On the third day of christmass santa sent to me ......

[whiteVR6]

A shiney white mk3 !









So some of you may recognise the car
Those that dont its Seans old car from Melbourne
The aim is to do a quick restore to get rego by the end of January , maybe just maybe in time for dubstitute

So lets start the build :









Now lets take some weight out and give it a clean :

[whiteVR6]

Now lets do some work with the brakes :










More in store shortly !

[rayray086]

Very nice!! Looking forward to updates!

[dylan8]

genuine mk3 16v? or engine from else where?

[GoLfMan]

good to see Sean's car getting some love

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genuine mk3 16v? or engine from else where?

Sean did a conversion on it

[dylan8]

Sean did a conversion on it

im still such a noobie

what are the plans whiteVR6?

[Mk3 AAA]

im still such a noobie

what are the plans whiteVR6?

Factory has 5 stud from memory, along with GTI flares, grill etc etc.


Awesome car, can't wait to see where you're going with this.

I like the VR brake upgrade ( I assume thats what's going on... I read it only quickly.)

[whiteVR6]

im still such a noobie

what are the plans whiteVR6?

Didnt get much done today, cleaned the leaves out from where the ecu is and put a new fuel filter on it, had a giggle as the old one was the wrong way around!

The plans, well there seems to be a fair few 16v mk2's and Seat Cupras around but no-one seems to do any real racing, either that or I havent looked too hard. Im doing a few bolt ons and keeping it street registered:

Rebuild the cylinder head with 276 cams
Change the exhaust, its one peice from headers to tips! Its also mild steel
The rear subframe already had the VR6 style rear inner sway bar so didnt have to change that, the brakes are upgrading to VR6 ones with slotted/cross drilled front rotors. Obviously a 5 stud conversion
Front subframe will be VR6 with H&R front and rear sway bars, strut brace and lower tie bar
Gearbox will be rebuilt with watetrac lsd.
Seats will be changed to VR6
Interior stripped out a bit

Cant remember the rest as Sebs most of the work.

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Factory has 5 stud from memory, along with GTI flares, grill etc etc.


Awesome car, can't wait to see where you're going with this.

I like the VR brake upgrade ( I assume thats what's going on... I read it only quickly.)

Its only 4 stud and has no flares just yet. Everything will slowly come together and Im looking forward to finishing it!

[Water Boy]

That will be a cool circuit racing car.

And if you dont want the gear knob ill take it...

[whiteVR6]

That will be a cool circuit racing car.

And if you dont want the gear knob ill take it...

If I dont you'll be the first to know. Im looking at selling the coilovers off it though. Will make a list shortly what I have for sale.

[whiteVR6]

Did some more interior work over the last few days:
Pulled out the remaining wiring from the head unit
Pulled all the sound proofing out and cleared the interior of rubbish + money
Started fitting the VR6 seats:

Here is what came out of the car, if anyone wants the speaker wiring let me know, it runs from the battery to the boot.















So with a storm fast approaching I quickly rushed to fit the VR6 interior:




This is what I ended up with before it got too dark and started raining:





And my haul of money!

[Jarred]

Looking good courtney!

Seans car was a perfect candidate for this sort of project!

Looking forward to seeing i out there on the track.

(hopefully I'll be out on the track next year, with my toledo ABF 16V, so i'm very interested to see how you go power wise. etc)

[whiteVR6]

So the interior has been finished , the vr6 arch trims have been fitted and it got a good wash.
Brakes tommorow and if there is enough time a polish too!

[Jarred]

take the trims off, weight saving

[Water Boy]

And if its a track car why the back seats? Or it guna be a daily and used for motorsport on the weekends?