VRmonster 1 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Hi, i was wondering what differences there are between a left hand drive and a right hand drive vr6, mainly around the firewall at the back of the engine bay. I think the gearbox and linkage setup will be the same, as will the exhaust downpipe, yet the pedalbox and steering setups will be different, i was just wondering if anyone could describe exactly what is different.Im curious about this as im looking into a turbo setup from canada, and the guy has never tried it in a right hand drive. any help appreciated. im now off to jack my car up and get my fat gut squashed under there. lol[ Edited ] Link to post Share on other sites
tommy 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Hi' date=' i was wondering what differences there are between a left hand drive and a right hand drive vr6, mainly around the firewall at the back of the engine bay. I think the gearbox and linkage setup will be the same, as will the exhaust downpipe, yet the pedalbox and steering setups will be different, i was just wondering if anyone could describe exactly what is different.Im curious about this as im looking into a turbo setup from canada, and the guy has never tried it in a right hand drive. any help appreciated. im now off to jack my car up and get my fat gut squashed under there. lol[ Edited ']I think the pedal box is just moved across (clutch will become far right brake in middle and accelerator is against the tunnel/midd point of car if you see what I mean and as for the steering it is a mirror of the rhs....from a manufactures point of view if it didn?t have to be moved it wasn?t! Link to post Share on other sites
mightyvr6 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 is the brake master/slave cylinder on the other side? This would cause problems as it would affect pipework etc. Link to post Share on other sites
mina 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Who makes the kit? Is it by EIP? Recommend you also speak to Vince @ Stealth as he's fitted one of their kits before and would be able to let you know what the pro's and con's are. Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 is the brake master/slave cylinder on the other side? This would cause problems as it would affect pipework etc.yep it will be.remeber that most cars are designed as LHD' date=' then converted to RHD. so everything will be tidier on a LHD. RHD vauxhall nova's have a huge disadvantage over LHD as they coldn't be bothered to move the servo across and the linkeage they used instead has loads of play in it.[ Edited Sun Jun 06 2004, 01:30PM '] Link to post Share on other sites
Pittuf 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 I really don't understand why cars were orinally made LHD, most people are right handed, right? Then surely it makes sense to controll the vehicle at all times with your right hand?Was Henry Ford cack handed? Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 maybe they reckoned it was better to have the better hand operating the gearstick?and cars are of course now made in LHD as the majority of the world drives on the right. Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted June 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 no, the kit is by kinetic motorsport. looks pretty nice.http://www.kineticmotorsport.comI have been under the car and had a look, and there is a circular thing (like a frizbee) at the back of the bay, next to the brake fluid resevoir. unsure what this is, but i dont think it will foul. not much else other than the pipes etc that pass that way.i thaught the pedals in left hand drive were seated in the same position, (ie. not mirrored, with left foot clutch right foot accelerator) just on the left of the car. also i am smothing the engine bay, thus moving most of the pipework anyhow, just leaving whatever i cant move.i will also be making my own intercooler kit as they have not yet designed one. so may struggle to get around the driveshafts. my heads in overdrive at the minute about this. lol.I am basically wondering what is situated behind the back of the engine itself. any pictures or etkas would be helpful, as mines jus not working. cheers so far.[ Edited Sun Jun 06 2004, 02:01PM ][ Edited Sun Jun 06 2004, 02:02PM ][ Edited Sun Jun 06 2004, 02:02PM ][ Edited Sun Jun 06 2004, 02:02PM ] Link to post Share on other sites
Pittuf 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 maybe they reckoned it was better to have the better hand operating the gearstick?and cars are of course now made in LHD as the majority of the world drives on the right.I just put it down to Americans being stupid, , not very pc that is it! Link to post Share on other sites
tommy 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 is the brake master/slave cylinder on the other side? This would cause problems as it would affect pipework etc.yep it will be.remeber that most cars are designed as LHD' date=' then converted to RHD. so everything will be tidier on a LHD. RHD vauxhall nova's have a huge disadvantage over LHD as they coldn't be bothered to move the servo across and the linkeage they used instead has loads of play in it.[ Edited Sun Jun 06 2004, 01:30PM ']mk1 gti's had this problem....the only good thing about a lhd mk1 is the could stop Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Olly_K Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 you might also like to try navigating your way around the http://www.8vturbo.com website. almost bought a kit from there when i was thinking about doing this Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted June 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 yeah, i looked at these, so far, altho they havent designed an intercooler kit yet, i think the kinetic turbo looks best, either that or eip, but ive heard they have very bad customer service, not that it matters cos i couldnt realy send it back to canada could i. lol.could someone please tell me what the master cylinder looks like on a 93 vr, or show me a pic, cos i have something attatched to my brake fluid resevoir and i dont know if thats it. its the big frizbee thing i was on about earlier. i was hoping kevhaywire mite chime in cos he seems to know everything about anything on the vr. lol. well thanks so far. still not too confident it wont foul anything tho. may take some pics to a specialist and see what they think. Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 the big cirular thing is the servo (basically power assistance for the brakes). there then a metal tube thingy with tubes coming off it under the fluid reservoir...this is the master cylinder. Link to post Share on other sites
mightyvr6 0 Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 check out this thread for some engine bay pics of an atp turbo kit install: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1375960 Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted June 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 ah ok. so i guess these cant be moved then. without a lot of chew. ive also found a picture of a mk3 cabby vr convirsion on the awsome gti site (as below). so this shows me that the main things that might foul are the brake servo/master cylinder, and just below that, im guessing, is the steering rack (or something to do with it. which definately cant be moved.) i think ill send this picture to the technician at kinetic and see what he thinks, as the downpipe of the kit may cause trouble with the steering thingy (technical term. lol.)thanks for the link mighty vr6, theres a lot of info on there that i mite need when i come to fit the turbo. chhers.[ Edited Mon Jun 07 2004, 01:10AM ] Link to post Share on other sites
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