T3 panel van the story so far.

when you change your engine and if you are selling it can we have first refusal???

cheers bud xxx

when you change your engine and if you are selling it can we have first refusal???

cheers bud xxx

opal wrote:

when you change your engine and if you are selling it can we have first refusal???

cheers bud xxx

DEFO

The van is all sorted now on the road and I'm loving it. There is still loads of work to do but at least I can start getting some enjoyment out of it after all the hard work I have put in!

cool, now we both need to concentrate on more power

dubberatlast wrote:

cool, now we both need to concentrate on more power

OH YES! Saying that the van is flying at the moment I can't believe how quick it is.

Some more pics of how the van is at the mo.

Will we see it at the meet on Friday night??

i like the colour, realy cool.

carefull though ARCANE will be telling you to lower it even though it probably is as is mine

Mr Scoops wrote:

Will we see it at the meet on Friday night??

I hope so as long as nothing else goes wrong!

Nah, his is lower than yours!!

dubberatlast wrote:

i like the colour, realy cool.

carefull though ARCANE will be telling you to lower it even though it probably is as is mine

It's dropped 60mm but has nothing inside yet so more wieght and bigger wheels are needed. I don't want to lower it any more beacause more than 60mm mucks up the handling.

lucky wrote:

It's dropped 60mm but has nothing inside yet so more wieght and bigger wheels are needed. I don't want to lower it any more beacause more than 60mm mucks up the handling.

mines 60mm to on 16's thats low enough and still comfy, when me and the missis get a bug then its on the floor

Mr Scoops wrote:

Nah, his is lower than yours!!

we will see

I might look into air ride one day but for now I need an interior.

I haven't been online in a while I've been busy busy. Mostly building a mk2 golf that put up quite a fight.


Since putting the van together I've pretty much had two years trouble free dubbing. It's faithfully taken me to many shows and on lots of surfing trips. As for an up date no air ride as yet but some new rims has closed up the arch gap a fair bit.

Looks good fella.

well done mate liking them rims!! and i love your golf!!!!

The golf looks pretty sweet

I've also changed the steering wheel a few times, it as a momo wheel on it at the moment. Got myself a south african grill I think they look loads meaner.

The bottom end of the WBX has started rattling so it's a quick engine conversion before plymouth volks fest. I was always planning an engine change so already had a diesel bellhousing, mounts and stuff. A mate was breaking a mk3 gti 2.0l 8v gti with a AGG that was willing to swap for a low mileage 1.6 td I had. I wanted more power but with a lack of funds and time this seemed the way to go. 37 extra bhp over the 1.9 DG and better fuel economy doesn't seem a bad trade so here we go.

WBX out.


Diesel bellhousing in.


AGG coming out.

Both cars look awesome! Especially the Golf. BIG fan!

Things are going a lot slower than I hoped. Still waiting for some parts to turn up so I can't put the engine in. The block was the rustiest I've ever seen so that got a good clean up and a paint.



The cambelt has been done (thanks haynes for leaving out the AGG in your book of lies) and we put in a new crank end seal. The diesel sump is on with a new gasket. I am using an AGG that had air con. This has a bigger bracket for the alternator and pump. As such the alternator would end up sat out the engine lid. To solve this we are using the jx alternator bracket and crank pully. The diesel water pump pully does not line up as the pump is a little different. It looks like a mk2 golf gti 8v (without PAS) pully will fit so one is on order.

Well it's done and the day before plymouth at that. Big thanks to Rich and Edd for making it happen. I've been working on it none stop so haven't had time to update the thread but here's a few pics.

The exhaust is a little louder than I hoped but it does sound good . This doesn't do it any justice you have to hear it for real.

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