Hello, i have two mk1 octavias.

1. My first car: 1.9 pdtdi fwd

2. The other: 1.9 pdtdi 4x4

 

I know it is a really bad idea but I want to build my first car, so I wonder can I swap the fwd to 4x4?

Thank you so much!

There was someone on here doing this a little while back.  I suggest a search through postings on the mk1 and projects fora to see what you can find.

 

5 hours ago, martinemeth29 said:

can I swap the fwd to 4x4?

In principle yes, but you'd need the rear floor, rear suspension, prop shaft, shaft tunnel and transaxle from the 4x4.

58 minutes ago, KenONeill said:

you'd need the rear floor, rear suspension, prop shaft, shaft tunnel and transaxle from the 4x4.

 

Do you know for sure that the bodyshell differs in those areas or is it an assumption?

38 minutes ago, J.R. said:

 

Do you know for sure that the bodyshell differs in those areas or is it an assumption?

Yeah, actually this is the biggest dilemma. I wonder if the fwd octavias have the same bodyshell as the 4x4 ones

1 minute ago, martinemeth29 said:

Yeah, actually this is the biggest dilemma. I wonder if the fwd octavias have the same bodyshell as the 4x4 ones

I mean if I had two octavias in the same engine ofc.

Welcome to the forum.

 

You have both the cars have you not looked underneath them to see?  

 

Just now, toot said:

Welcome to the forum.

 

You have both the cars have you not looked underneath them to see?  

 

Thank you so much!

 

Actually I bought the 4x4 in the last month, in the UK, because it was cheap, and I need a lot of part from this car. I live in Hungary and my main octavia is here so I haven't be able to compared yet. The 4x4 have every parts except the engine. The next time when I visit London maybe summer, so yeah.. I hope it's clear now, I should have write it before.

I never noticed the Nemeth. 

I should have really my partner is Hungarian and that is the family name. 

Edited 31 January, 20233 yr by toot

20 minutes ago, toot said:

I never noticed the Nemeth. 

I should have really my partner is Hungarian and that is the family name. 

The world is small.

This is a really popular (maybe 6th most used) family name in Hungary.

8 hours ago, J.R. said:

 

Do you know for sure that the bodyshell differs in those areas or is it an assumption?

According to the parts catalogue for a 2004MY Octy mk1 HERE there are several body types for saloon, combi, 4x4 but I can't tell the differences from the diagram.

You had both FWD and 4x4 MK2 Octavias, was the rear floorpan any different in terms of the transmission tunnel?

 

I recall my FWD MK1 had a transmission tunnel far larger than was needed for the exhaust pipe.