1.8t or 2.8vr6???

[Benrevs]

With the VR conversion you will need the VR box as well as the running gear (Hubs, carriers, shafts, cable shifter etc.), with the 1.8T you can retain all of your running gear but you will need to plum in an intercooler with all the associated pipe work, both require higher pressure fuel pump, ECU's, some form of mapping and exhaust fabrication.

Exhaust is fine, just need a de-cat pipe or keep the cat on there. Digi fuel pump is fine and will work, no mapping is required, just the vr6 ecu. Dont confuse the poor lad.

[gstar-dubworld]

With the VR conversion you will need the VR box as well as the running gear (Hubs, carriers, shafts, cable shifter etc.), with the 1.8T you can retain all of your running gear but you will need to plum in an intercooler with all the associated pipe work, both require higher pressure fuel pump, ECU's, some form of mapping and exhaust fabrication.

Exhaust is fine, just need a de-cat pipe or keep the cat on there. Digi fuel pump is fine and will work, no mapping is required, just the vr6 ecu. Dont confuse the poor lad.

  Confusion that's me in total...

We've always found the standard 8v pump weak at the top end, not enough pressure and tends to lean out over the curve, so we tend to advise change of pump and in some cases for the 1.8T the injectors along with ecu mapping to recalibrate the injector duty/timing/iginition, again it's all down what power the customer wants.

[POWER PLANT]

Cant beat the noise of the VR6 in a mk2 and with the right parts they handle really well,

BUT mt current is a MK2 Golf with the AUM,qpeng 2stage management so from 150/230bhp ish?? and to be fair its much beter than the VR6 any day of the week    BOOST  lol

[AudiA8Quattro]

I've driven the 150 and 180bhp 1.8T in Audi form. To be honest neither of them impressed me that much.

[danny_p]

1.8T's  allways struck me as very flat boreing engines   espectaly in std form,  they do also suffer heavly for scene tax  but i would much rather pay £1000 for a 225 rather than £600 for a 150

[spacerat]

wait till spring fest and watch all the mk2 1.8ts blowing away all the mk2 vr6's(unless of course they are also charged)
 im on my second 1.8t and i agree that they are boring engines, but they are very tuneable and reliable(touch wood),  however i would like a vr one day .

Turbos for fun, v6 for old men

[danny_p]

16vt  is  optimal engine imo  just expensive tho