I have now finished drilling out both the driver and passenger side VW Bug plate frame holes. These four holes will be used to mount the plate frames to the Toyota MR2 crossmember. I still need to remove the steel above each bolt hole (where the nuts sit) in order to refit the frame plates. There are pictures of the steel removal on the pictures page at the top.
Here are some long overdue pictures. Please see the MR2 VW Bug Turbo Photos page/link above.
As you can see from this video, I used the pilot hole drilled in my drill press to guile me vertically through the mounting block as well as partially through the plate frame. This mount point will connect the VW Bug’s framing to the MR2’s rear cross-member.
Once I had determined where the VW Bug cross-member holes should be, I removed the saddle blocks and drilled straight holes with the drill press. These holes will be my pilot holes for the bigger drill bit.
Now that I marked the MR2 3SGTE cross-member holes, I can set it up to drill out the VW Bug frame members. As you can see the paint idea worked pretty well.
After bolting the VW Bug saddle blocks to the rear frame members, I can now reinstall and realign the frame members to mark the rear MR2 3SGTE cross-member bolt holes.
With my bolt holes drilled out in my VW Bug saddle blocks, I can now mark the locations where they will bolt up to the MR2s rear cross-member. I need to be careful how I position the blocks to insure that the main mounting bolt (vertical through cross-member) will be exactly centered.
I can now finish up all 8 bolt holes in the VW Bug saddle blocks by using a larger drill bit. These holes are to mount the blocks to the main frame plates in order to attach the MR2 cross-member.
I need to attach the VW Bug’s rear plate frame members to the Toyota MR2’s rear cross member. I plan on doing this by adding steel blocks at the mount points and drilling vertically through both the frame plates as well as the new steel blocks.
The secondary VW Bug framing units have now been bolted onto the main rails. The two plates on both sides of the Toyota MR2 3SGTE motor will now be welded together.