Stan's Epic Golf Build: 1.6se becomes 1.8T

[Stan]

still trying to sort the camber issue - i think something is bent - hope it's the shock and not the hub casting.....

[KKK VR6]

Nice progress

still trying to sort the camber issue - i think something is bent - hope it's the shock and not the hub casting.....

really keen to know the outcome of this, as iv got a camber issue to, which looks to be like something is bent.

[Stan]

Thanks for the kind words mate.

There were really only 2 things it could be - the shock absorber or the hub casting.

Swapped the shock over, as it was the most likely thing to be bent - same issue.

Just had a new casting arrive - and will put it on over the next couple of days, when I can afford to potentially be without the car for a couple of hours. Really it's all it can be - as the strut pushes into the top of the casting and the relationship of these two pieces are all the affect camber to the degree it is an issue.

here is the TT suspension setup. i have the TT casting and the GTI strut pushes into the top like in this pic. Lower control arms and other bits are similar, but different:



the relationship of the strut (number 9) and the hub casting (number 7) is fixed. And regardless of the top and bottom mounting point - which could change camber a bit - the relationship of those two parts doesnt change.

Because the mounted wheel leans in at the top - negative camber - it almost touches the strut / shock absorber - moving top and bottom mounting points, subframe adjustment, and camber plates dont change that particular relationship - hence the shock absorber or the casting is damaged. i guess we will soon see....

Pics to come of before and after

[Clarkee_vw]

Thanks for posting all this info on the conversion.

I've just brought a half cut mk4 gti to do a swap in my golf. Hopefully be easier then yours.. Lol

[kendog]

Thanks for posting all this info on the conversion.

I've just brought a half cut mk4 gti to do a swap in my golf. Hopefully be easier then yours.. Lol

Clarkee, going for it mate! I'll be very interested to see how this comes along!!! Good on you.

[Stan]

Clarkee, do a thread mate, it should be awesome. Let me know if you need to know anything

[euro swag]

Got any more pictures of the silver golf??

[Stan]

Got any more pictures of the silver golf??

try Waterboy. He posted the pic

[Water Boy]

Keen to see some updates Stan!

[Lucky13]

If you haven´t done it yet, the speedo can be easy adjusted with the VW diagnostic tester. But at 100 km/h is ist always 10 km/h lower, thats normal. so when you are going at 110 you still good for the 100km/h speed camera