1st vr6 conversion....

[lemski]

Don't know. There 149 factory say bout 170. My mates just don't it. But he's not had it on the road so doesn't know how it runs yet. Cams, exhaust, manifold, blanced cranke. P+P head all accounts to bhp aswell. I know for the 1.8 u can get a 2.1 stroker kit which apparently takes it to 170bhp. So research is the key for massive break

[Diamond Hell]

sounds good, and do you think i could do that on my budget?

On your budget, doing quite a lot yourself you should be able to buy the G3 16V donor, strip and sell the surplus rubbish, get the head ported and flowed at JNL Racing in Markyate, buy a set of throttlebodies, get a stub manifold made up and get it running on proper EFI with none of this 'carbs' bollox - that's a fool's errand.

You may also be able to stretch to an LSD in an 02A box.

JNL can advise on management, or you can go MS, or Emerald and get Dave Walker to map it.

If you are still insisting on boat-anchoring your Golf then for information on VR6 conversions, look out GVK Motorsport - runs probably one of the most well-developed VR6 G2s in the UK.

[bally]

was kind of hoping for more power than 170bhp 

so if i got somewhere to build me a 250-300bhp what would it cost do you think?

[tech1889]

my AUM on stage 1 map is pushing 221bhp and 235 ft/lb's of torque  so with a 1.8t exhaust.. air filter.. nice intercooler you would be pushing around 240-250ish..

[bally]

you see i used to have a impreza pushing 320bhp and was very light so want something to match this

any advice on specialist bepoke builders?

[tech1889]

A light scooby ?? 

[bally]

A light scooby ?? 

ok ok the lightest of the heavy scoobs lol

was a stripped out classic so was as light as it would ever be lol 

[tech1889]

still would need a lot less bhp in a mk2 to be the same speed as the scoob 

[Jay]

A stripped Golf 2 is less than 900kgs - 200bhp+ in a Golf2 will be f@cking amazing.

How much did the stripped scoob weigh?

[bally]

roughly?

so who builds power engines for dubs then? any sites i can browse?