Howdy.
I am SLOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLLLYYYYY getting round to installing (much like many others on here) a 1Z TDi engine into the MK2 Golf GTi 16v 1989. I took a 1996 Mk3 golf TDi as a donor car, dropped the engine subframe/cradle complete with motor out of the shell and offered it up to the MK2 GTi, where it fitted perfectly with a slight mod to the RHS chassis rail for pulley clearance. I am using the MK3 cradle, ARB, steering rack, hubs, bottom arms etc. (In other words the entire cradle assy).
My question at the moment lies with the suspension geometry - I imagined I will be using MK2 GTI suspension (uprated or std not important at this time) bolted onto the mk3 TDi hubs/wishbones/ARB etc assembly. After a loose mock up the wheels seem to be running a lot of camber (positive or negative I can never remember which is which - they are sloping outwards towards the ground). The track measurement I have now found is greater for the MK3 than the MK2 (cant find the exact number right now but I have seen it on a website somewhere). But I have been told that the engine and subframe bolt off the MK3 and straight onto the MK2 without a problem.
So does anyone know if the MK2 GTi 16v bottom arms are shorter than the Mk3 TDi ones? I could get out there and take one off to measure but it a whole lot easier to ask for someone with experience!! Do I simply have to remove the TDi bottom arms and put the 16v GTi ones in their place and then get the geometry set?
Any help or advice gratefully received, cheers