mk2 golf 4x4 conversion

[foz]

hi, can anyone out there give me any idea on how i can do a conversion on a mk2 golf 2 door to make it into a four wheel drive. i was told i could use the running gear from a syncro. is this right???? is there a kit that can be bought to do a conversion like this??? can anyone help.....please.
foz

[alextgreen]

In condensed form you will need:

a 3 door golf of your choice

A Synchro Golf of your choice

Transplant transmission tunnel, boot floor, drivetrain, fuel tank from syncro into 2 door shell (lots of welding and some fabrication.

Also the standard Synchro drivetrain is very weak, you'll be wanting at least Rallye kit or preferable Haldex for a big power conversion.

[zcacogp]

If you have the 4wd drivechain, you probably started with a 4wd car, so just use that ....

alextgreen said:

Also the standard Synchro drivetrain is very weak, you'll be wanting at least Rallye kit or preferable Haldex for a big power conversion.

I thought that the Synchro drivechain was the same as the Rallye one ... I know of a couple of VR6 Synchro's that were built without any problems at all (well, no problems for the couple of years after they were built.)


Oli.

[s2avant]

Get a mk2 golf of your liking.
a)Buy an S2 coupe and transplantthe running gear under the golf body.
b)Buy a "quattro" AKA haldex Golf / A3 and transplant the running gear under the golf. Option b has less work than option a, however, option a is a true quattro.

[Fort Jefferson]

alextgreen said:

In condensed form you will need:

a 3 door golf of your choice

A Synchro Golf of your choice

Transplant transmission tunnel, boot floor, drivetrain, fuel tank from syncro into 2 door shell (lots of welding and some fabrication.

Also the standard Synchro drivetrain is very weak, you'll be wanting at least Rallye kit or preferable Haldex for a big power conversion.

What you mean is, forget it.

[s2avant]

Anything is possible
There is a guy putting an S2 under a mk2 golf in North Yorkshire.
The track width is almost spot on.

[greatgranny]

Just buy a Rallye it will be cheaper in the end.

One on ebay at the moment at £3600 with 5 days to go.

Probobly pick one up for £5-6k

[Stubmeister]

Yeah, buy a Rallye less money and less time! There's still a few RHD ones knocking about.

[foz]

tried to look for that rallye on ebay. didn't see it.

[Bodo]

Why not buy a 2door syncro?

[gnutz2]

Im doing the s2 conversion on the mk2 at the moment and have also done the syncro conversion, i`ll get some pics up.

[gnutz2]

Right got some pics, what you need is a scrapped golf syncro or a corrado to take the tunnel out of but the syncro will have the prop shaft lugs on it.

I used my old syncro that got wrote off


I made a simple jig consisting of two hoops with legs attaching onto the subframe mounts to hold the car befofe i cut out the 2wd tunnel and welded in the 4wd one.


Then you need a rallye rear end which bolts staight onto the back end after you cut away the spare wheel well.


And finally make a rear beam, nothing fancy i used some heavy guage 50mm box between the chassis legs and welded the original diff mount onto it. cant find any pics tho.


Apparently passat syncro`s have a bolt on rear diff mount this is how a friend mounted his to a corrado.


Then it up to you how you sort out the fuel tank i personally plated the floor up and bolted a racing cell to the floor but thats one option.

[greatgranny]

foz said:

tried to look for that rallye on ebay. didn't see it.

Here it is http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-GOLF

(600th post whoohoo!)

Edited by greatgranny on Friday 19th January 16:09

[gnutz2]

Rallye`s are good but once you`ve bought it you have the problem of what to do with the peice crap vw call the G60 engine.
Anyway rallye parts go really cheap at the moment maybe £500 for all the transmission so its peanuts to convert a mk2 and you have plenty left over to do the obvious 1.8t swap.

[foz]

cheers!!!!!!

[leonski]

gnutz2 said:

Rallye`s are good but once you`ve bought it you have the problem of what to do with the peice crap vw call the G60 engine.
Anyway rallye parts go really cheap at the moment maybe £500 for all the transmission so its peanuts to convert a mk2 and you have plenty left over to do the obvious 1.8t swap.

I loved my G60 golf, admittedly the standard was nicer to drive than the rallye! But i would never have described it as "crap"........

[gnutz2]

leonski said:

gnutz2 said:

Rallye`s are good but once you`ve bought it you have the problem of what to do with the peice crap vw call the G60 engine.
Anyway rallye parts go really cheap at the moment maybe £500 for all the transmission so its peanuts to convert a mk2 and you have plenty left over to do the obvious 1.8t swap.

I loved my G60 golf, admittedly the standard was nicer to drive than the rallye! But i would never have described it as "crap"........

It`s because i`ve had better experiences with the 1.8t engine.

[Stockers_81]

Been looking for a while for a forum like this. Does anybody know of someone carrying out a mk2 vr6 syncro conversion? I had a tuned mk2 vr6 and it was the nuts but the power transfer was hard to get down with just fwd so I plan on carrying out a 4x4 exercise with a vr6 and supercharger this time round. Any advice out there? Great posts bytheway.

[zcacogp]

Stockers_81 said:

Been looking for a while for a forum like this. Does anybody know of someone carrying out a mk2 vr6 syncro conversion? I had a tuned mk2 vr6 and it was the nuts but the power transfer was hard to get down with just fwd so I plan on carrying out a 4x4 exercise with a vr6 and supercharger this time round. Any advice out there? Great posts bytheway.

I believe that the VR6 lump will bolt straight to the Rallye drivechain.

Others will no doubt correct me.


Oli.

[Stockers_81]

I have seen a Keith Risebrough MkII VR6 syncro but normally aspirated. His website is not accessible at the moment but his photos of his conversion can be found on a google search through images. This shows it can and has been done which is great news. Anymore information/advice would be much appreciated. Cheers.