Base Model To Gti Suspension

[MKrisz92 2]

Hey there!

Before the start of a bigger project, I'd like some advice. I would like to change the base model suspension to a gti one, while keeping the 1.4 engine.

What exactly do I need from the gti donor and what do I have to keep from my current one? I've got a 1.9 beam, gti subframe, shocks, springs, top mounts, brakes. What else do I need on the front?

I'd like to improve the handling first, then get the bigger engine in next year.

 

Regards,

Chris

[MKrisz92 2]

Are the base model hubs and shafts the only things I have to keep, or is there anything else?

[selfyyy 4 1 Cars]

Will need gear linkage quadrant thing off base model subframe to then weld to gti subframe...

[MKrisz92 2]

I mean are the subframe/wishbone/droplinks the only ones I need (and of course the brakes, shocks, springs, top mounts) for the swap? At the front.

[RossD 44]

You can keep your current brakes, but given you are upgrading everything else it makes sense to change them.

Base models have a rubber bush type mount between the subframe and the body (GTi's seemed to be solidly mounted) so worth changing these. Unfortunately I don't think you can mount the subframe straight to the body like the GTi's as the hole for the rubber mount is different in the shell. 309's used a solid version of this rubber mount, but this seems to be NFP from Peugeot.