Post your project car

Well, since you're prying it out of me. I just recently got my 82 Volkswagen rabbit running after building a gti engine for it and 5 speed swapping it (was 4 speed).

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I also have an 84 that I bought with a blown up turboed 16v engine and wasted transmission. It's set up on mega squirt injection. So far pretty much all I have done is yanked the engine and transmission. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll be able to start tearing appart the engine to see what's going on.

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14481118:MichiganCatFart said:
Well, since you're prying it out of me. I just recently got my 82 Volkswagen rabbit running after building a gti engine for it and 5 speed swapping it (was 4 speed).

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I also have an 84 that I bought with a blown up turboed 16v engine and wasted transmission. It's set up on mega squirt injection. So far pretty much all I have done is yanked the engine and transmission. Hopefully in the next few weeks I'll be able to start tearing appart the engine to see what's going on.

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Pre mk5 gulfs are sick
 
14481124:bogust said:
Pre mk5 gulfs are sick
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As a mk1 enjoyer I'm legal obliged to tell you anyone that has owned or even looked at a mk4 and thought is was cool are not to be associated with early watercooled people.
 
14481127:MichiganCatFart said:
As a mk1 enjoyer I'm legal obliged to tell you anyone that has owned or even looked at a mk4 and thought is was cool are not to be associated with early watercooled people.
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I used to own an mk4 and I knew it was wack I just needed a cheap car.
 
First gens are going for big dollars now going to do some punch list stuff to this old gem and probably put it up on BAT

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1990 325i 5 speed the day i bought it

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cant tell a lot of difference from these pics but its a whole different car now
 
K20a2 block k24a2 head

6sp out of rsx type s with LSD + too many stuff to list

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14481236:STEEZUS_CHRI5T said:
Your project car was putting stickers on a truck?
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14481983:PsychicMigration said:
Translation: I love America, but religion makes all my irrational closed minded decisions about freedom because I'm a cult robot
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I still don’t know why a stock truck from the dealership is on this page
 
14481118:MichiganCatFart said:
Well, since you're prying it out of me. I just recently got my 82 Volkswagen rabbit running after building a gti engine for it and 5 speed swapping it (was 4 speed).
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ooooooooh, you should put the euro spec grille head lights and bumpers on it!!!! they look way better than that square bullshit
 
This POS. Actually I should be nice since the hardtop has been reliable and motor has handled overboosts up to 32psi, but definitely N54 issues. Also found out the hard, expensive way that a twin disk clutch is absolutely awful for street driving, car is so not what i need in life currently but it was my dream for so long.

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14482214:ASSholebomber22 said:
I thought it was funny. All you do is magapost step yo game up
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I agree too, I thought it was funny because it’s a stock vehicle in a project vehicle thread. I saw that and was all like hold up that doesn’t belong here and bursted into laughter.
 
*rabbit purist anger intensifies*

14482204:ajbski said:
ooooooooh, you should put the euro spec grille head lights and bumpers on it!!!! they look way better than that square bullshit
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Also kinda takes a lot of extra work. You have to cut out the whole front core support and put a different one in. Along with fenders and such. I could go for some small bumpers, but I still want metal ones
 
14482382:MichiganCatFart said:
*rabbit purist anger intensifies*

Also kinda takes a lot of extra work. You have to cut out the whole front core support and put a different one in. Along with fenders and such. I could go for some small bumpers, but I still want metal ones
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It’s really not that much work if you own a welder. It’s expensive bringing in parts from Europe tho.

14482387:GrapeHunter said:
damnnnn that e32 is a heater, is it a i6 or v8?
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3.5l 6 cyl with a manual trans and LSD. Apparently one of like 100 left on the road in NA. I put the mega squirt on it and a 3” SS exhaust. It’s not super fast, but it is super comfy.
 
14482382:MichiganCatFart said:
*rabbit purist anger intensifies*

Also kinda takes a lot of extra work. You have to cut out the whole front core support and put a different one in. Along with fenders and such. I could go for some small bumpers, but I still want metal ones
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Your fake Harley mk1 with a turboed 16v disqualifies you from claiming purist.
 
Putting rounds on a westy car is the greatest rabbit sin. Everyone can tell, because the rear end and the interior is still an American car.

14482466:r00kie said:
Your fake Harley mk1 with a turboed 16v disqualifies you from claiming purist.
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NSers i found a 90, range rover classic, that starts up and runs, did verify this with the owner, unknown amount of miles, mid exterior condition, but not much rust under neath and a good interior condition for 1600. Idk how far it’ll run once it’s on a road but it starts atleast ??‍♂️. Definitely a project but with the price of these only going up i think it could be cool to have for funsy. Then i can get or borrow a reliable car
 
14483326:WoFlowz said:
NSers i found a 90, range rover classic, that starts up and runs, did verify this with the owner, unknown amount of miles, mid exterior condition, but not much rust under neath and a good interior condition for 1600. Idk how far it’ll run once it’s on a road but it starts atleast ??‍♂️. Definitely a project but with the price of these only going up i think it could be cool to have for funsy. Then i can get or borrow a reliable car
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Project cars are cars you work on yourself, not cars you have your parents pay obsence amounts of money to keep on the road.
 
14483346:r00kie said:
Project cars are cars you work on yourself, not cars you have your parents pay obsence amounts of money to keep on the road.
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and who says i couldn’t work on it myself?
 
14483348:WoFlowz said:
and who says i couldn’t work on it myself?
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Nothing about your rambling the last two years about Rovers implies that you know a thing about working on cars, and the cars you talk about are not good ones for learning.
 
14483326:WoFlowz said:
NSers i found a 90, range rover classic, that starts up and runs, did verify this with the owner, unknown amount of miles, mid exterior condition, but not much rust under neath and a good interior condition for 1600. Idk how far it’ll run once it’s on a road but it starts atleast ??‍♂️. Definitely a project but with the price of these only going up i think it could be cool to have for funsy. Then i can get or borrow a reliable car
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As far as project cars go it’s much more fun to upgrade and modify a car that runs well than to troubleshoot a and constantly repair one which is unreliable
 
14483500:bogust said:
As far as project cars go it’s much more fun to upgrade and modify a car that runs well than to troubleshoot a and constantly repair one which is unreliable
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maybe that’s a better idea. Idk i’m not into cars much i just rly love old land rovers and toyotas. Old G wagons would be cool if they weren’t still 120k and Nazi cars. really any old 4x4 SUVs tbh. If i get something reliable i can borrow or split halves with my parents maybe i should buy an old 4runner or disco and try to mod those? thoughts?
 
14483502:WoFlowz said:
maybe that’s a better idea. Idk i’m not into cars much i just rly love old land rovers and toyotas. Old G wagons would be cool if they weren’t still 120k and Nazi cars. really any old 4x4 SUVs tbh. If i get something reliable i can borrow or split halves with my parents maybe i should buy an old 4runner or disco and try to mod those? thoughts?
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Get a car that runs well and go from there. There's a reason my daily driver is a 2013 A3 and not the Fiat from the thread,
 
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