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Offline tshirt2k

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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #10 on: 06 November 2011, 18:25 »
Vr6 with so much done! Like what?


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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #11 on: 06 November 2011, 19:26 »
I don't know much about engines to be honest but there was Schrick cams exhaust etc lots of internals Updated.

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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #12 on: 06 November 2011, 20:40 »
think the 220 hp would have been a bit over a over estimate in reality...
  


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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #13 on: 06 November 2011, 20:51 »
I had a wagon just like yours untill it was killed by a VR6 conversion  :cry: If I had kept the car my choice for my old wagon would have been a 16v ABF.Unless you have loads of spare cash to feed a VR6 I would go with a ABF and the VR6 ent that much quicker anyhow.
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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #14 on: 06 November 2011, 21:25 »
It was stupidly quick used to eat vxrs and scoobys. I don't think I'd go for a vr6 as the insurance is crazy. Was talking to a friend earlier and he mentioned a td lump and something about a basic remap plus exhaust taking it up to the 150 bhp mark is this true?

Offline Dan_GTi8v

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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #15 on: 06 November 2011, 21:26 »
I'd probably say an abf as well, simply due to the fuel costs, with fuel costs only ever going to go up they could be very expensive to run

you can still do some pretty funky stuff to an abf, check tshirt2k build thread  :cool:
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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #16 on: 06 November 2011, 21:34 »
A deisel PD conversion would be good and as said a remap will see decent figures plus it would be something different not sure if you would get it done for a grand though unless you can buy a donar car cheap enough.My 115bhp pulls well and it hasnt had a remap yet  you would still have good MPG aswell
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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #17 on: 06 November 2011, 21:41 »
That's what I was thinking get a good mpg with a diesel. He also said the torque would be good as well.
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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #18 on: 06 November 2011, 22:06 »
Vr6 conversion, simple enough to sort with a donor car.

PD conversion will be a ball ache wiring wise.
« Last Edit: 06 November 2011, 22:09 by Wayne »

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Re: Easiest conversion
« Reply #19 on: 06 November 2011, 22:06 »
click his pic mate, links it to it. I'd only pd a mk2 if I was doing long motorway miles. mates a got pd140 and averages 35mpg lol, as he just drives it around town, sometimes boots it about though,..,