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Offline Ess_Three

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #20 on: 06 June 2012, 19:46 »
Definatley, this people love there corrados, there mk3s.
Not everyone can afford a golf r.
But then again, most people on the forums would buy a mk2 over a new r.

Hardly comparable, are they?
Like a factor of 10 apart in price.  :rolleyes:


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Ive ready info online about adding a turbo to a vr6..... But they dont mention the cash you need to spend on upgrading your brakes........ Thats another 800 quid gone.

Maybe you should read some more...then go speak to people that own them.
Brakes...
Suspension...because £200 Joms aren't going to cut it.
Gearbox...another £1000 for a LSD and rebuild.
Wheers/tyres...

Very fast cars once built...but how well it puts the power down, or corners, will be the difference between doing it cheap and spending proper money.

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Offline GTIANNIVERSARY16V

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #21 on: 06 June 2012, 19:52 »
Respect to those who go through with turbo ' ing there VRs.
And dont say "£6000? Might aswell by an impreza" loool

Offline 16valver dan

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #22 on: 07 June 2012, 02:18 »
im thinking bout vrt the cl as i think it would be the first cl trim'd and badged vrt going (correct me if im wrong) and considering iv rebuilt it twice as a 1.6 i think shes worthy of some money now lol
il update the sig when i get a good photoshoot ;)

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #23 on: 07 June 2012, 07:11 »
Let me know how it goes

Offline tshirt2k

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #24 on: 07 June 2012, 08:48 »
im thinking bout vrt the cl as i think it would be the first cl trim'd and badged vrt going (correct me if im wrong) and considering iv rebuilt it twice as a 1.6 i think shes worthy of some money now lol

1.6 to a vrt? :shocked: I think you may have missed a step.


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Offline 16valver dan

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #25 on: 07 June 2012, 12:12 »
na il get a vr donor for running gear engine gearbox ect then start the transition put it as a vr for summer then strip it down over winter turbo and rebuild :)
il update the sig when i get a good photoshoot ;)

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #26 on: 07 June 2012, 12:42 »
if you collect all the parts and are competant (you sound like you are) it can be done in as little as a day an a half, my mates is almost back on the road,

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #27 on: 07 June 2012, 13:10 »
if you collect all the parts and are competant (you sound like you are) it can be done in as little as a day an a half, my mates is almost back on the road,


Is that months of collecting parts first hand  :grin:

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #28 on: 07 June 2012, 13:23 »
erm.... probably about 2 months lmao..... however before doing the arp rod bolts the the bearings where checked an found one that he wasnt happy with, 20 mins later a van arrived with new parts..... git bag, fortunes of having your own workshop and trade accounts i suppose
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Offline 16valver dan

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Re: turbo?
« Reply #29 on: 07 June 2012, 13:23 »
if you collect all the parts and are competant (you sound like you are) it can be done in as little as a day an a half, my mates is almost back on the road,


Is that months of collecting parts first hand  :grin:

 :grin: probably but its all worth it for a golf :) and as said before i wrote about this on faceyb and got told to buy a skyline with the amount of money im chucking into this, my reply was f**k getting a skyline u see them everywhere but a turbod vr with 1.6 badge u see nowhere i dont want big jap toys i love my golf too much :)
il update the sig when i get a good photoshoot ;)