mk1 vr6

[V3DUB 0]

Hardly corrado but i just wanted your opinions.

I have a 2.9 vr6 engine and one of my second cars is a mk1 golf gti.

I want to drop the engine into the golf.

What are your opinions, has this been done before?

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Yes, Awesome GTI did it several years ago.

 

Do a mid-engine RWD conversion and turbo it 8)

[coolrado 0]

or chuck a porsche 944 engine in it like the one in pvw :shock:

i thought it looked standard from the outside until they showed it next to a standard one :lol:

[Henny 0]

to fit the VR into the MKI you need to completely re-build the front chassis legs to get the engine to fit into the bay, then you need to re-engineer the front suspension to use subframes (the MKI doens't have 'em...) so you can mount the engine and gearbox. You need a cable shift mechanism and hydraulic clutch setup fitting to the MKI shell and some SERIOUS brake upgrades...

 

It IS do-able, but don't think it's an easy job... There's a couple of MKI VR6s around now, some are much better than others (the Awesome one was just that... fecking amazingly well done... 8) :notworthy: )...

 

Good luck if you decide to do it.... It's a lot easier to drop one in a MKII though... ;)

[dazzyvr6 0]

http://www.designadubs.com/index.html i think matt was one of the first to do a mk1 golf vr6 conversion and to top it off its 4x4 aswell

[Geo 0]

I sold a complete 2.8 drivetrain out of a mk3 to a guy last week who was planning to put it in a mk1. I didn't know if it was possible but I didn't tell him that :D

[Pablos 0]

Here's a link to the Awesome Mk1 VR6, it was a lot of work to get this in but the finished result was spectacular. :)

Link - http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/gallery/mk1vr6gallery.html

[V3DUB 0]

it could have done with a better colour!

[Riley 0]

is it not green now? cant remember :oops:

 

the guy who owned it not long ago came to look at mine to buy it!

 

he said mine was quicker,had him holding the dash saying 'i hope the brakes work!? :lol:

 

neil.

[V3DUB 0]

Riley, what engine is in yours?

[Riley 0]

it was just a valver lump on new 45 webbers with s.sprint 4 branch and magnex system,was stripped out also.

 

put out 174 bhp @ the fly when it was set up.

 

neil. :)

[corradostorm 0]

Nooooo. Don't do it. I'll ruin the cars balance.

[Pablos 0]

The Awesome peach VR6 is green now, I think I saw an article in PVW about it last year where they took some photos at the Trafford centre near Manchester. btw Riley your mk1 looks the business!!!!! :)

[Riley 0]

btw Riley your mk1 looks the business!!!!! :)

 

cheers m8!

 

shame it dosnt look like that anymore, (click),but itll be back 8)

 

neil.