Something For The V-DUB Guys....

....566 total cubic inches...???? horsepower...bbs wire wheels...bubble style flairs...aero kit...twin 283 cubic inch small block chevrolet 90 degree v8's...twin 6spd compact gearboxes...awd...two seeter...

What more could you ask for?

here's some quick pics, pics of interior tomorrow

btw, every reply is a motivation to finish it, whether you like it or not, please leave a few words about it.. thanks

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Hmm, sound's good. I hope it turn's out great! It also look's good so far!

nice one there m8, btw which kit is that, the same i am building, a revell gti?

It is indeed the Revell GTi. I had intentions of following you with the widebody Rieger (i think that's how it's spelled) kit. But today when I picked up the GTi and some styrene sheet, they were out of tamiya expoy putty. So, I used the goofy, but still cool aero parts. I needed to use the flairs because of the wheels I'm using.

Where you planning to use your hood scoop thing? I'm probably going to have to make a new one for the hood to clear my air cleaners for the dual carb 283.

uhmmm, we're called DUBBERS. :screwy:

Don't mimick the Reiger cars...they don't look so good.

Mimick a Rallye Golf, the greatest A2 EVAR!!!!

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lookin good. that'd be one sick ride in real life

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take a look at the all smiles uk golf tuning companys demo car :) the interior is amazing, stripped carbon everywhere, shame i cant find any photos! seen it for sale in redline (uk tuning mag) for £15000 (about $27,241) and worth every penny (cent) of it.

as for the revell kit im a bit confussed by the fact they didnt put out a big bumper for the standard kit (1990 onwards spec look)! looks better on the real car so why not the kit? and there going to be a pain in the butt to scratch build :(

It is indeed the Revell GTi. I had intentions of following you with the widebody Rieger (i think that's how it's spelled) kit. But today when I picked up the GTi and some styrene sheet, they were out of tamiya expoy putty. So, I used the goofy, but still cool aero parts. I needed to use the flairs because of the wheels I'm using.

Where you planning to use your hood scoop thing? I'm probably going to have to make a new one for the hood to clear my air cleaners for the dual carb 283.

i'm not making any hood scoop, it will be clean (german style :naughty: )
but it's a great idea to put a v8 in a golf :iceslolan
and those goofy fender flares where with the kit right?

Don't mimick the Reiger cars...they don't look so good.

Thanks pointing it out :nono: i think they look better than the rallye kits
And have more style in them, but thats my oppinion.

Nice ingredients, should look cool when finished.

I'll be following the progress :)

For those who wants big bumpers for their Golf, Scale production makes a transkit for the Revell Gti 'Tuner series' to transform it into a GL.

Take a look --> Scale production (http://www.automobilminiaturen.de/resinkits/scaleproduction/00000094fb0e2d4d4.html)

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Xav

I dont think there is enough engine... :lol: Cool project!

@deedlit, thats the kit i used on my pearlgrey golf, it's great!

Looking forward to seeing your transmisson work... I think can see the start of a transverse tranny in there, am I right? Cool kitbashing project!

drooooooooooooollll ralllye, the dubbers dream car..................... I love them!!!

It's lookin good so far, keep it up bro! Make it a Rallye! Well, make it what you want, I'd like to see a rallye....

Golf(Rallye or what it will be) should be like this in the beginning in factory!

Keep up the good work!

For those who wants big bumpers for their Golf, Scale production makes a transkit for the Revell Gti 'Tuner series' to transform it into a GL.

thank a lot !!!!! :grinno: finnish my girlfriends one now :iceslolan

Looking forward to seeing your transmisson work... I think can see the start of a transverse tranny in there, am I right? Cool kitbashing project!
Yes you are seeing the beginnings. Unfortunately, do to limited room in the front it will look similar to just a bell housing with a little bump on the back thats connected to the diff (kit supplied). The rear, however, will have the full rwd transmission and a diff attached to the side with R34 driveshafts.

BTW, the rear 283 chevy engine comes with optional Supercharger assembly, is this a good idea....

oh yea, the goofy bubble flairs are kit supplied.

Well, here's the interior. I need to apply the speaker decals and then I can put the seats in. Oh, don't worry about the back of the speaker board, that's going to be covered in aluminum foil. I also dremeled out the hole in the chassis for the rear engine, but I not only made it too deep, but I took out the gas tank as well. Oh well, that's where our best freind styrene card comes in. Also, I painted the front part of the chassis (topside only) and ran outta silver. So, I'll pick some up tomorrow and ill finish fabbing up the rear engine, diff, tranny, and driveshafts and I should be done with the chassis. Also, the color will be Candy Blue i.e. gold base with metallic blue on top.


