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This is my vrt had it about 6 weeks so far the only thing I've is have a new exhaust fitted because it was way too loud. Brief spec is: Woosner forged pistons Shot peened rods Pelequin diff Gt35r turbo 450cc injectors H&R coilovers G60 brakes Bbs replica wheels It's running united motorsport software with an apexi avcr boost controller set at a max of 1.4 bar and 1.25 for daily driving. After winter main plan is some new wheels to be able to fit bigger brakes Here's a couple of my mk1 too it's just a bog standard 1.1 with 16" rs' and coilovers

Evening all, I'm getting married next April & for our honeymoon we're going to do a 7 day driving tour round Europe My dilemma is that the future Mrs has said we can take the VR6 The problem is.... It's a bloody auto & driving round Europe, down as far as Italy, through the mountains requires three pedals & a proper gearbox!..... So do I sell the current one & buy a manual one or do I convert to manual? Bearing in mind that I have no free time & a 6month old daughter. HELP! Cheers Jamie

hi guys just bought a syncro rear subframe for my build, would anyone no how i fit the hubs into it I.E huns bearings brakes etc thanks

Right im not one for putting photos up of my car but seen as its all vr's on here why not iv had the car for 8 month now and it was in a bit of a bad way and the last owner was given gift voucher for halfords. only payed £410 tax and tested But clutch was just about gone and 90miles away from home the bloody exhurst fell off so order was placed for new clutch cat back powerflow exhurst and a vr splitter Not happy there i was on the hunt for new wheels found a set of 16" merc 8 holes with h/r adapters so got them fitted parts sat waiting to be fitted are light smoke rear lights hella twin

Sounds like a good formula that. Having a second car (daily) when our VR's are now knocking on abit is a win win situation. When you drive the daily, the VR feels like it's faster than the speed of light, but also takes out the stress fixing it up and not worrying about it having a flap and breaking down but more importantly your not spanking your money on petrol that could be put to better use fixing it up Club Chairman

Congratulations on the pending marriage, I think the decision will depend on a few factors 1) time / money as you previously mentioned 2) is it worth buying another one if you have done a lot of work to yours? What I'm trying to say is that you could buy one and could have mechanical issues on your honeymoon with an "unknown" car, you'd never hear the last of it from the other half lol If the rest of your car is in good condition and you have a good base, converting to manual will make it more desirable. It has been done a few times, should be threads covering it on here I don't think

Just to clear this up for anyone else wondering about errors and ECUs and coolant sensors. It turns out that my alternator failed the same day that I replaced the sensor, and the high idle seemed to be as a result of this. The alternator was replaced this afternoon and now the car idles at about 750-800 ish again, and feels good. Will get vag-com on it anyhow when I find a windows laptop or a reader turns up, but for now, problem solved!

basically it rotates the same direction that the wheels would going forward on each side

Sorry to steal your thread about your abs but I'll be moving to Plymouth area once we've got dates to move into new house, is there much in the way of meets of anything in the area? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow Dude you must keep the syncro (It's VR6OC law ) ... rare as rocking horses mate... If you can save it pop on www.petrolicious.com/ and get yourself a video... OEM+ in my opinion is the way forwards there... Keep us up to date and do a build thread... we will help out with contacts and support where ever we can. Good luck and we're all looking forwards to the photos..trust us PS where is western MD? (Excuse my ignorance ). If you are USA then there surely cannot be many at all over that side of the pond..?????

Oh and these came up on the bay so I snapped em up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Didn't think it'd be this bad! I thought, bit of surface rust,clean it up treat it underseal it or whatever.........wrong!! But I suppose if you're going to do something you got to do it properly! Nearly there with the rust now so I can start on the rest of the bodywork, which is good because I hate doing rust! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I will highly recommend the halfords advanced cover if covering your car up and it lives outside, the 3 strong straps and buckles laughed in the face of the wind and rain, the Clarke one lasted ok in summer but did get a tear in it where the elasticated edge was stitched on in a summer breeze. The halfords one also feels softer inside. To summarise, I still wish I just had a garage.

If you are going that route lift it out with the front off is the easiest, the entire front end comes off in 6 bolts, the worst part is wrangling the gearbox out in situ, I would take the whole lot out still together. Dunno about 7 hours I did headgasket, full chains and clutch and ended up taking about 2 weeks lol, did get quite sidetracked with anything I decided needed doing on the way though, and had to remove and reinstall the gearbox twice though (the worst job of it all with the block still in the car!) as my flywheel was no longer flat so with the new clutch was shaking like a shittin

I have a 1.0 corsa to run about in so the golf isn't my daily driver. Would like to try it one of the reasons I took on a project was to push my limits as a mechanic and also learn new skills. That's why I want to paint it myself and I have a painter to show me and keep me on track.

I'd love to make mine 4wd when I turbo it. It mite happen as its always gonna be an on going project lol Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk

Liking the sound of your plans, already looks good and will go like a rocket with a turbo on it. Good luck with the Peugeot might be worth checking the clutch cable on it.I have had a few customers complain of clutch going and turned out to be the cable on peugeots as the teeth inside the adjuster wear down over time and the cable doesn't pull the arm all the way back on the box.

Like I say it only took that length of time because of the shifts we work and the weather and having to spend time with our families lol. I've went on to put full black colour concept leather in it, a full custom magnaflow stainless exhaust and an induction kit and coilovers on. The future plans are upgrade my brakes get another bare engine strip it and rebuild it ready for a turbo and turn the car to a VRT ;D Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk

Got the passenger side all welded up this week,it seemed pretty solid when I stripped off the wing and side skirt.....I was wrong the bit of surface scabs had started going all the way through, thanks to all of the crap that had collected behind the splash guard after 17 years off driving! This is what I found after cleaning off the paint; Cut a bit of sill out to have a look inside and found this; Ended up cutting a lump of inner sill out and putting some thicker plate in there to strengthen the jacking point but forgot to take photos! Then just used the front section of the pattern sill as t

Nice to see some1 spending the time and money sorting it instead of just breaking it :-) good on ya chap ;-) Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

Name: VW Golf Mk2 (1991) Date Added: 19 December 2013 - 01:34 PM Owner: michael5556 Short Description: Vr6 turbo View Vehicle

So far I have fitted a new exhaust back box and centre pipe, a k+n induction kit and wing is ready to go on. Also fitted a set of coilovers last weekend. They are cheap eBay ones for now but come with 2 year warranty so will do for now. Only pic I have after the suspension change. Next up is replace the heater matrix, refurb my new alloys in anthracite, paint all exterior trims in vw gloss black pearl. Then prep the whole car for paint after New Years.

Then I built it back up and flattened it back and my mate machine polished it then to nice and shiney Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk

In the same day in the bodyshop it went to this That's 4 layers of colour next is the lacquer Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk

Hi, Any chance of you shareing that info you found, my car needs settig up as well.

There is a circlip on the shaft that you need to take off then just chap it off with a hammer mate but make sure you remember what way the bearing cage goes and how the bearings fit in as its a knightmare to put back together

I thought it may have ment to be there when I opened it as it looks too neat to be a knock and later on I looked at some pics online and looked like it was there on them all, just thought I'd better check lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Think I've found it on a pdf file Sent from Dagobah

Hi, just an update for you. After doing the head gasket and still finding a small leak I chucked in a bottle of K-Seal to the coolant. Does what it says on side ot' tin. Tenner well spent.