Ick, too bad it's a 4-door. 4-door MkII's are ugly as hell.
Sweet sleeper though.
Sweet sleeper though.
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yeah, they're decent motors, but they're expensive to fix, and harder to get power out of compared to the 325i motors. Now the 951 motors are a different animal all together :DBEERTECH
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Dude! That's at Evolution sports! I've been there tons of times, even went on their Leavenworth Drive :D That car looks cool, but.....why? I'd rather have a 1.8T, forget being unique :?
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because rwd owns fwdBEERTECH
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Yeah but still i got raped by an A1 TD. It originally was a real TD but he put a 13lb 1.8T in there, OMFG SOOOOOO SCARY.
Brian
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there's always a faster car, as e30 owners we know that all too well. I'd rather have a slower RWD car that actually handles properly than a fast as fuck FWD. Obviously.... ;)BEERTECH
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Amen to thatI'd rather have a slower RWD car that actually handles properly than a fast as fuck FWD. Obviously....
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Because anyone, time/money permitting, can do a 1.8T swap in a Mk1/2/3.Originally posted by SlammedE30
Wiring gets increasingly more complex the older you go, but the motor essentially drops in to any of the 3 cars. The 1.8T bottom end is based on the JH block from the original US-spec 1983-4 Mk1 GTI; therefore it's an easy fitment. Coupled to an 020 transmission, it's literally a bolt-in.
Seth and his dad had the wrecked 944 already; they purchased it at auction a couple years back (IIRC) with the intent to use it in a different project. That never materialized; this did.
As far as I know, this is a one of a kind, only equalled or exceeded by certain UK tuners (who do insane things like twin-turbo VR's in the back of Mk1 Golfs) or the German tuner ARTZ back in ~1979 (who built a widened Mk1 Golf shell around a full 928 chassis/driveline/interior).
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