[Shadowbug]

well I've got my '54 beetle almost complete (just a few engine things and electrical to do) and have purchaced my next project, and have been thinking of what to do.

the project is a '85 Golf GTI, and the plans are to convert it to rear wheel drive and porsche wheels and brakes.

got a couple of questions that I thought someone here might know the answer to.

I know theay the 944 front suspenstion is based on a combination of parts from the rabbit and Superbeetle, I'm wondering how similar are is the complete 944 front suspension to the Golf? dimentionally?

if it were similar I'd swap out struts and spindles from a 944t into the golf, as well as the stearing rack.

rear suspention would also be from a 944t (amazing at the amount of room a golf has in the rear, should be a matter of fabricating mounts)

as for drive train, it will be getting 16v aba turbo, I may use the 944/924 tranny-tortion tube setup, or I may just adapt a toyota 5 speed tranny and rear differential.