here another Rallye with a HF hood ;)

Yep, love the hood! Good idea!

nice progress!

Te lancia hood matches perfectly to the mk2!
What do you have to change that it looks like the red one?
Amazing!!

Well it needs a lot of work to be fitted to the Mk2 :confused: . The hood is 3 centimeters wider from the mk2 hood, and it opens on the opposite side, and in the upper end to the windscreen it don't follows the line :confused: How will I get it to fit I really don't know :thumbup:

respect for your work...love it :thumbup:

Aren't you scared about the functionality of the changed rollcage design? They are really bend and in the way ain't they?

I don't really catch you're point but no I'm not scared because there are factory Roll cages that have those curves :rolleyes:

Just worried for your safety ;)

Hmmm. Can't imagine why there are factory cages that are inserted half way the bottom of the car. It's not very strong there. The closer you get to the A-beam the stronger and more effective it is. Are you going to add some reinforcement to the front?

(I worked for Ford in the BIW design for the Kuga and current Mondeo and also in the design of armoured MB and BMW)

Did you have to do some cutting to the dashboard?
Or is it a straight fit?

Awesome project! ;)

No a lot of modifications and cutting were needed to fit the dashboard :thumbup:

Yes I plan on doing some reinforcement to the front of the car but how...I dont really know... yet :D
I bought an OMP upper and lower strut. The lower one is the one that is being screwed to the front axle and the front arms( where the engine sits). I plan on some other reinforcements but if you have something on you're mind please help :thumbup:

I think you will cover it a whole lot with a support to the front suspension.

Now there are less positive bends in the cage that will make it bend easier.

Here is what I have bought for the front

What I mean is a support to the suspension housing from the rollcage. Or to the OMP bar

Nice project! Wouldn't it be nicer to have the rollcage threw the dash instead of in front of it?

But underneath the dash I have a MK5 Heating, that will come in the way of the bars for the support of the suspension housing :confused:
Or maybe I should ditch the Heating and go on without it. It adds weight to the car unnecessarily :rolleyes:

I think what DA-BRT means is this:


for more pictures and info about this check:
http://www.longstreet-engineering.com
@ projecten (projects) ;)

That hood is awesome btw :thumbup:

Indeed something like this. That will make the rollcage a lot more rigid.

OK it's done the heating is going out. i bought a new sub frame for the MK5 dash and started rebuilding it from scratch :thumbup:
There will be a reinforcement from the roll cage to the front suspension housing and I'm thinking of a reinforcement from the front suspension housing to the end of the front arms :cowboy:

I think in this stage of the project it's a good decision. Now it's only a minor setback. Goodluck.

Today I finished modifying the tunnel to receive the Golf MK5 selector mechanism .
Started by cutting a bigger hole for the selector mechanism and drilling holes to get it fixed:




the small holes were made to remove the MK2 selector mechanism mounts




did some modifications on the tunnel to fit the MK5 selector mechanism




and here is how it came out:

Some progress was done these past days.:confused:
:D I totally redone the sub frame for the Golf MK5 dash. I newer posted pictures of the sub frame and the work done for it to be fitted because I didn't like how it was done :thumbdown:
So I started everything over again and here is how everything was done:

first of all I bought a new subframe




and the original Golf 5 holders that the sub frame is tighten to and cut them to fit







then more cutting




and then started making some pieces to weld on the chassis that would except the holders for the sub frame










after I welded the holders I cut the rest of the sub frame to fit between the pieces










took the sub frame to be welded and here are the results:







and...










after the sub frame was fitted next was the intake for the air conditioning




first I took a part of the air conditioning to be a little modified







and then everything could be welded




After all of these I had to redo the shifter because it had to move 2 sm back ( it was too close to the dash) :tongue:

wow, nice work!

neat! the subframe looks as if it was originally there!

I'm almost finished with the roll cage and now planing on making a support to the suspension housing from the roll cage :D

Here are some pictures from the roll cage:







And here is the support to the suspension housing from the roll cage that I planed on doing :confused:
What do you think?

:eek: This is very nice to see, keep on going the good work :thumbup:

Here are some pictures of what I have finished yesterday :

My compliments it looks great again! Also the support for the rollcage to the suspension housing looks good, this will compensate for the bends in the cage.

shouldn't the support go all the way to the housing though? welding it to the raintray won't do much imho.. the raintray is such flimsy material.

It will be going all the way to the housing but from the pictures you cant see :thumbup:
There is a place where the raintray and the housing come together and there I plan to weld the support ;)

Some updates ;)

I finished the rear reinforcement










also finished the front reinforcement from the suspension housing to the roll cage













in the mean time I mange to find time to build this :













so I can move the shell in mu garage :laugh:
and some shopping was done:
Rear 4 piston calipers from Shevrolet Camaro SS 2010+ for the rear axle




brake disc for the rear :




also bought H&R FRONT SWAY BAR VW GOLF 3 VR6 25MM
and the emblems:

Very nice!

When do you think your car is ready to ride?

What diameter are those brakes, they look massive on the pictures!

A hope that next year I'll be riding it. I'm geting ready to take the car to painting and after that...will see???

I think the calipers ride on 355mm disc
and the disc that I plan to use are 310mm

why did you cut out the floor panel ??? was it in the way of the haldex or you needed more space for the custom subframe part ???

very nice . looking fwd for updates

No it doesn't come in the way of the Haldex or the custom subframe part I just needed more space to work and in that space I plan on putting a special battery holder box that comes from a Golf R32 MK5.

Finally finished the roll cage :redface:













also sorted out the pedals










and the most important thing for me, the gearbox mount
















still some minor things to be done and then... off to the paint shop :P

Looks good, like the way you did with the engine / gearbox supports. Have you thought about the lower gearbox stabilizer?

I'm very curious about the result after painting.