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I dont suppose this would fit the Mk3 Golf VR6 rear ashtray?

Thanks for the extra info - really appreciate it :thumbleft:

Anyone with modded VR6's care to add anything? :thumbleft:

Cheers for the link...that's a well written article! :thumbleft:

I’ve been a member of the site for quite a while and found some very helpful info and advice, so I thought it’s about time I contributed a bit more to the site (I know it's not a Corrado but its close enough?) :thumbleft:. So far my VR6 has been my daily driver since I bought it a couple of years ago (with Milltek exhaust and Piper-X panel filter), had its chains done and a new clutch around 90K and on 111K now, and the mods so far have been an LPG kit (fitted soon after I bought it & worth its weight in black gold!), a G60 3.68 final drive (amazing mod!) and a selection of air filters, finally settling with a modded airbox w/ K&N panel. I removed the decat for the last MOT and am currently running with the cat back in & the old bum dyno hasn’t noticed a difference! An oil catch tank rounded off the mods…til now! However, things have taken a bit of a downturn as I suspect the headgasket is on its way out (coolant bottle pressurizing and blowing coolant out no matter how many times I bleed it, lots of air bubbling into the coolant bottle, removed the secondary pump as that had stopped working but still got same problems). I’ll be testing the coolant for headgasket failure soon and doing a pressure test as well, so if it has failed or whether something else is amiss I’m hoping it can be found when it comes off the road in the next few weeks. In the meantime my mate brought me a parcel back from the US after his holiday… [ATTACH=CONFIG]73459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]73460[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]73461[/ATTACH] Alrigh-hht..giggity giggity! Autotech 262s'! :dance: So these will be going in whilst its off the road and if it needs a new headgasket then the head’ll be off. I’ve got a couple of questions which I hope can be answered? 1. Can anyone recommend what – if anything, to have done to the head if it does come off to be skimmed? And anything else with the engine regarding things to check/change? 2. I have heard that LPG can reduce headgasket life due to higher burn temps; now whether that’s true I don’t know but if I do need a new headgasket what’s recommended for me to use? I’m aware that I can use a US spec 12V headgasket (raises compression a tad which can only be good)…I’ve also heard that either the Sharon VR6 or the Transporter VR6 had a steel headgasket..would any of these be worth using instead over the standard one? Where would be the best place to source a headgasket kit from? 3. How & where have people had their VR’s mapped for the cams…custom chip in the ECU, piggyback ECU or is the OBD2 good enough to remap itself for the changes? 4. And something not quite engine related - would I need to fully remove & split the gearbox again to put in a diesel/turbo diesel fifth gear for better cruising rpm (any idea what sort of rpm drop can I expect at 70mph)? Any help anyone can give is greatly appreciated. Now I’m not loaded by any stretch (so unfortunately I won’t be using this an excuse to have it bored to a 3.1, nor will I be turbo’ing it or supercharging it!), but if I have to save a bit more then sort things out then so be it. I’d rather do a job once properly rather than faff about doing it twice or having it drag out for months! My “fine days & holidays” car (Pulsar GTi-R) is slowly being resurrected (I’ll be hopefully driving that whilst the VR is in my garage in bits) so money is being split between the 2 cars when needed! Thanks for reading and feel free to comment or leave any helpful ideas/suggestions! Cheers, Steve.

How much for the Stainless bonrath bend to throttle body piece? cheers!

Quick question for anyone reading - should the hose set fit a VR6 Golf? (They do look very similar to the Golf ones on the Samco website). Cheers.

Apologies to the Mods...wasn't sure where to put this! :-)

Found this in my email this morning & went to their site to check it out...Autotech are selling pretty much everything on their site with a 30% discount for their Black Friday Sale..only until Mon Nov 26th. Means their 262 cams are a crazy £137! :cheers: Even with postage and import, thats gotta be worth thinking about?! http://www.autotech.com/category/camshafts.html?fromcat=golf-gti-rabbit-mkiii-vr6 Methinks Xmas has come early :thumbleft: Steve.

Got mine through back end of last week & its assembled just waiting to go on...thanks again for sorting these out! :dance:

Keep using the VR but do what i did and get LPG whacked on it! I've got a Golf VR6 OBD2 & I average anywhere from 210-230 miles per tank of LPG (capacity 45 litres) but the best part is LPG is 65.9p a litre so it costs around £30 to fill :dance: So i get the best of both worlds...drive a beast to work & back & costs are pretty cheap in comparison to petrol! However, if you don't envisage covering around 10000 miles in the car or aren't intending keeping it then the LPG wont pay for itself. It's definitely worth considering, the VR runs even smoother on LPG! :thumbleft:

PM received & payment sent. Will see what I can do on the vr6oc. Cheers!

Thanks for the add to the list :smug: Its strange at the vr6oc as sometimes they're on the ball with stuff and other times...not so much! PM me the payment details & price and I'll get the funds to you :thumbleft: Cheers!

Hi, could I put my name down for just a front engine mount set if thats ok? Am a paid up vr6oc member and I can't find anything about this group buy? I'll post a link to here in the Group Buy Section and see if any more want to put their names down. Cheers!