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General => New forum members => Topic started by: Mozzervdub on 16 August 2012, 10:35
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Hi I would like to know everything I would need to do a vr6 conversion to my mk 2 golf 16v gti . Also the 1.8 16v engine is up for sale if anybody is interested . Any help will be much appreciated .
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Welcome mate... :smiley:
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welcome, consider doing a 1.8T 20v conversion mate
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Why is that mate . ?
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welcome
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Why is that mate . ?
im currently doing a 20vt conversion and i was in your situation about a year ago asking whats better and everyone i spoke to said dont bother with the vr6 do the 1.8T i havent got mine going yet so i cant tell you what i got myself into but from what i hear it is easier than the vr6 and alot more affective being a turbo engine! and you can get alot more power from the 1.8T with less money, unless you want to turbo the vr6? that will cost a bomb lol but everyone is different :shocked: but i havent done or looked much into a vr6 conversion so i cant tell you much about that tbh
let me know what you end upo going with if its a 1.8T im more than happy to share some knowlegde i have gained in the last year!! good luck with it
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i would buy a whole mk3 vr with manuel box if you have the space as you can use nearly everything off it, the 20v t would be better in the long run but if this is your first engine conversion i would stick to the vr as this is much more forgiving on your pocket ,i did one last year for 500 minus the mk2 shell .
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i would buy a whole mk3 vr with manuel box if you have the space as you can use nearly everything off it, the 20v t would be better in the long run but if this is your first engine conversion i would stick to the vr as this is much more forgiving on your pocket ,i did one last year for 500 minus the mk2 shell .
thats not a bad idea as i have spent £2000+ so far lol :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Thanks guys . I am gonna do the vr6 cos it seems a bit more straight forward as this is my first engine conversion . What breaks would u recommend me using and is there anything els I would need to change . ? ? ?
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if you get a complete vr you would use the brakes of that , if not the mk2 16v ,g60 are a simple opp.
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The mk2 is already a 1.8 gti 16v . So will them breaks be sufficient enough. ?
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some would say no but if thay are already there i would try them maybe uprate the discs and pads.depends on how much stick you plan on giving it :grin:
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I plan on giving it some right stick . No point in doing the conversion if not lol. :grin:
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i would go with the vr brakes then as i think they are the best ones for the money.
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Ok thanks for the help mate much appreciated :smiley: