VR6 Vento, well almost

[GoLfMan]

awesome jimmy

Will finally give the Vento an engine it deserves

[Jmac]

Technology has let me down badly, my last phone had the 1st piccies and they are gone, ah well, we all know what a Vr looks like in a Golf3 and a 2.0L in a Vento. Ok next pics have the engines out and pics are a bit onthe rough side but the conversion is in mid flight.

Was a Manual Vr6 Golf3

Was a 2.0ltr Auto Vento

Sorry about this pic but it has the Golf 3 Subframe, Driveshafts, Black forest mounts, and i have put the full VR6 loom in the bay at this stage sorry for the poor pics.

Engine is sat in its place and all the loom in the engine bay hooked up minus what goes on at the front, New Crack pipe, thermo housing etc but waiting for seals so still has to be finished. As before mentioned i fitted the long rod for the pedal cluster, removed the big pedal and the cluster now has 3 normal sized pedals, new bushes and pedal retaining clips. Master cylinder, servo and clutch master cyl also now in place before the engine was fitted for obvious reasons.

Again sorry about the pic but glad i got some, will try harder when i see the project next. Here the Vento dash is out to gain access to the pedal box, fusebox etc and soon the VR dash will be in there, take note there is a gearstick in there now!!!
Cheers for now
Jmac

[Bora Sport]

Jimmy. Just as a matter of interest. Will the spring rate of the VR6 rear suspension be ok for the heavier rear end of the Vento or will the springs need to be changed? And maybe I am jumping the gun with this question but will you be changing the rear beam axle?

[Jmac]

Jimmy. Just as a matter of interest. Will the spring rate of the VR6 rear suspension be ok for the heavier rear end of the Vento or will the springs need to be changed? And maybe I am jumping the gun with this question but will you be changing the rear beam axle?

No need to worry mate the Golf has K springs as does the VR6 Vento so all good. I am changing the beam for the obvious 4 stud to 5. So that covers that but yeah you are right normal Vento set up wouldnt cut it
Cheers
Jmac

[Bora Sport]

Thanks. I wasn't worried I was just interested. I assume the Konis and lowered springs that I bought when I had the VR are still on it.

[Jmac]

Thanks. I wasn't worried I was just interested. I assume the Konis and lowered springs that I bought when I had the VR are still on it.

Im sure you werent worried , only as part of my speech mate, So many issues found with the Koni installs its not funny mate, its a shocker, brake hoses rubbing etc and loose nuts and bolts, dont know if it had been looked at after the install but im only saying it as i see it, not good the list goes on, anyway itll be tight where its going.
Jmac

[Bora Sport]

Interesting. It was all kosher when I had it. Graeme and I bought the kits together when we both had VR's. I think there have been 3 owners since I had it. As I recall it had around 180,000k's on it when I sold it.

[gldgti]

Nice to see this vento bound for greatness, when I saw it first it was in some tall-ish grass on someones front lawn and they didn't know it was rare

Great project! When I changed my CL to disk rear end, I used a vr6 rear beam (because it has a built in stiffener, and the one in my CL didnt). But had it not been for that, I would simply have swapped over the stub axles. Apart from that stiffening rod, I couldnt see any difference.... just incase the Vento one has that stiffener.

[Golf Loon]

Yeah I reckon the Vento rear beam is the same width and swaybar spec as VR6 Jimmy. You could just swop the disks and be done

Nice to see a Vento VR6 conversion hapenning mate. Real sleeper thats for sure.

Keep at it

[Jmac]

Yeah I reckon the Vento rear beam is the same width and swaybar spec as VR6 Jimmy. You could just swop the disks and be done

Nice to see a Vento VR6 conversion hapenning mate. Real sleeper thats for sure.

Keep at it

Yeah im sure thats correct after checking the specs, ill swap over the stubs too. Yeah it would have been finished if it wasnt for backlog and unexpected hospital visit , ah well. Should be fun when all done. Ill get a spot in my diary soon i hope.
Cheers
Jmac