Sneak Peek

[Lorenz]

Nice work Matt, came up tops. What your plans with it? Another daily or flog it off?

[Golf Loon]

Nice work Matt, came up tops. What your plans with it? Another daily or flog it off?

Probably sell it, although I lent it to my mate and I may have trouble prising it off him.

[MattyT]

Looks nice!

the rear window is still GL-spec tho

[Golf Loon]

Looks nice!

the rear window is still GL-spec tho

What do you mean?
The spoiler is colourcoded, thats it...

If you are refrring to the led in the spoiler, thats an early / late thing, not a GL / VR6 thing.

[99_FGT]

Noice. I like.
Did it end up getting the whole VR6 front end (including brakes)? Earlier pics show the CL 2 door, later ones appear to have VR6 brakes.
Cheers,
Al..

[Mrk_Mickey]

Just to save him some time, loon's car is a full 2-door vr6. FULL.

I don't even think you can have a vr6 without the widetrack suspension..

[MattyT]

What do you mean?
The spoiler is colourcoded, thats it...

If you are refrring to the led in the spoiler, thats an early / late thing, not a GL / VR6 thing.

Oh ok then fair nuff.

In other news, does the 2 door shell weigh less than the 4 door? Is the shell stronger? More rigid?

[DubSteve]

I don't even think you can have a vr6 without the widetrack suspension..

You can there are guys in the US doing VR conversions with 4 studders still

[jayjay]

the thing with aussie vr conversions is that there a whole lot more vr6s than g60s or seat cupras.. and not a plethora of cheap shiny fat wheels..

so it's a lot easier to do a whole wide track subframe conversion rather than just the motor... you wouldn't want 239mm front brakes with a vr6.. which is exactly what you'd get with a mk2 vr6 conversion if you only changed the motor...

the 2dr shell isn't really that much lighter than a 5 door, except it looks far sexier....

[Golf Loon]

Its a full VR6 conversion. Widetrack suspension, big brakes, wiring loom, abs, mfa, cruise control, everything.
We took every wire and mechanical part out of the VR6 and put it in the 2 door.

I didnt think it would be much lighter, but it must be as it flies in comparison to all the 5 doors I have been in. Could just be a very fresh motor though.

I`ll try and weigh it if I have time.

Just drove it home in the rain! Untold wheelspin in every gear! Grin factor plus.