A little durtydubs and a lot of eurowise: r32 AWD-twin turbo Mk1 by Nashty Rabbit

8 minute(s) of a 112 minute read

anyway, back to your regularly scheduled program....

they mounted the new oil cooler, the front end was very tight and room was limited. So they purchased a slim oil cooler that fits perfectly in whats left in the opening of the rabbit front end






due to the additional weight, power steering was added to the car.

they began by making a custom made, from scratch, power steering reservoir and they re-used the entire r32 steering system except for the lines

building the reservoir the goal was to build a functional reservoir that was also stealthy and clean


they started off with a 16 gauge aluminum round tube for the tank



finishing it off with an aluminum round bung and cap




a piece of aluminum stock bar will be welded to the bottom of the cap and be used as a level gauge

rod welded on



thry cross hatched the end to use as a sight



hand cut the top and bottom and they also built a baffle for the inside of the reservoir



the neck which will be filler extension will be peeking out the front of the valve cover in-between the intake manifold. when completely finished it will be powder coated black... maybe...






AN -6 bung welded to the bottom as a feed fitting



welded neck and cap on






and finally a pic of the completed custom power steering reservoir



details, details, details.... i eurowise

mocked up

12/31/2011

just wanted to post one last picture of the car in its current state..



and also wanted to express my gratitude to the guys up at eurowise... mike, doug, ronnie, jp, and the rest of you guys are the absolute best!!!! i can't thank you guys enough for all the amazing work!

and wanted to thank all of you a1 knuckle heads for the past year for the encouragent, thoughts, ideas, and criticisms.... may you all have a great new years and look forward to 2012...

2/10/2012

mike sent me some pics a couple days ago of the interior and here is what they did...

they fitted up the console and shifter surround.



on the glovebox they had to shorten the door to match the dash that was narrowed. in order to make it a fully functioning glovebox door they had to perform some tedious surgery on the internals. the glovebox has 2 small nipples that move in and out when opening the glove box handle. in order to retain that functionality they cut open the box, shortened the locking pin. plastic welded the pin back together. Also they had to shorten the entire length of the door to fit the dash again.

i have no idea why, but this pic reminds me of the fish in nemo with the scare down its face... again, i have no idea why....

4/29/2012

mike did put together a small piece so this is somewhat of a blast from the not so distant past...

{disclaimer}I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MUSIC SELECTION{disclaimer}.... i forgive you Mike Ngo....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d6bwrtvEOlw

again, thanks again guys for all the interest throughout the build and updates should start back up in June....

8-13-2012

the suspense.....

the drama....

and the reality... lol...

sorry for the lack of updates but have some good news and some bad news...

the good news is I was up in Charlotte at Eurowise over the weekend and me, mike, and many others got drunk and had a great weekend!!!

the bad news is we never discussed this project... lol... 

I will say, it hasn't been forgotten about, just other things have come up for both of us, but it will be completed....

anyway, shameless plug for my 15" Image wheels for sale...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...1#post78586051

12-17-2012

Does anyone still even believe this heap will ever run?　

5-14-2013

So......

You all crack me up.

And no, Mike and I have not forgotten about this car. There has been some changes at Eurowise and me Mike are figuring some stuff out. Besides that, I adopted two cats from the shelter, got married, started a side career, left the country, bought a house, currently selling a house, and etc.... So yeah, this car is at the top of my priority list...

Sorry this post lacked any real update, but know that I appreciate all the enthusiasm and interest and should be back on track sometime this decade...

Either way, I hope to see many of you at the SoWo A1 gtg this Friday.