G60 Engine conversion

[V3DUB 0]

Hi all need some advice on the way forward. My 52k vr6 was smashed from behind a month ago and this car was stunning pre accident also i bought a black g60 over 6mths ago for 1700 pound and was going to sell this on the car has excellent body but the engine is average conditon i never really got round to advertising it as the condition of the body alone makes me want to keep it i've had all the brakes re furbed new pads discs etc. My vr has been written off and i will be buying the car back from the insurance. I want to put the VR6 engine into the G60 but they are five stud which will mean converting front and rear suspension. Is it possible to fit the engine without changing the suspension?. I have seen some golfs with vr6 engines and they are 4 stud and from what i know corrado is based on golf mk2. Is this possible?

[Blue_Joe 0]

If you have the doner car why not transfer everything as the suspension is different on a VR due to the extra weight!

[V3DUB 0]

Blue_Joe, The car was smashed from behind whilst parked, its pretty bad from the rear up to the quarters, i wouldn't trust suspension from a car hit that bad

[Blue_Joe 0]

Fair enough - But as I say the suspension on a VR is different to that on the G60 due to the extra weight so I would say that you'd need to get new!

[W3RKD 0]

you can change everything that bolts onto the front subframe then for the rear just buy some vr6 disc's and new bearings. Aslong as you have the doner car for the front end conversion the rear will be no problems at all to convert to 5 stud

HTH

[_Monkey 0]

If it's only the back of the car that's smashed up, could you salvage the front struts off of the VR?