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I've owned my vr for nearly 2 years now and been a vr6oc forum user for a while untill i upgraded to a member and I thought it was about time that i started something to tell the story of my much loved VR So im a massive VW fan and had vw's since i passed my test 7 years ago and got hooked on the vw seen loved going to all the shows and got tied up with a really good crew of vw lovers in the south west. fast forward a few years i sold my current vw for a plane ticket and i moved to New Zealand with nothing more than 23kg of clothes! Been here for 2 1/2 years and really love the life style

as title guys, who is the cheapest to buy these parts from?? golf vr6 2.8. or would genuine new standard headbolts be ok for a stage 2 supercharger running 8psi @300bhp?? also standard headgasket ok?? best regards

tried this before will little success, not after an essay just a few letters/numbers as to what oil you put/recommend in a supercharged vr6 with extensive mods running 314+bhp all the best!

My mk3 vr6 more door. Story goes that I bough the car of my customer (now a very good friend) Jamie who asked me to supply and fit air ride to his 1997 minter. Shortly after giving the car back to him he called me asking if I wanted the car as he was going to put it up for sale. After spending so many hours fixing a few bodges that other mechanics have done in the past for J, detailing the cargo last bolt and nut and seeing its transformation in my workshop I kind of got attached to it and for no matter what, I didn't want jamie to sell it to someone who would take so much pride in it as Jamie

Ok so after pulling my head off it revieled all 12 valve guides are worn. So new valves and guides are needed. What make of valve is recomended? Ive been to vw and for all 12 valves im looking at £270. Does anyone know which company made te valves for vw? Any info on this will be grateful.

hey corrado buffs, whats involved in swapping the 2.0 16v to a VR6?? im hoping just a case of VR engine, box, mounts, shafts, loom, ecu?? and just swap everything over an loom will plug straight into the 2.0 fuse box?? thanks for any help

Just bought a turbo from him and he was a massive help. Gave me a lot of info that I never knew which helped a lot. Great communications and the item was as described. Might be back for more info from you! Cheers mate:)

Youve probably seen my other post, but I spoke to vice today and he helped out with which guides to use. But turns out valves are not required and all the play was in the guides.

Ive got the head off, all the guides are fubard the engines done 150,000 miles. Spoke to vince at stelth and he pointed me in the right direction of a good set of guides, problam is im in essex so im going to use my local engine builders. Went to my local engineering shop and they have confirmed just the guides need doing and they said that the guide im using are a very good spec. Cheers vince! Ill be down soon for my map when the chargers on.

the headgasket is weeping coolant down the block on the 2.8 golf vr6, ive cleaned it thinking its the core plug but its not. what else should i replace once its all off?? all the chains and guides have been done 3 years ago! compression test is still showing 160psi and there is no water mixing with oil etc......... new headbolts - ARP?? genuine headgasket i get a bit of oily smoke when i start it up sometimes but it clears straight away, guides im guessing?? may as-well replace everything necessary while its apart! regards

for my headgasket problems, sorry to ask many questions! thanks guys

I will do Pete. It'll be towards the back end of July mate Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

ive got a OBD1 golf vr6 as you know but i cant have it off the road for long as i need it for work! ive found a OBD2 head for sale for cheap! i am getting this rebuilt / skimmed etc............. will this fit on my OBD1 block?? i know there is something different about the top chains with one being a single chain and one being a double?? what about the side chain covers will that need to be skimmed or is it ok??

Haha! I had one a while back and thought it was ok too! Then again I was starving. So much I would have eaten anything Club Chairman

Bentley manual should have them in, I'd look in mine but it's down in cornwall I'm sure someone on here will be able to tell you, if not I'll look and post when I'm next down Sent from your mums iPhone using Tapatalk

ha i see you got the trademark 1 missing sill strip lol

There might be different castings on it. I went from a obd2 head to a obd1 head that had been played with and I had to cut a bit of the head away to get the rotrex charger back on

I haven't myself, but l have heard good things about them. They seem to be pretty widely used by the VW crowd so cant be bad lol

Full respect, if i had never got married id be up to your standard now because i haven't got the balls to argue with the mrs. HAHA. no seriously mate a lot of time and more importantly money spent on that, just wish i had your dedication!!! Good work!!!!

Heres some pics for you of where im at ,, boost pipes all tig welded thanks to my mate fitz,, filled it with coolant tonight so could get it up to temp and it runs so much better warm ,, Having a few starting problems where it takes ages to fire up from cold then wont idle till its warmed up abit.. pics ] ] ] just need to bleed the brakes and finnish the exhaust now so it can be tested ,, will be at Fitted UK on 20th july at weatherby race course ..

