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General => The garage => Topic started by: iamcanadian on 23 September 2003, 09:24

Title: 1986 engine swap
Post by: iamcanadian on 23 September 2003, 09:24

hi i have an 86 MKII 8v right now and i want to put a vr6 engine in it's place. what vr6 engine would be best/easiest? is this a difficult swap and what else would need to be changed? thanks everyone for your help.

Title: Re:1986 engine swap
Post by: Dizzie on 24 September 2003, 23:35

A MK3 Golf would be the best donor. What needs changing? just about everything! (loom, cooling, brakes, suspension, la, la, la). You get the idea.

I wouldn't advise cutting corners and leaving the brakes and suspension with the power and weight hike you may find it a bit lairy when it comes to hauling on the ancors in a hurry :D

Someone else will have better answers than me though :)

Title: Re:1986 engine swap
Post by: golfvr6 on 25 September 2003, 13:08

Vr6 in a mk2 is quite a common conversion now, will cost you sh!t loads!