Daily Diesel

[homiesmalls]

I decided to sell the Rabbit I had been building to pick this one up off a buddy of mine. She's an '82 Rabbit with a 1.6 na diesel that he brought over from Cali (it was a barn house find). She is also my daily beater, relieving my mk2 vrt. Anyways, enough with the story and onto her transformation.

Exterior: Mahogany









Interior:






Engine: Ported head and larger fuel injectors

[homiesmalls]

Refinished 2pc BBS Pininfarina 15x7 et35 5x100 w/ new center caps. Motorsport-Tech adapters 4x100 to 5x100, 18mm and 23mm (for a final et of 17mm and 12mm). Wrapped in Federal FD1 165 45 15's.

[homiesmalls]

Some more progress:

Rokkor Coilovers



Deep Duckbill and Moar Low




Received Nardi Wheel and knob. Also custom made a horn button to match my wheels using an old center cap.

[homiesmalls]

Sneek peek at the surprise that's coming. Also took her to fixxfest this past weekend and placed first in the mk1/mk2 class. Stay tuned for baller pics!

[homiesmalls]

My future plans include re-wrapping a set of recaros I have to match the interior and getting the a/c up and going. I would like to focus on my vrt once again

[CantKillDaWabbit]

looks damn good for a daily

[RabbitJockey]

super nice, what injectors did you use? u should open up the plastic on the intake, that is a huge bottle neck, especially if u have a ported head.

[homiesmalls]

haha thanks! I'm not too sure on the brand/size of the injectors, but I do know they have Mercedes needles in them so that it could run bio diesel...

[floridabmx]

Congratulations, it definitely deserved it. iPhone pic I took

[fillipo]

very nice daily.

[Minty_Fresh]

love the wheels.

[IronTrap]

that duckbill is going to die a horrible death


Love the wheels, have a 16" set myself, not sure i've seen silver Pininfarina centercaps, very cool! Paint looks nice, original?

[homiesmalls]

Thanks! Being that low, there's much more to worry about other than the duckbill The car was re-sprayed its original Mahogany.

BTW, I absolutely your cabby Matt!

[keeton]

Heck yeah

Also, how's the spoiler doing?

[homiesmalls]

Heck yeah

Also, how's the spoiler doing?

Surprisingly, I have had zero issues with the spoiler being that low. I'm used to it being that low on my mk2 as well though lol

[homiesmalls]

Here is a shoot of her. Shoutz to my buddy Hector Chacon! Check her out on Simply Clean.

[nolan in blaine]

man this thing is clean... what kinda mileage you getting with the duckbill?

[homiesmalls]

Also made lowlife !!!!

[homiesmalls]

man this thing is clean... what kinda mileage you getting with the duckbill?

Thanks! I just drove 250 miles at like an avg. of 70-75mph with 5 gallons (half the tank). I definitely get better city mileage though lol

[nolan in blaine]

what trans? I have the FF with the .76 final. with the pump turned up, governor mod, advance mod. I only see about 33.... I think my injectors are plugged though. Did you notice any power/mileage going with the injectors your using?

[90Foxbox]

Awesome car, I absolutely love it.

Prolly cuz it reminds me of my Mahogany Mk1

[fillipo]

Ohh man, chrome eruo bumpers would be perfect on this. Car is soo clean.

[homiesmalls]

what trans? I have the FF with the .76 final. with the pump turned up, governor mod, advance mod. I only see about 33.... I think my injectors are plugged though. Did you notice any power/mileage going with the injectors your using?

It's an 020 5 speed, not sure whether an ff or fn, or .76 or .71. Since I bought the car already with the larger injectors, I'm not sure what kind of power/mileage to compare it to, as this is also my first diesel lol the PO said it should be making about a whopping 65hp, but I'm not sure

Awesome car, I absolutely love it.

Prolly cuz it reminds me of my Mahogany Mk1

Haha that's awesome! Yours is looking clean too!

[homiesmalls]

Ohh man, chrome eruo bumpers would be perfect on this. Car is soo clean.

I'm working on it lol just need to come up on a set!

[mfbmike]

I ****ing love this car. Even more breathtaking in person.

[homiesmalls]

I ****ing love this car. Even more breathtaking in person.

Haha good looks Mike! ..tell ya what, straight trade for your R...

[mfbmike]

Haha good looks Mike! ..tell ya what, straight trade for your R...

You just want that VR

It's amazing what those coils and wheels did for the car.

From this:



To this:



Night and day really. Seeing mk1's like yours is what makes me want to have one of my own eventually.

As they say, when the time is right.

[8v-of-fury]

Since I bought the car already with the larger injectors, I'm not sure what kind of power/mileage to compare it to, as this is also my first diesel lol the PO said it should be making about a whopping 65hp, but I'm not sure

I have not heard of bigger injectors for an idi diesel. I do not think you have "bigger" injectors as you have been mislead.. maybe even your friend was mislead. It is a stock Bosch injector with a Mercedes nozzle/tip on it. Which if you search for it, has been argued to be redundant. The spray pattern of the Mercedes nozzle is different than the Volkswagen one, and does not match the pre-chambers of your Volkswagen head. Probably a little high on your power guess as well it has the stock intake, does it have the stock 1.5" exhaust as well? If it does I wouldn't be surprised if it were still at the stock 52hp.

Put your bumpers back on They'll total that car for the smallest accident. (they being the insurance companies.)

[homiesmalls]

To be honest, I couldn't tell you much more on the fuel injectors. It has a 2" exhaust, with a port and polished head, making a supposed 74whp. Don't shoot the messenger though, this is what I have been told lol As for bumpers, they're coming (not that they would actually protect anything lol)! I just don't whether to bite the bullet on rabbitparts' small metal euros or have some fabbed up.

[themagician]

I'm working on it lol just need to come up on a set!

Guess I'll put in a vote for the plastic euros ... like the look with the Ronals too.

[Dozier]

the car looked great at fixx!

[relmonte]

Super nice daily!

[homiesmalls]

Guess I'll put in a vote for the plastic euros ... like the look with the Ronals too.

haha true, but I'm looking to get a set of small euro metals lol

the car looked great at fixx!

Super nice daily!

Thanks

[vento86]

clean late westy dude just not a fan of the large duckbill

[homiesmalls]