My New VR6 *Little Update Thread*

[HaydEn]

True. Should be the last thing that gets done at a shop however.

I called them today and by the looks of things they won't be able to get it back together by 5. So I must wait till Monday:@

[HaydEn]

If you rust a bonnet, keep the current one as spare so you don't have to respray another when you go to sell.

Of course!
I bought ray's old one to do. I'll always like the OEM+ for my cars. But I wanted to run a little rat style, for a few weeks.

[HaydEn]

So I have 2 years of p's to go.. But I'm set on this car.

I'm thinking. R32 crank, .120 thou oversized pistons gt35 turbocharger.
Or a twin turbo set up, possible awd or massive slicks FWD drag attack + track attack car

What is the opinions?

Sorry for the dumb post, I'm out having a few...

[Ben J]

Realistically I'd bet nothing you just said is going to happen, no offence. Especially an AWD conversion. Good luck with that.

2 years is a long time. May as well get some NA power out of it for now, then think about turboing it when you actually can, if you havent written it off/sold it/lost interest by then.

Not meaning to put you down, just saying.

[HaydEn]

Awd was a leap I know, but it is receiving oversized pistons, turbocharger and supporting mods.

[patmould93]

Nice car man, I like the rims especially. I got ****ed around about the H4 and H1 globes yesterday by Repco who told me they were H4s, then I look mine out and they were H1s I'm an idiot and should have looked in the manual/pulled them out first

And yeah hahaha turbo + AWD conversion would be insane Definately wouldn't want to be going the turbo without the AWD, as this will happen: GOLF VR6 TURBO - YouTube (skip to 1:50, plenty of wheelspin). Good luck with it all anyway

[HaydEn]

Thanks pat. The wheels have grown on me too. I have never really been fond of that style but I think they sit good on the mk3. The whole headlight situation is a complete mess up and highly annoying. But at least it's now confirmed for others

That is one insane car. I saw one running 6-8psi and it was pretty quick and manage to keep the wheelspin minimum whilst running a little over 200kw.

So, I've been thinking about getting an exhaust system. However, from what i have read is, the corrado is rated at a few kW more due to a 2.36" exhaust and different cat, compared to the golf's 2.25".

So theoretically, if I ran a 2.36" with a different cat i should see an increase in power, noise and still remain a healthy amount of back pressure. Or alternatively can I run a bit bigger, such as a 2.5, and not lose much down low torque/power and backpressure?

As for tips I have no idea; I've seen the usual types I.e Remus, Magnaflow etc. I was think maybe the Xforce Varex if anyone has used one?

What have some of you other VR6 guys done?

[HaydEn]

So next little thing was removal of the chrome gearknob and replace it with something a little more OEM.
A 'MK4 GTi' gearknob of fleabay.

[HaydEn]

So on this sunny change of a day, i busted out the wet n dry and from a little toy from jamie this was the result!
Before:


After



Unfortunately the photos were taking in the shade so it isnt as shiny
Its actually not really visibile at all, i sanded up the intake manifold and the side valve cover..

[HaydEn]

A sight you want to see in the morning