What it Takes to Build a RWD VW Golf

**Front Wheel Drive to Rear Wheel Drive: A Frankenstein Volkswagen**

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**Introduction**

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**The Journey Begins**

Mike's Frankenstein Volkswagen Golf started as a shell of its former self, with precious little space left in the engine bay. The radiator would have to go on the back like a real drift car. He chose a Jeep XJ radiator for its low and wide and thick shape, which fits perfectly.

**The Sawzall is Put to Work**

Dr. Day put some miles on the sawszall in here, cutting out pretty much the rest of the floor due to rust. A new floor was made, and then a borderline overkill cage to tie the whole chassis together since so much of it had been cut away.

**Radiator Revamp**

The radiator he chose is for a Jeep XJ. He chose it because of its low and wide and thick shape. It fits real nice. And while he was replacing the rusty rocker panels, he just decided to plumb some steel tube inside of them to flow the coolant from the engine to the radiator and back again.

**Metalwork Magic**

Mike likes metalwork, he likes making cages, bead rolling, dimple dying, welding and coming up with creative solutions. Case in point, the radiator, there was precious little space left in the engine bay, so naturally the radiator would have to go on the back like a real drift car.

**The Engine Bay**

The engine bay is where the magic happens. The radiator he chose is for a Jeep XJ. He chose it because of its low and wide and thick shape. It fits real nice. And while he was replacing the rusty rocker panels, he just decided to plumb some steel tube inside of them to flow the coolant from the engine to the radiator and back again.

**Drifting into Madness**

There's a fan mounted inside each of the quarter panels, pulling fresh air in through all this nasty ducting across the radiator and out the back, out all the holes in the hatch. Boom! Radiator done. Simple as that.

**The Interior**

All right, well it's clearly a drift car from in here. We've got a pair of momo seats mounted on Mike's own brackets on Mike's own floor, a momo steering wheel on a Frankenstein MK3 Golf and BMW E30 steering column. Next to that we've got an IRP hydro and on Mike's trans tunnel, a Turner Motor Sport rally shifter right next to it.

**Gauges Galore**

He's got a gauge panel here with some pro sport gauges to keep an eye on the important things. A little switch panel down here with the couple of switches, one for fan and one for party lights. There's a picture of a margarita on that switch. That's probably my favorite.

**Driving it Home**

I wanna go drive. So what does it really take to V8 rear wheel drive swap your golf? Well, it takes a big old brain, few sawzall blades, many feet of welding wire, lots of raw metal and someone who is clinically insane.

**Was it Worth it?**

Mike says yes. He says it's way better than he expected. He says it's one of the most intuitive cars he's ever driven. And that sliding it around right out of the gate was as comfortable as sticking his hand into an old baseball bat.