Steve bain 10 Posted March 20, 2017 Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Hi everyone. I'm from Devon and have owned my scirocco for 17 odd years. I have recently undertaken another restoration on it so its really clean. I have always wanted a VR6, as a kid it was the gold standard in magazines etc. Nowadays so many people are doing 1.8T conversions so i thought it was about time to get myself a VR6 and do it. I bought an mot failure sharan for £150 with a good strong 135k engine. I have stripped it out along with gearbox, wiring loom, ecu, transmission, gearstick and some other bits. The rest of the car is being scrapped on thursday. I plan to use a 'bolt in' set of mounts from here: http://www.classic-vw.co.uk/mk1-golf-epytec-vr6-engine-conversion-mounts--02a--02j-gearbox-mounts-14704-p.asp I will then get custom shafts made and the rest will 'fall into place' hopefully. First problem is i have a dbv gearbox which i think is no good so need to find myself a gearbox now....but i will ask about that in the right places. anyway, looking forward to my adventures into VR6 ownership. Steve VR6 Supercharged, plastictrickery, Charlie.nursey and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Steve bain 10 Posted March 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 not that people seem particularly chatty, but it is now out, started to clean it up and have stripped SAI, EGR, PCV, AC pump, PAS pump and auxilary water pump. I also stripped off loads of coolant pipes to bare bones. I have now stripped the loom of non essentials and have purchased an 02a gearbox and shifter so it all on track. I have also started painting the block but ran out of paint! next job is to strip it down and get parts powdercoated and do more turbo research.... VR6 Supercharged 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ssaunders 199 Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 Nice Rocco. i have found that the epytec stuff is cheaper direct, the last stuff i bought from them took less than a week to arrive. Bar-Tek are reasonable as well. Besters on here does a short shift thats great, dont know if it will fit your scenario though. good luck with build. s Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 This will look awesome sitting in the engine bay. Rarely do you see many 'rocco conversions. I imagine the engine will sit quite low due to the cheese wedge shape of the front end? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6CABBS 1,311 Posted March 28, 2017 Report Share Posted March 28, 2017 Welcome to the club and the world of the vr6. This will be an awesome build and should you run into any head scratching scenario's post up a thread in the designated section. There's plenty of VR nuts here to help mate. Link to post Share on other sites
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