pitbull592
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- PA
I bought this rabbit a few months back off a fellow dubber named Shannon aka deathare. It was a smooth transaction, and the guy was a class act even picking me up at the airport & helping me get a temp plate so I wouldn't get pulled over. He answered all my questions & was very helpful through the entire buying process. I wanted to give him the credit for building up the rabbit & the motor swap & making my job very easy. I only hope to build upon what he had started with my own vision.
I started really wanting a MK1 again after helping my wife & friends work on her EA cabby. I started out in MK1's at 16 in 93 & after owning prob every vw out there I just wanted to get back to that simplicity. Older vw's are in my blood & I have to give credit to my opa & my mom for exposing me to vw's early in my youth. When I began looking for another car I came across a 79 rabbit diesel in alpine white the exact same car I owned at 16, so I felt it was destiny giving me a second chance & I arranged the purchase. I flew into nashville & drove the car 13 hours straight home. 8 red bulls & alot of fill ups later I got the bunny home without any drama.
First thing we did was go over the entire car. It's 99% rust free. I had to put in a new windshield and found some small rust spots under the moulding, but was able to patch it up quickly. The brakes where redone adding some pads, ss lines and a good cleaning to the G60 calipers. The suspension was adjusted, exhaust tweaked, some parts in the bay where shaved, I added different headlights, hella fogs, misc. chrome trim, TT chip & a oem mono wiper off a MK1 rocco. I threw on a set of R10's 15x7 trying to get them spaced out perfectly ended up going 13mm front & 25mm rear with 165/45 rubber. Next up was some deap cleaning of the interior/bay/body. I plan to keep this car original paint as long as I possibly can.
Going over the entire car:
Working on the brakes:
New ss lines:
I plan on making up a modified oil pan for more low I'm about at my limit:
Already begun phase 2 of reworking the VR6 picked up a secong obd1 tb & polished it & shaved the coolant lines. Will be boring it out & porting/polishing the head/manifolds
removed some non essentials & cleaned up the paint
Over the winter I plan to add a race cam, new chip, hd valve springs, ti retainers. I'll prob rebuild and strengthen the internals & redo the chains. I'll be sending off a bunch of parts for powdercoat/polish to my buddies at 4 ever kustoms. The car is pretty beastly as it is now, and with the work I plan to do to it I should have enough power na, but I can't rule out some FI down the road?
Here's the full spec sheet:
1979 Rabbit
German built/ California coded
Engine:
2.8 VR6 12V(sourced from a 95 passat)
TT street chip
New on swap:
Battery, K&N filter, fuel pump, fuel filter napa#3012, s-belt napa#6k435, plugs, wires, water pump, all hoses, crack pipe, corrado vr radiator, coolant jug, dual 10” fans, low temp thermostat, low temp fan switch, all seals/gaskets, 02 sensor, coolant sensor, axle, serp pulley bearing, bfi tranny mount, vf passenger side mount, oem vw mount, gas tank
Exhaust;
2.25 eurosport exhaust, Secondary air delete, EGR delete, Cat delete. Downpipe and exhaust tip are ceramic coated
MK4 hydro clutch:
New clutch, flywheel, slave, master , hose
Claus Von Essen German linkage kit
Suspension:
New wheel bearings, KW coilovers, autotech upper stress bar, eibach front sway bar, neuspeed rear sway bar, homemade rear strut bar, poly a arm bushings
Brakes:
10.1" Brembo drilled rotors front, SS braided lines, 9.4" rear Brembo drilled rotors, New 22mm master cylinder, VW G60 calipers
Exterior:
Chrome small metal Euro bumpers, Hella clear turn signal lenses, Chrome grille and front badge, E-code H4 bulbs, yellow crosshairs, rust proofed undercarriage, hella fogs, MK1 Rocco mono wiper, chrome roof trim, small duckbill
interior:
tach swap, golfball shifter, cocoa mats
Wheels:
Ronal turbo R10 15x7 et 29 with 165/45/15 federals
To do:
-tt chip
-tt cam
-HD valve springs
-titanium retainers
-port/polish head/intake mani/-bored tb
-strengthen internals/redo timing chains
-VR6 pulleys
-new polished battery box (red optima?)
-polish autotech bar, vf mount
-pc wrinkle black (valve cover, intake mani, alt, pulley bracket)
-samco coolant hoses
-stage 1 turbo?
-chrome door handles/mirrors
-bay respray/minor shaving
-shortened oil pan
-one off custom parts
Thanks for checking out my build thread. I have no plans on changing the interior its perfect as is & its almost mint. I plan to keep updating this thread with pics & progress updates as I proceed. Hope to see you guys at H20:thumbup:
My plan is to keep this car in the best shape I possibly can & pass it on to my son. Luckily my bro in law made room in his garage to keep her out of the elements. My wife's cabby has dibs on my own garage & we're both lucky enough to have other vw's for dd duties.
