Mo123456 0 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Alrite ppl, I have a 1995 Volkswagen Golf 1.6CL and have decided to carry out a VR6 conversion on this. From what I have heard this is possible so if u beg to differ let me know . What I am planning to do is purchase a golf vr6 as a donor car for all the parts needed as I have been told to do it this way as buying parts seperately ends up being very expensive as you never know what part u need until u found out its missing.What I would like to know is if u guys out there know of any places that can do this for me as I will be supplying all parts but from the donor car so the cost involved will be the labour of removing all parts and transferring them to the 1.6. Also any approximate costs will be helpful.Cheers guys Link to post Share on other sites
VR6gaz 0 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Why not just buy a VR6 *-) and swap any modded bits (if u have any) on to the VRjust my opinion but i cant see the point in building a car u can buy Link to post Share on other sites
6potmkII 0 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 i agree with vr6gaz on this on mate, i can undertand putting the vr6 lump into a mk1/2 but the mk3 already comes with vr6 engine/brakes/suspension etc, it will probably cost you more than just buying a vr6 in the first place anyway especialy if you want to pay someone to do it for you...costs?..... i wouldav thought ATLEAST £1500 labour and lets just say for arguments sake doner car was £1000 (wouldnt say a minter probebly have a shite engine at that price).....so already your looking at £2500 with a crap doner car!!! add another £500 probly fin yourself a nice highline for that...an not to mension all the hassle of finding this... finding that... gettin rid of the old parts and shell thats left over etc etc....im only saying this co ive carried out a vr into a mk2 conversion with a doner car so i kno all the work involved, an i would go through it for a car i could buy for less money involved in the forst place.but anyway..... if you still want to go ahead with it, buying a donr car is the best way as youl have near enuff all the parts need Link to post Share on other sites
jaysVR6 2 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Seems like a bit of a waste of money buddy tbh. Cut your losses and spend no more money on your CL (which I dare say you have) sell it and buy a VR. Link to post Share on other sites
EmkayVR6 0 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 unless u can get a donor car really cheap then i'd agree with the others Link to post Share on other sites
cabrioman 6 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 i total agree y bulid wot u can buy only reason i built cos mine is a cabrio and u cant buy them with a vr lump ........ cost me loads but that cos i stripped the engine and rebuilt it using vw parts only Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Plus insurance will be higher than a proper VR6 Link to post Share on other sites
matth76 1 Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Will be far far cheaper to buy a proper VR mate. It would be very expensive because it's not just the engine - all the electrics/looming, handling suspension, brakes, cooling system, exhaust system etc etc... then all the tuning to get it all set up right. Labour would be HUGE. And as said above insurance will also be much higher with a VR transplant car - insurance cars just hate it.. mainly due to their ignorance. You're basically looking at double the price of a VR. A very good VR with 70-80k miles full service history can be picked up for £2500-£3000. Link to post Share on other sites
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