help, but it's not a great starting point for a track car.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 19th June 2015
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Whilst these "personal projects" are fun, they are expensive and you should consider the money sunk into the car to be effectively "lost".

Now, that doesn't mean don't do it, just go in eyes open.


My suggestion, if you're going to do all that work, do it to something more conventional (desirable) as it then may have some monetary value when you are finished!

(say a Mk2 Golf for example, which is a much better home for a 1.8T anyway.......)

MicraMatt

Original Poster:

2 posts

112 months

Friday 19th June 2015
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@nsa-a rollcage was planned...the levels of rebuild would bring rigidity seeing as I'm considering what is essentially a complete overhaul of the suspension...

@MaxTorque - In all honesty a Mk2 Golf, or any Golf for that matter isn't that interesting to me, I half wanted to do something different...


PaulKemp

979 posts

144 months

Sunday 21st June 2015
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If you look for Project Binky on YouTube you'll find a similar project using Celica 4wd running gear in a classic Mini shell
It shows in detail over several episodes the work you would probably have to do on your project