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Offline colourcongti

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engine upgrade
« on: 04 January 2005, 16:13 »
I am looking at fitting a 1.8T into my mk3 golf  :smiley: does anyone know a good company that can do this or supply the engine and bits to do the job myself
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Offline Burnsy

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Re: engine upgrade
« Reply #1 on: 04 January 2005, 16:52 »
Just put a Vr6 in it m8 ;)
I had a 1.8T and was'nt very happy with it so i sold it and got a Vr6 and put the remaining 3 grand in the bank :D
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Re: engine upgrade
« Reply #2 on: 04 January 2005, 18:10 »
I would go with burnsy on this one the vr6 will be a lot faster than a 1.8t
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Offline Len

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Re: engine upgrade
« Reply #3 on: 04 January 2005, 20:09 »
Or ya could have a 2.0 litre 16v with a bit of head and cam work plus the usual filter and exhaust stuff would give as much power and be more reliable than either of them! :laugh:

TSR in Bristol would do that for ya.
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Re: engine upgrade
« Reply #4 on: 04 January 2005, 22:04 »
^ smelly bridgwater ;) (yes no 'e'..)

selling up and getting a '6 is prob the best option
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