3.0 litre upgrade

[loveofcorrados 0]

Hi everyone i'm new to the forum so excuse my naivety.

I've had my VR6 for 18 months, its coming up for its 150 000 mark so a re-build is emminant. I was just wondering if anyone here's attempted the 2.9 to 3.0 litre tune up and whether i could pick their brains about hassle, price and rewards.

thanks for your time

ryan

[Supercharged 2]

Stealth Racing have done several of these over the years, the biggest expense will be the custom pistons

[pete_griff 0]

24v is the way to go my friend - relatively easily available, cheap and much more useable power :)

[AlgarveVR6 0]

Hi

Had a rebore and stuff last year. Don't see that making 2.9 to a 3.0 would make that much difference.

Rebore and keep it standard, or 24v route. Don't bother with the hassle of custom made pistons etc.

Enjoy

[dr_mat 0]

Hold on a moment .. just because it says 150,000 on the clock doesn't mean the engine is about to go pop. If you *want* to upgrade, or there's a good reason to (it's burning tons of oil, or it's knocking like the bottom end is dead) then fair enough.. but don't just assume. These things are good for 2-300k miles if used carefully, maybe with just a head recondition here and there.

[tandino 0]

buy my 2.8 bottom end and get it rebored to a 2.9!!

Use you old pistons

Job done!!1

[Funkster 0]

Another echo of dr_mat's post, I rebuilt mine (just +20thou) as it was using a bit of oil (500 miles between min and max) and was rattling a bit, but to be honest it didn't need half of what I ended up doing to it. New timing chains and head re-con would have been best I think. I didn't even manage to get rid of the rattle despite replacing pretty much every wearing part!

 

Does now do ~2500 miles between min and max oil though.

 

ttfn,

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Olly

[Kevin Bacon 5]

I wouldn't bother going 3.0 personally unless you're going forced induction with forged pistons, and even then I would only go out as far as 83mm (2937cc), otherwise the bore walls get a little on the thin side.

[Chris Langdon 0]

i agree with Dr.mat, those bottom ends go on forever if looked after, has the head been off yet??? whats you oil consumption like? is there a reason why you say its emminant?

 

dont fix something that aint broke

 

regards

 

Chris