So... I've now made a contact in Washington that's gonna do my banded steels for me.. Gonna charge £200 all in to what I want.. Gonna start them next week hopefully. So saves me sending them to Essex lol.. Pics to follow then all you nasty boys can stop calling me names when they look sweet on my ride Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Just before Xmas managed to get hold of a unit but it had so much rubbish init so took a month on constant cleaning but got to tow the golf there was the scetchey thing I've ever done got my mate to tow it with my car on a bar but I had no pedal box init yet so would not recommend it lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Indeed mate, think they blew when I reinstalled the sub, just didn't make the connection before and didn't have the time to investigate properly, thanks for the advice though, I'm sure it will come in handy

Yeah just start it lock to lock leave cap off and then bugger off for a hour or so and let it settle. That's all I do at work I leave them for few hours occasionally going back and redoing it.

Great thread revival. Sorry I cant answer your questions though.

Could do with some help wiring in my fans on my Mk1 vr6! I have after market fans and just want them to run at full speed don't have any of the wiring for the old vr6 fans or the control box! Just want to wire them to the fuse box but not sure which connectors to wire into on the fuse box?

can you not use a mk2 golf gti rad fan switch take a feed from the batt (fused) to the switch in the rad then the switched side of the temp sensor then goes to your fans?? if they are big jobbies then use the rad switch to switch a contactor and use the contactor to switch the bigger load for the fans? other than that you could run a seperate switch in the car somewhere and just switch it manually but then you need to keep an eye on the temp guage. Unsure what supply in the f.b would be for the fans

FRANK VR6 thanks for the reply.. I'm in Joburg you? the car seems to start now but not reliably.. it will start and then after letting it die it doesn't start again till a day or two later.. it's running very rich at the moment so want to try lean it out because there's a chance the plugs are getting wet. then see if anything changes, if not then ya the head is coming off again.

Mystery solved, 2blown fuses

For that power stock will be fine unless you like launching it off every set of lights or go drag racing lots

sign up to be a full member and theres enough info in the knowledge vault that youll have no issue, i followed them for mine and had no problems.

thanks lukey, there is nothing wrong with any other pipes or hardware etc but i might change the crack pipe as it will be a front end off job again. ive got a set of new inlet manifold gaskets in the garage and a 6 branch exhaust so gaskets for the exhaust are not a concern. i can strip it all down no problem, its just the timing im not sure about as ive never done a vr6 before! would a standard genuine vw headgasket and standard bolts be ok for a stage 2 charger running 300bhp?

I'm running vavoline R 10w60 in mine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

mobil1 10/60 new life (or whatever they call it) ?

If youre going to have it in bits again in the future if you have FI plans then ARP are going to be worth the money as they are re usable, otherwise a set of elring or febi headbolts will suffice for about £20, a genuine set is about £120! If you can find a victor reinz headgasket outside of VW get it, otherwise go to VW for the gasket too. Youll need at least an upper inlet manifold gaskets and 2 exhaust downpipe gaskets too, depending on where you split them. It would be a good time to do the water pump, crack pipe and oil cooler pipes, if not the oil cooler too. Its also the classic

Plenty on ebay under vw seat runner guide I would probably go for genuine vw ones if you can as the pattern ones may be cheap plastic

Some more up dates on the work today main issues now is where it's old paint with cellulose init it reacts with any new types of paint even 2pack paint so the paint just cracks and runs everywhere Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey I am a SA to.if you put oil down the bores and still low comp then your valves are stuck open/bent, headgasket not sealing or piston/bores major damage! Need to get the head back off.good luck.where are you guys in SA? Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk

Thanks for the responses guys. I realise it's difficult not having the car in front of you but unfortunately i have no choice, i'm in south africa. I'm more just looking for ideas and opinions - is my concern about the head justified etc.. the crank pick up is working, fuel and spark is there.. one thing i may have done when i tried to pull start it the second time when it wouldn't start is fowled the plugs.. i'll pull them out this evening to make sure they aren't wet. the management has a rough map on at the moment, hasn't been tuned properly as the car wouldn't start. One of the reasons i p

I've had it before when the fob doesn't work but only after disconnecting the battery. What I do is a bit long winded, probably a bit OCD and some steps maybe unnecessary but it works for me. Pop the bonnet up the lock all of the doors manually with the key, including the boot then I leave the key inside the passenger door lock. Disconnect the - cable from the battery. Pop it back on and hopefully then it should be working again. Alarm may go off when you reconnect the - cable but if its working then you will be able to switch it off with the fob. If it doesn't work, take off the - cable again

Had these recently delivered I also got an insurance quote, not realizing if you've not had insurance for two years or more you lose all your no claims bonus so as you can imagine living in South London and all mods declared I was shocked with the price and not willing to pay anything like what I was quoted. So I'm looking for a daily, something like a mk3 tdi estate to bring my insurance down and to get around as I've had no car while doing this but that'll be once I get myself straight as I was made redundant last December and have only just started working again last week. So my p

Bought some new wheels for her but tbh not to sure on them as I don't think there be the look I'm after :/ but instantly fell in love with them Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

liking the look of this thread. im not realy a mechanic but have a technical background do believe i would be able to carry the fitment of a turbo myself??