Hakan's Golf Vr6

[Hakan]

[B]From the day I bought her till Present UPDATED

STOCK AS ROCK

STOCK VR6 ENGINE


Two weeks Later Everything was going smooth until a very hot day and abit of thrashing from RED light to RED light , a big Steam of Coolant came out of the engine bay where I popped the heater core return hose and engine over heated .Got it home and This is what I found out >
Blown Head gasket turns out I bought it like that .

COOLANT LEAKING INTO CYLINDERS

ANOTHER WEIRD THING WAS I VACUUMED THE COOLANT CHANNELS OUT AND ALMOST 2 kilos of RED PEPPER CAME OUT WHICH WAS USED TO TEMPORARYLY BLOCK ANY COOLANT LEAKS INTO OIL CHANNELS UNTIL THE CAR GOT SOLD.

Head gets machined nice and shiny




Around A Month later the parts that I ordered FINALY decided to come to my door from Germany and America so I started putting everything back together .


COMPLETE !! WHOOHOO


After that it took me around 5 hours to fit it all back in and start the engine.

[rayray086]

Good to see a VR6 being revived Welcome to the forums!

[ryana89]

Crikey! You don't muck around!
Is this your first Vdub?

Top work

[GeorgeMK1]

Weeeeeeeee haks when are we re-building my engine

Good to see you finally making a thread bro, looks good !

[Hakan]

YEA this is my first and only vdub vr6
george anyday you want .just get the parts ready the rest is easy

[Hakan]

vr6 msd ignition conversion

A few weeks ago my Coil pack decided to Blow up so I decided to Replace it with 3x8224 MSD's, Which was very easy to do.
Feel free to ask any questions .

[dylan8]

Good work on keeping a vr6 alive
might be a silly question but im sure others will ask, whats the reason/advatages to swapping to the msd ignition conversion?

[Hakan]

thanks ,
My reason was because it was cheaper than a brand new coil.i guess its more reliable after having 2 cracked coil packs before.its better on fuel economy my car was doing 6.8 ltrs/100km/h on the freeway by grannying it .and 8-10 normal driving i think.engines much more responsive but if you dont have any electrical experience many things can go wrong . ive heard people burning out there icm aswell as there ecu's but nothings gone wrong on mine yet and hope it doesnt . ohh and it looks good and stands out in the engine bay .

[Ben J]

Did you go with a mk4 headgasket and upgrade anything while you where in there?

Looks nice. Reminds me of mine when I got it, sitting a foot off the ground

Nice colour too

[Mk3 AAA]

Did you lose your handle at the person you bought it off??? Awesome car. Good work with the work.

[ryana89]

thanks ,
ts better on fuel economy my car was doing 6.8 ltrs/100km/h on the freeway by grannying it .and 8-10 normal driving i think.

Holy crap!!!
Your outdoing the 4 cylinder crowd with that economy

[Hakan]

Nah no upgrades to the head gasket just replaced it with a three layer metal gasket and bilstein headbolts.Um I went to the guys house a week later and his neighbour told me he left the country!! so yea . I havnt really started anything Ive got big plans coming up soon so this is only the start of a never ending project.

[KKK VR6]

Top stuff !!
you ever dynoed it for a base figure ? I wonder what a fresh rebuild would get.
what sorta plans you got, FI ?

[Hakan]

Okay finaly I got a reason to strip my car and put off the road and start my 1 year rebuild ( I LOST MY LICENSE)
List off things to do:

ENGINE:
Buy a Vr6 Motor from wreckers and strip It.

Buy PPM Forged pistons (82mm, 8.5.1 Comp) with Forged H beam Con-Rods

Get the Block Bored out to fit 82mm pistons

Resurface the block and head and get it sand blasted

New Crankshaft and bearings+ Billet main caps , oil pump+oil pickup, BBM Turbo Sump,Timing chain Kit.front and rear main seals Etc...

Schrick 268° 11.4mm Camshafts

HD Valve springs + Lightweight Lifters + Titanium Valve Spring Retainers+Stainless Steel Valves.

New BBM lightned flywheel+Exedy HD clutch KIT.

New o2a Gearbox with Pelequin LsD

New Driveshafts and new wheel bearings and speed sencors

T3/T4 turbo Kit (470hp@wheels Rated ) @ 25 psi

Cant think of anything else right now but will add more soon when I think of more on the engine.

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Suspension System:

H&R coilovers all round
H&R Sway Bars
Poly Utheraine bushes all round
Front Strut brace (adjustable)

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Body respray Either Same colour Or Lemans Blue or Jazz Blue Still deciding

Some decent deepdish rims still looking !!

ALL OF THIS MIGHT SOUND BULL SHIZ BUT IVE ACTUALLY STARTED THE PROJECT AND THERES NO GOING BACK

[Water Boy]

Pics of rebuild are a must...