Franks Golf GL (Red Rocket v2.0)

[Alfred]

What are you gonna replace it with?

[Schalke04]

Hey guys, getting bored of my car... nothing to do, and not getting alot of support towards doing a cam..?

Soo I have put it up once again, if anyone wants a really clean mk3 with next to none km's PM me! Im interested in swaps aswell just shoot me a message.

I'm putting cam in my 8v mk2, I've heard of a 9hp gain from it. Not really looking for power though as I also have a 1.8t in my other one and 8valves are hard to get power from. Your best bet is either selling your car like you're trying to do or converting it to 16v, vr6 or 1.8t like my car. If you're any good with tools the conversion is quite easy and well worth it

[frankeshh]

What are you gonna replace it with?

Hopefully a 1.8t mk4 or even a e30. Really depends on what i sell the car for and whats around!

I'm putting cam in my 8v mk2, I've heard of a 9hp gain from it. Not really looking for power though as I also have a 1.8t in my other one and 8valves are hard to get power from. Your best bet is either selling your car like you're trying to do or converting it to 16v, vr6 or 1.8t like my car. If you're any good with tools the conversion is quite easy and well worth it

Yeah, got advice from ray, i knew from the start the 8v is hard to squeeze power out of, but was hoping for more of a gain. Looks like my wishes were a bit far fetched!

Conversions just overwhelm me though, heard from many people that costs can keep rising well beyond what you intended to spend and before you know it, you won't even get half of what you spent on it when its time to sell. So i think selling on and buying maybe a 1.8t mk4, which would also make tuning alot easier!

[Schalke04]

Hopefully a 1.8t mk4 or even a e30. Really depends on what i sell the car for and whats around!




Yeah, got advice from ray, i knew from the start the 8v is hard to squeeze power out of, but was hoping for more of a gain. Looks like my wishes were a bit far fetched!

Conversions just overwhelm me though, heard from many people that costs can keep rising well beyond what you intended to spend and before you know it, you won't even get half of what you spent on it when its time to sell. So i think selling on and buying maybe a 1.8t mk4, which would also make tuning alot easier!

If you know what you're doing(lots of research helps) it shouldn't cost much. Parts are pretty cheap and easy to come by. My conversion stayed well under my budget. If you like the mk4 go for it, great cars. But if you like your mk3 more I'd honestly research and convert it, very rewarding. Plus in future you can change/replace all parts yourself and save on the massive labour charges.

[frankeshh]

If you know what you're doing(lots of research helps) it shouldn't cost much. Parts are pretty cheap and easy to come by. My conversion stayed well under my budget. If you like the mk4 go for it, great cars. But if you like your mk3 more I'd honestly research and convert it, very rewarding. Plus in future you can change/replace all parts yourself and save on the massive labour charges.

Researched quite a bit, as i was very interested in a vr6 swap, but spending more than what my cars worth doesnt really appeal to me! Ofcourse it would be awesome to have such an interesting car, for example a 1.8t mk3, but price just pushes this out of my options! A conversion pack from black forest industries would be what i go for and they sell for US$800 without a motor. Obviously i could probably source parts myself and it would be cheaper but that puts a rough estimate on the price. I love my mk3 but the sluggishness kills me!

[ByronRichesMk1]

Source a motor and run it on a haltech man. If you did the work yourself I recon you could have it running for 5-6 g

[Dubba]

3 words. told you so! haha

[frankeshh]

Haven't updated in a while, well since the phase of wanting to sell my car ended because of 0 interest from anybody ahaha, i decided to start again with the upgrades and modifications...

Couple of weeks ago an add popped up on gumtree with a full set of VR6 seats for $150. Kind of glanced at it and forgot about it. Stumbled across it the other day and decided to grab them. A few texts back and forth i organised to pick them up today!

Long story short, MK3 Golfs have to be one of the most easiest cars to swap seats! One pin and the whole front seat slides back and out. Anyway, here are some pictures I took during the swap.

Passenger seat out...


Both VR6 Fronts in...



Before and after...




Next Update shouldn't be in too long, when I finally get my lower control arm bushings replaced and get a wheel alignment. Mods after that will be suitcase delete to make it sound beefier and hopefully, to repair the rust spots around the car!

[Alfred]

Glad yiu didn't sell it buddy. This on is so clean and has such low kms on it. Love the seats, I wish I could pick up vr seats for $150, thats a steal!

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[drucejnr]

Were the seats off that guy in Penrith that advertised on Gumtree? (He also had a black hatch)


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[frankeshh]

Were the seats off that guy in Penrith that advertised on Gumtree? (He also had a black hatch)


Sent from my oven mitt fighting Blorgons.

Yeah they were! He bought the vr6 to use the engine in his mk1 cab, so awesome. That thing will fly! Such a nice bloke aswell.


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[frankeshh]

Glad yiu didn't sell it buddy. This on is so clean and has such low kms on it. Love the seats, I wish I could pick up vr seats for $150, thats a steal!

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Haha cheers mate, yeah I love my car, but its slower than a horse in mud, really would love a vr6 or just anything with more grunt!

Yeah such a good price and the seats are pretty much new except the drivers side bolstering is a tad worn.


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[frankeshh]

Finally got around to replacing my worn as **** control arm bushings today! Pretty straight forward job... Remove like 12 bolts and both right and left sides are off.

Decided to upgrade to some Urethane bushings I found on ECS. The hardest part of the day was getting the new bushings in! Plenty of lube and swearing later I had both front and rear position replaced.

Heres a pic of the drivers side rear position bushing... Absolutely rooted



Also, does anyone know a good VW specialist around sydney? Need to get the front wheels properly aligned and the two places i've been to haven't been able to adjust the camber... Idiots.

Untill next time! Stay tuned, exhaust is next on the list!

[cordylol]

Spotted in Neutral Bay just then!!!

[frankeshh]

Spotted in Neutral Bay just then!!!

Saw the vento front and knew it had to be you!