Rebuild or conversion

[Jimmyrallye]

Hello guys in bit of a dilema .. My 1.8 digi engine is on her last sea horse legs my bodywork is preaty mint after being in the body shop! Ive also overhauled complete suspension set up on it as well.. My dilema is do i just fook it and bang a vr6 lump in as the turbo route is to much and you loose so much money... Or do i get my orignal engine rebuilt ?? Both cost sort of the same to do rebuild or conversion... Also ive seen mk2 vr6,s go for peanuts so when i decide to sell would it be beter to sell with the orignal fresh engine ??

Opinion please

[X4MGS]

For me I would source another Digi and do a total rebuild on that engine and dump the old when it finally fails...
 

[The Mighty Elvi]

This ^.  At least test drive a Mk2 vr6 to see if you like it before committing to a swap.

[Jimmyrallye]

Thats what im thinking as i got early signs of head gasket failure and shes a bit smokey on start up ...

[VW BUSH]

An ABF in a Mk2 is a pretty good bet

[Wayne]

An ABF in a Mk2 is a pretty good bet

^^Sound idea and a good choice

[OakeyDoak16v]

If you want to stick a VR lump in then be carefull as i've recently seen what happens over time to the chassis when you decide to start booting it everywhere. Theres an oak green 2 door with a 2.9 6 pot in my mates garage which ran 14' s dead at Inters last year completley ripped apart inside and is now being stripped for parts.
That said my mechanic at Central VW in Ellesmere Port runs an edition 1 with Subaru turbos and a rolling road of 380bhp as a daily driver. Go figure!!

[mush]

i was in the same situation as you, 176000 miles and even though the engine was still running fine i wanted a bit more power, i decided in the end as i have a run about car i would vr6 the mk2 as i wanted the noise and a bit more power.

i started the vr6 around a month ago and shes coming along planning on 5 months now for completed product as not getting the time.

i'd say if you’ve got the time go for a transplant i didnt think about time, only working 1 day a week on it will take longer than i thought.

at the stage of pulling the engine loom out now LOL

abf would be a good one to go for as well

[Jimmyrallye]

Thanks for the replys im still undecided tho if i went for a vr6 i would let a garage do the conversion im handy with spanners but as you say it will be time and space to do the work!! Which i dont have with a misses and 2 girls and one on the way (soon) hmmmmmm decisions 

[mush]

i would say then get yours rebuilt, besides you have the best gti anyways. i'd be happy with a nice looking/ running standard mk2 than anything else,

ps - excludes r32
pps - audi rs4

ok now i'm dreaming now