Ok, the new conclusion is to be a hater, and not have the fun of making a car what it is!
How a hater?
Why spend a great deal of time and money when you can buy the real thing?
And the resale value too! You still wont have a Mk3 VR6 but an 8v Mk3 with a botched VR6 conversion!
Theres the hate. lol.
If somebody wants to do a conversion, let them do it without hating on them, give them the advice they want.
yes you loose money, and yes it takes time, and yes you can buy a poor nic vr6 with a tatty engine bay, that someone else has made, for about 2k.
But its fun to do the conversion, if your really into your cars... And it wont be a botched job either if you do it right! And will run/look better than a bought VR6, depending on how much effort you put into it.
Spending money on anything on your car is a waste, wether its a new pair of bumpers, or coilovers. You wont get that money back. But you do it anyway.
And a VR6 conversion into a good 8v dont cost sod all, half of you have spent more on alloy wheels, which you then kurb!