vr6guy 29 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Bought my vr6 last year in april and obsolutely loved it! but there was a few things needed doing to it and i was gonna sell it but i thought why not start a project!Its a 2.8, has 2.9 corrado gearbox, 11mm HT leads, air filter and full stainless exhaust with decat.Took it to santa pod and ran a 14.9 heres the old girlAs you can see theres some rust issues! but thats gonna be sorted at some point i jacked it up last year to have a look under neath and the jack went straight through the floor!!! i was gutted!i got both new seals and welded up and a patch welded in the passenger rear footwell and also decided i want some more power.... so heres whats going in Link to post Share on other sites
Nex 17 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Nice what plans you got for it? Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Bought my vr6 last year in april and obsolutely loved it! but there was a few things needed doing to it and i was gonna sell it but i thought why not start a project!Its a 2.8' date=' has 2.9 corrado gearbox, 11mm HT leads, air filter and full stainless exhaust with decat.Took it to santa pod and ran a 14.9 heres the old girlAs you can see theres some rust issues! but thats gonna be sorted at some point i jacked it up last year to have a look under neath and the jack went straight through the floor!!! i was gutted!i got both new seals and welded up and a patch welded in the passenger rear footwell and also decided i want some more power.... so heres whats going in Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Nice what plans you got for it?im putting in the new turbo engine for a start going to get the bodywork done when its back on the road so that'll be the last thing to do i guess.thats gonna be doing the dent in the drivers door, rust on the passenger door, rear arches will need replacing and front wings replaced and front bumper will be painted as well cos the new bumper has been cut in places to make the intercooler pipes fit the new front pipe i have is also to big to fit the old exhaust as its like twice the bore! :Sso im gonna get it big bore all the way through... yahooo Link to post Share on other sites
Nex 17 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 haha wicked keep updating the thread so we can see how you get on as and when Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 haha wicked keep updating the thread so we can see how you get on as and when will do' date=' have the front end of at the moment, but its going slow! gotta get the exhaust of and drive shafts then its pretty much ready to come out. measured exhaust, its 3" bore, so gonna have 3" all the way through Link to post Share on other sites
chief ka kar 0 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 You may have to slim that exhaust down to go over the rear axle mines 2.5" straight thro and bangs on the floor because its lowered. Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 oh really :Show much is yours lowered by? when i bought my vr i was told its lowered 50 or 60mm. Link to post Share on other sites
jims13 6 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 no it can be done, mine was 3" all the way through , pm me if you want to chat Link to post Share on other sites
golfrabbit33 0 Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 i had 3" front to back on mine. Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Right engine is out As you can see its not the best of places to get the engine out but ill have to make do!!CAN NOT WAIT TILL ITS DONE!!!! am dying to take it out for a spin heres some pics Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted April 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 right the engine is in but im having trouble now with a few things...theres some plugs on the engine which i dont know where they go! and i have a fuel pressure gauge which i want to connect up but im not 100% sure what pipe goes where. there are two pipes coming from the fuel rail into the gauge and im guessing i just follow the pipes straight through..... any ideas people? heres a video linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjh_-f-yylU Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 help any1?? Link to post Share on other sites
oolubs 0 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 You mean the 3 different colour plugs? or the Small green little one in ya vid, so many unplugged cables not sure which ones in ya vid u meant.nathan Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 well ive sorted the little green plug and the other 3 coloured plugs on the front of the engine now. (been 4 months since i stripped it all so its hard to remember where it all goes!! )theres a brown plug at the top right hand corner of the engine which i have no idea where that goes! on my standard vr enginge i had before it didnt have that plug....also on the engine i had before there was a plug at top left hand corner of engine where the throttle body was which plugged into the breather pipe on the air fitler pipe, but on this turbo engine theres a sort of like "air filter" there instead so theres no place for that plug to go.... does that mean any warning lights will come up on the dash?one last thing is theres a black 2 pin plug at front of engine (seen in vid) and i dont know where that goes either! :Si hope some1 can help! as i said i stripped it all at christmas time and memory is a bit crap. Link to post Share on other sites
chief ka kar 0 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 That plug for the oil breather is for you pcv valve i think they call it i dont think it would give you an error. Link to post Share on other sites
oolubs 0 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 The small one wont give yoiu an error its a spare sensor for a standard Vr lump but as the turbo conversion has extras elsewhere its fine Link to post Share on other sites
oolubs 0 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Just wondering if the brown one has something to do with gearbox, trying to remember as my vr being fixed so trying to remember myself lol, reverse switch maybe not 100% sureNathan Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 That plug for the oil breather is for you pcv valve i think they call it i dont think it would give you an error.ok thanks, its not plugged into anything now, just sitting there... :S Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Just wondering if the brown one has something to do with gearbox' date=' trying to remember as my vr being fixed so trying to remember myself lol, reverse switch maybe not 100% sureNathan[/quote']yeh ive got the reverse switch plugged in, think its the right one anyway Link to post Share on other sites
chief ka kar 0 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Yeah because the oil breather as been replaced with an after market one. So i think it would be ok just to leave it off Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 right engine is running!! i havent finished it yet but i thought i'd start it up and see if it worked.... which it did no warning lights are up, just the battery light as my battery is dead! so will have to get another one of them.things to do:driveshafts need to go inneeds antifreezegearbox oilpower steering fluidthe rest of the intercooler pipes need to go on (but am having trouble trying to figure out how there going to go! especially since theres no room for the air filter and battery!the smaller pipes need plugging onto wastegate and air pipes etc.... then its putting the interior back together (since i had welding done) and then start on the bodywork!my god it never seems to end does it!oh and i need to get an exhaust made for it Link to post Share on other sites
chief ka kar 0 Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Good stuff mate keep plugging away and am sure you will get there soon, and am sure it will be well worth it Link to post Share on other sites
Alex22 0 Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 get some pics up of how its all going Link to post Share on other sites
vr6guy 29 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 i will try get some pics! buts it not looking to healthy at the moment tried putting driveshafts in today but need to lever the engine forward as i cant swing the driveshaft in.Antifreeze is done and gearbox oil is done.Trouble i have now is the oil light has come on :Swhen i first started engine all was well, next day i started it the oil light came up, checked oil level and it was well low! i filled up oil and light went out.but then today light has come on again, oil level is ok though.... havent touched anything to affect oil, or switches etc :S any ideas guys?also having trouble trying to get intercooler pipes to fit and a bit confused on the piping for the wastegate and air filter etc. they look like bleed nipples with banjo bolts going through themthere is one nipple on the dump valve, one on the piping coming from the throttle body to the dump valve, another 2 nipples on the wastegate (one on the side of the wastegate and one on the top of the wastegate) and another sort of "pipe" coming out from the throttle body area. these all have to be linked somehow with these flexie pipes i have but have no clue how they go.can you tell i havent had any experience with turbos? haha would appreciate any help guys! im struggling! Link to post Share on other sites
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