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Do you have a friends who smoke? Steal an empty cigarette pack, and pull out the silver (or gold) foil from inside, and use that. It has a small pattern that looks awesome as heatsheilding.

Sweet idea willimo, do dads count too?

Can't wait to see it finished!

looks good so far, but...
im not understanding how this is going to work, how will the 283 transmission fit? and how will it connect to the half shafts?

Cool, I like the interior too. Good job so far man.

looks good so far, but...
im not understanding how this is going to work, how will the 283 transmission fit? and how will it connect to the half shafts?
CAV. Ill do my best to explain it. For the front, I have chopped back the bell housing and added the back of a wheel hub to look like the cadillac fwd transmissions. The kit supplies two half shafts connected to a differential, on the stock block, you'd glue the diff right in front of the transmission. That's basically what I did with the 283. It won't look too realistic, but that's not the point. I just want it to look cool.

As far as the rear, well, I cant fit the full rwd transmission onto the 283 and make it fit. So, I'll so something similar and cover it with a piece of aluminum or styrene card.

Will, that's a great idea for the aluminum. I can get loads of it from Mark.

Thanks for your input guys.

awesome project! will match this... eventhoug it sounds stupid to put 2 chevy engines in a smal german car:P but anyway kepp up the good work!

cool, thanks for the explination. Its sounds like it gonna be a beast...

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last pics for a couple days, will be going away, please enjoy!

engine looks good. what color did u use for it?

one was moulded in chrome the other in red. They'll both be aluminum. Don't want alot of chrome on this dubber.

Looking good so far, keep us posted on the progress!!

lookin good

Looking good!

body stands out!

I've done so far:

Foiled rear of interior
Added speaker decals
trimmed gauges in gunmetal
added autometer style white face gauges
installed seats
added front exhaust section

One straight pipe from the front side of the front motor will flow straight to an apexi style muffler. Tieing into this pipe will be the backside exhaust and frontside exhaust from engine number two in the rear. The other pipe will be run off the header on the backside of the rear engine to an apexi style muffler for a dual exhaust.

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why did u foil the back of the interior?

I would really like to know that too.

It looked cool, and when the entire chassis is painted the floor from the edge of the interior to the edge of the motor will be foiled to.

Is that a styrene tube for the exhaust?

Styrene rod, i think it works out to about 2.5'' in 1:1 scale.

Very different.
Cant wait to see how it turns out

This is sick (in a good way :) ) maybe you could build a jet-turbine powered golf after this one :p (or i could do it)

This is looking cool. I'm really looking forward to what you're gonna make happen here.

Ok. Here's my story. With a few budweisers I devised a plan. A golf GTi pickup. Well, it sounded like a cool idea when i started it. I cut the roof behind the sun roof, and chopped the hatch. Now, I sit and stare...this is gona be an ugly mofo. So, i threw it in the box with my R32, SS mustang, Enzo, 57 hotrod, and a load of others i get tired of...

Here I sit and ponder today with the showing of my latest gift, a custom supra for Mark. I expoxied the hatch back on, and used thin brass rods for suport... lets hope this dont fall apart in paint, with my luck it will. So, I thought... every engine should be visible, right? So, i cut the hatch door open today, cut down the door handles, and ran out of putty :( Well, I'm stuck. I can't do any more till i get more putty. This time 4 tubes!

The new plan:

Widen fenders by half a mm
flow the box flares into the fenders
drop the skirts a tad
and wherever the putty takes me

Expect pictures by this coming wednesday

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Ok. Well, I had to get another body. The roof did hold together, but um, it got stepped on, so I just ordered another one. Yes, I went bondo crazy on this one. I still don't know what direction I'm going but, here's what I have so far. Im still trying to decide if i like the front bumper or not, I'll probably cut it up and do like a buddy club focus front kit or something. Not much has been happening. I find my dremel with the sandstone grinder bit helps nok all the rough bits of putty down and 150 gets it somewhat smooth. Yea, I know this putty isnt the best, but I don't care, because it's my first big putty project, and well, lets hope its done in 2 years.

New Dilemma. I kinda lost the original bbs wire wheels I was going to use for this car, so these are what I have that I can use, any suggestions?

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looks good so far

Glad to see you still working on it!! Can't wait to see it done!!!!!!

Mr7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've done some work to the front end, and I think no one is going to like it... Well, no one but me, but it's my car, I'm building it to look good for me. I've chosen the BBS spoked wheels. because they remind me of the originals. Should have more pics up tomorrow, thanks for the support guys.