Re: Making a 4 door GTI.

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

I encourage you most heartily! A 4 door GTi would be very very cool. It'd be
easier to get a 4-door Golf GT and put in GTi brakes. I think that's the only
difference between a GT and a GTi. I'm probably wrong, though (I seem to be,
quite often). I know that the GT's have swaybars and the 100bhp 8v engine.
I KNOW this is a fact:
All A2 Golfs (non-GT, non GTi...just plain Golfs) have solid front rotors and
rear drums. Maybe it's different in Europe or Canada or something, but down
here in the USA, that's the way it is...
    If somebody tells me I'm wrong on THAT, then I'll just stop telling anybody
anything... : )
    -Josiah

PC Handyman wrote:

> Stuff said by Mark Stanton,
>
> >But you also want to consider that you have a GTi and this
> other car
> >is a Golf, right?  The GTi has rear disk brakes and I think
> the Golf
> >has drums.  The GTi has vented front rotors and I remember
> some Golfs
> >only having solid front rotors.  Also, there's the
> difference in the
> >motor, or were you going to swap that with the tranny?  And
> if you
> >swap the engine, I think you'll want to change over the
> axles as well
> >because your GTi uses beefier CVs/etc.  It's going to be
> plenty of
> >work and you may downgrade more than you upgrade.
>
>     A few points taken there, but there are quite a few
> counter arguments caused by the difference of mileage. The
> Golf has 140k(tight) and the GTI has 231k(tired). Golf has
> great AC; GTI :dead compressor. Golf has great steering
> rack, bushings, struts, bearings, etc. GTI: well, ooold.
> Golf has a straight body, no dents, rust, etc. GTI: Not so
> good. Lets just say that I could have been more careful
> leaving the bar... a few times.
>
>     So basically, If you had had some idea of the state of
> the cars involved, you'd have said "yeah, good idea. Your
> car's about dead anyway."
>
>     Besides, I think a 4 door GTI would be really cool. This
> car is my "weekday commuter / grocery getter", so the extra
> two doors would be really useful. If I wanna really rip it
> up, I'm gonna get in my cabbie anyway...
>
>     So, I guess I'm gonna go for it. Unless there are any
> more who say nay?
>
> -Noah
> -87 GTI 8v
> -83 16v Cabrio
> -89 Golf 4d
> -looking for a 'rocco  (Hey, what happened to ol' JR?)
>
> Stuff I said:
>
> >> I'm thinking about trying to convert a golf that I just
> >> bought for $250 (bad auto tranny) over to a 5 spd. Can
> >> anyone tell me how difficult this is? (without telling me
> >> about some urban myth/horror story) I have access to all
> the
> >> materials I need. I am only considering this because the
> car
> >> I bought is cleaner/nicer than my gti. (sob..)
>
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