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MKII Golf, Audi S2 5-cylinder turbo engine, space frame engineering, home built. Keep reading? Thanks to Daniel for submitting.
Posts Tagged ‘volkswagen’
May 31st, 2010
Sliding throttle bodies + DIY metal casting
I’m pretty sure this is the most extreme and creative use of DIY I’ve ever seen. Sure, some people have access to CNC machines, or they might be handy with a lathe, but have you ever seen someone CAST their own parts? The owner is even creating his own 16V head and a sliding throttle [...]
Posted in Build Threads 
Tags: carbon fiber, DIY, golf, mk2, mkII, sliding throttle bodies, volkswagen, vw 
9 Comments »April 30th, 2010
VW Golf MKV Track Build
Another one from Justin, this time it’s a Dubai residing MKV being worked over in track-spec fashion, with two paint jobs plus a custom wide-body conversion – gotta love rear diffusers. Not too many ‘build’ pics at the beginning but it’s still a really sweet ride with plenty of nice photography. Credit to crankandpiston.com for [...]
February 26th, 2010
Re-inventing the wheel
Remember the remote-mount turbo MKIII Jetta build? Well the owner is taking the customisation game to a whole new level by scratch-building his own set of one-off wheel centers. Thanks to Ray from RAW WORKS for reminding me about this one.
Posted in Build Threads Tags: alloy, cnc, custom, fabrication, jetta, lathe, metal, volkswagen, vw, wheel, wheels 3 Comments »February 9th, 2010
V8 Volksrod aka Lexibug
Let’s kick off this new blog with a build, shall we? VDubbin submitted this one to me last year, and it’s one of many builds sitting in my drafts waiting for a feature. VW Beetles have been chopped and changed many times over the years in countless different styles, and there seems to be no [...]
Posted in Build Threads Tags: beetle, bug, lexibug, lexus, V8, volksrod, volkswagen, vw 7 Comments »January 26th, 2010
ABR Golf Racing Caddy
I caught a glimpse of this animal on the MK1 section of VWvortex (another one of my favourite places to lurk). Luckily someone located some more info on the project and posted up a link. I can’t wait to see this thing completed, it’s definitely something different.
January 8th, 2010
Corrado Drag Build
Arnas emailed me a link to this build which I know absolutely nothing about, except that it looks damn serious. The link just features a bunch of pictures, so if anyone has any info please feel free to leave a comment. Edit: Arnas just emailed me some more information on this build. The car was [...]
October 20th, 2009
Project Track 'Rado
Jason emailed me some pictures of a VR6 Corrado track project built & raced by himself and a friend. A great DIY build amongst friends with some slick photography and a really cool workspace…
September 7th, 2009
VW Lupo Twin Engine
Another person who decided they don’t like FWD and set about to rectify the issue with some DIY. This time it’s a VW Lupo receiving twin VR6 engines. Yep, that’ll do it…
August 16th, 2009
Remote Mount Turbo MkIII Jetta
Yep, another MkIII, deal with it! This one’s a little bit different as the turbo is mounted under the rear seat… UPDATE: This car now has custom CNC machined 3-piece wheels, click here to read about it.
Posted in Build Threads Tags: golf, jetta, mk3, mkIII, remote mount turbo, turbo, volkswagen, vr6, vw 7 Comments »
