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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: marcus123 on 19 April 2004, 13:29

Title: G60 or VR6? best conversion?
Post by: marcus123 on 19 April 2004, 13:29

 ;Dhello ;D!

im thinking of doing one of these conversions for my trusty 8valve 8)

im wandering which is the easiest most cost effective conversion to do?

anyone out there that would know which would provide me with the most power?

all answers are much appreciated!

thanks ;)

Title: Re:G60 or VR6? best conversion?
Post by: ovalthemoon on 19 April 2004, 21:06

depends what you want to spend, the G60 is a wild engine that is easy to tune over 200+ and the Vr6 is more of a smoother engine but is expensve to tune, i,ve personally gone for the G60 conversion,

Title: Re:G60 or VR6? best conversion?
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 19 April 2004, 22:02

i think the vr6's weight mucks up the handling a bit too

Title: Re:G60 or VR6? best conversion?
Post by: ovalthemoon on 19 April 2004, 23:09

thats true, just go for the good old G60 or infact the 1.8t is just as cheap nowdays, but i'm standing by the VW classic, just love the supercharger whail,

Title: Re:G60 or VR6? best conversion?
Post by: Fielder5757 on 20 April 2004, 00:00

How much do swaps cost nower days Roughtly?

Title: Re:G60 or VR6? best conversion?
Post by: Helios_Blue_Valver on 20 April 2004, 09:43

Personally I am a fan of the G60. It gets alot of bad publicity as being expensive to tune and maintain but properly tuned it is bullet proof. I'll take a 'charger over a turbo anyway. No lag. :)

Title: Re:G60 or VR6? best conversion?
Post by: marcus123 on 20 April 2004, 13:25

does anybody know roughly how much one of these conversions costs?

Title: Re:G60 or VR6? best conversion?
Post by: richandhazel on 20 April 2004, 16:13

Off the top of my head I would say that to have it done you're looking at around 4K :-\

Title: Re:G60 or VR6? best conversion?
Post by: rustynuts on 20 April 2004, 17:57

You can get a good engine and charger for the region of ?1000. However I am going to look at getting a crashed G60 Corrado should I decide to do mine. Then I will have everything i need less the intercooler but am sure I can track down any bits i need.