24v 2.8 golf 3 vr6

[Lorenz]

Wow... nice one mate!! Great to see something new and different being done down under Look forward to hearing more about it soon

[MattyT]

Well I'll be... nice one!

Why no VVT?? Why is this a good thing?

[whiteVR6]

What flywheel/clutch are you using ?

[VOLKSMAN]

while engine was out i took advanatge and so matt had changed the clutch to a LUK oem clutch equivalent to a sachs which are famous for their strength and clamp holding abilities (With a torque rating of near 300 ft/lb) you cant go wrong.

the standard 228mm flywheel is being used and will hold up well for this conversion.

[VOLKSMAN]

here is a pic of the clutch in my dub, generally found in most vr6's from factory .

[OEM G60]

Awesome, a first in Australia probably too??!!

Does this one use the drive by wire? Did you have to make up a pedal box?

Are you using the ecu and keys etc from the Bora? How about the exhaust manifold, did you need to fabricate one of those?

Sorry for the 20 questions!!

Keep us updated

[VOLKSMAN]

im using the drive by cable throttle body as this eliminates complications with matting it to the pedal, however matt had fabricated a mount for the cable to move without interruptions.

in regards to ecu ,the car starts, idles, revs perfectly however gavin will recaliberate the ecu for 24v mapping which he'll then consider the cai that is already on the car. therefore im using the factory keys (thankgod for that) and the multifunction screen works as a result (oem look and feel).


for the exhaust manifold im getting a custom y pipe (downpipe to mate with the 24v manifold to the factory cat back system.

and as mentioned above reason why im using a AUE engine besides the fact that there the only ones in australia ( i think) is it uses many of the 12v ignition componenets like the coil pack etc. and 2nd cam bank sensors dont have to be wired in to the ecu, simplifying as much hicupps as possible. this has no detriment on the power as all 24v engines produce 200+ bhp.

hope this answers your questions

heres a pic of the downpipe to connect from 24v headers to 12v cat back

[Shteifen]

mind if i ask whats the general price range for a conversion like this?

-steve

[VOLKSMAN]

this is just off my head
well if you find an engine your looking at $2300-3500
and you might as well replace the clutch $280
replace the water pump , order a alternator bracket from germany takes a couple of weeks to get here and that around $170
making sure your intake manifold is in good condition if not $250
nuts bolts, brackets and welsh plugs arund $300
while using parts that are already from your 12v like coilpacks if they are already faulty you know how much they are,
definite need of aue meaty Spark leads $170 beru german quality stuff.
couple of hundred for exhaust fabrication
so on and so on
and besides labour your looking at around $4000


did i mention it was an expensive obsession ----------------------------priceless

[Shteifen]

so roughy $4k without any real labour. hmm. looks like fun but because traveling the world is more important at the moment i wont be doing this anytime soon. freakin cool though man, good job on it, it looks really good!
maybe ill give something like this a go when ive got a house, wife, kids and im even poorer HA!

-steve

[gldgti]

top stuff mate, nice to see some pics of the car - i guess it'll be a little while before the grill goes on

well done

[VOLKSMAN]

it shouldnt be too long for the badless grill, but it will definelty look great on it. if you can post pics of your diesel machine would be great.

[Pullstarter]

Sweet conversion, well done on being the guineau pig for this one

[VOLKSMAN]

someone has got to take the risk, but at the end you know your the first in australia to do it.

[KI11Z]

Cool man, is there an eta on the completion date?

I opened this thread expecting another dreamer! Not the case, i'm genuinely shocked mate, nice work, it'll be good to see it all working

Are these lighter than the 12v?

any mods planned at all to the engine, eventhough it'd probably be fast anyways!