Golf gti wide body project From a new member

[dread_darven]

Originally Posted by 86_SR5

Ok, I get it. Im thinkin of puttying the flares to smoothen them out, and smooth out the factory bumpers and such.

I think that it could look awesome on your golf .

Anyways, does someone have some oppinions about which engine to choose? it would be very helpfull

[86_SR5]

I say go for the 320i motor and for your intake problem...Revell makes a tuner car called the Acura Integra Type R. It also has a four-cylinder engine. I'd suggest stealing the intake assembly from it. It's one piece intake, intake tube, and cone filter and would fit perfectly in the golf. Good luck on your car.

[vwman]

Any VWs engine would be good(Gti 1.8 16V, VR6)

[GT-Alex]

Go with the bmw engine with an airfilter, your golf worth it !

[dread_darven]

Thanks for the reply's.
The engine is going to be the 320i engine with rear wheel drive.
I am not totaly sure what i am going to do with the airfilter.
I could go for an air duct in the grill or i could make a "normal" airfiler, i am trying different things, i am also looking into the acura kit 86_SR5 pointed out to me . I will keep you posted on this one.

When surfing the net i also stumbled on a great reference site for the engine, this will also come in handy http://www.davidmcintyre.org/rebuild-no.html

Later

Erik

[vwman]

You could make air intake like this

[dread_darven]

Originally Posted by vwman

You could make air intake like this

I am indeed planning on making such an airfilter, maybe even 4 , on every air horn 1 airfilter like this


But i could also make an air intake like this engine has on the right


I will see

[vwman]

So it will have 4 carbutetors?!?

[dread_darven]

Originally Posted by vwman

So it will have 4 carbutetors?!?

No, the 320i has a single point injection system so there are no carbs.
The first pic shown is an older bmw engine which has 2 carberators but the only thing that i meant with this pic are the air filters which i could use on the air horns.

[dread_darven]

*******************************update*******************************

Finally the body is realy near the finish line .
The hood is finished and it now has a hoodlip and is smoothed out and the front bumper is
intergrated in to the body.


I sanded the body with a finer grit and did a little puttying at the front to get rid of some holes.
Offcourse this is only the beginning of this but i can say that i am realy happy with the overall body shape.






The lowrider look is still an option for this project. Because of that i did some more dremeling
in the wheelwells to get a good look with this. This is what it will roughly be like.




As always, feedback and constructive criticism are welcome

Greets

Erik

[Macdaddy4738]

oh wow thats hot! It looks really good man! Is this your first bodywork done?

[dread_darven]

Originally Posted by Macdaddy4738

oh wow thats hot! It looks really good man! Is this your first bodywork done?

Yes it is, it is actualy my 2nd model ever made

[doucmehu]

It is looking great! Can't wait to see a coat of primer on it, so we can get a better picture of how the body work flows

[Macdaddy4738]

Originally Posted by dread_darven

Yes it is, it is actualy my 2nd model ever made

no way!! I cant wait to see your 10th model ever made..its gonna be crazy. Your putty work is amazing!! What kind of putty are you using?

[dread_darven]

Originally Posted by Macdaddy4738

no way!! I cant wait to see your 10th model ever made..its gonna be crazy. Your putty work is amazing!! What kind of putty are you using?

I always say that i'm using putty but i'm not using it at all (i sayd in the beginning it was putty but then i didn't knew what the correct english word was )
But it is called bondo body filler or something in the us. In the first page there is a pic of it.
And thanks for the compliment