I started really wanting a MK1 again after helping my wife & friends work on her EA cabby. I started out in MK1's at 16 in 93 & after owning prob every vw out there I just wanted to get back to that simplicity. Older vw's are in my blood & I have to give credit to my opa & my mom for exposing me to vw's early in my youth. When I began looking for another car I came across a 79 rabbit diesel in alpine white the exact same car I owned at 16, so I felt it was destiny giving me a second chance & I arranged the purchase. I flew into nashville & drove the car 13 hours straight home. 8 red bulls & alot of fill ups later I got the bunny home without any drama.
First thing we did was go over the entire car. It's 99% rust free. I had to put in a new windshield and found some small rust spots under the moulding, but was able to patch it up quickly. The brakes where redone adding some pads, ss lines and a good cleaning to the G60 calipers. The suspension was adjusted, exhaust tweaked, some parts in the bay where shaved, I added different headlights, hella fogs, misc. chrome trim, TT chip & a oem mono wiper off a MK1 rocco. I threw on a set of R10's 15x7 trying to get them spaced out perfectly ended up going 13mm front & 25mm rear with 165/45 rubber. Next up was some deap cleaning of the interior/bay/body. I plan to keep this car original paint as long as I possibly can.
Going over the entire car:
Working on the brakes:
New ss lines:
I plan on making up a modified oil pan for more low I'm about at my limit:
Already begun phase 2 of reworking the VR6 picked up a secong obd1 tb & polished it & shaved the coolant lines. Will be boring it out & porting/polishing the head/manifolds
removed some non essentials & cleaned up the paint
Over the winter I plan to add a race cam, new chip, hd valve springs, ti retainers. I'll prob rebuild and strengthen the internals & redo the chains. I'll be sending off a bunch of parts for powdercoat/polish to my buddies at 4 ever kustoms. The car is pretty beastly as it is now, and with the work I plan to do to it I should have enough power na, but I can't rule out some FI down the road?
Here's the full spec sheet:
1979 Rabbit
German built/ California coded
Engine:
2.8 VR6 12V(sourced from a 95 passat)
TT street chip
New on swap:
Battery, K&N filter, fuel pump, fuel filter napa#3012, s-belt napa#6k435, plugs, wires, water pump, all hoses, crack pipe, corrado vr radiator, coolant jug, dual 10” fans, low temp thermostat, low temp fan switch, all seals/gaskets, 02 sensor, coolant sensor, axle, serp pulley bearing, bfi tranny mount, vf passenger side mount, oem vw mount, gas tank
Exhaust;
2.25 eurosport exhaust, Secondary air delete, EGR delete, Cat delete. Downpipe and exhaust tip are ceramic coated
MK4 hydro clutch:
New clutch, flywheel, slave, master , hose
Claus Von Essen German linkage kit
Suspension:
New wheel bearings, KW coilovers, autotech upper stress bar, eibach front sway bar, neuspeed rear sway bar, homemade rear strut bar, poly a arm bushings
Brakes:
10.1" Brembo drilled rotors front, SS braided lines, 9.4" rear Brembo drilled rotors, New 22mm master cylinder, VW G60 calipers
Exterior:
Chrome small metal Euro bumpers, Hella clear turn signal lenses, Chrome grille and front badge, E-code H4 bulbs, yellow crosshairs, rust proofed undercarriage, hella fogs, MK1 Rocco mono wiper, chrome roof trim, small duckbill
interior:
tach swap, golfball shifter, cocoa mats
Wheels:
Ronal turbo R10 15x7 et 29 with 165/45/15 federals
To do:
-tt chip
-tt cam
-HD valve springs
-titanium retainers
-port/polish head/intake mani/-bored tb
-strengthen internals/redo timing chains
-VR6 pulleys
-new polished battery box (red optima?)
-polish autotech bar, vf mount
-pc wrinkle black (valve cover, intake mani, alt, pulley bracket)
-samco coolant hoses
-stage 1 turbo?
-chrome door handles/mirrors
-bay respray/minor shaving
-shortened oil pan
-one off custom parts
Thanks for checking out my build thread. I have no plans on changing the interior its perfect as is & its almost mint. I plan to keep updating this thread with pics & progress updates as I proceed. Hope to see you guys at H20:thumbup:
My plan is to keep this car in the best shape I possibly can & pass it on to my son. Luckily my bro in law made room in his garage to keep her out of the elements. My wife's cabby has dibs on my own garage & we're both lucky enough to have other vw's for dd duties.
