I am looking at buying a VR6.Can anyone here give me the lowdown on the good and bad points?
Jason
which VR6 are you looking at? i know the older ones put out different bhp figures all depends if it came from the golf or the corrado, the corrado
being 20bhp higher from memory. not sure if the newer engines are the same. as for bad points never heard of anything really only good things
said about the engines.. i know i used to have great fun in the ones i have driven :thumb
steff..............
check out the kiwi - trademe - aution site (like kiwi eBay) - heaps of VR6 stuff on there all the time.
Why do you want to know about overseas VR6 options ? There were 3 engine types . 103 kw for t4 vans 128 kw for the vr6 and 142 for the Corrado and VR6 syncro . We only got the 128kw . Australians received VR6's from 94-98 with 94 and 95 being early and 96 - 98 being late . What do you want to do to the car , mods wise ?
As far as mods go,not sure i will get one first.Not sure what you mean about overseas mods.
thanks for the info so far.
Jas
Corrado was never sold here
they have turbo kits for them!! i know i want one just a matter of time!!
cheers
rhys
They've had turbo kits for them for a long time now . I've decided to get a rebuilt engine with a turbo from O/S as I dont trust machine shops here in this country with a single cylinder head V6
I used to sell them new 94-96 and they are pretty much bullet proof. Haven't had much to do with them since so I don't know how the engines fair
with high k's.
The manuals were an absolute hoot and the auto was a pleasant surprise.
A pretty simple, straight-forward thing mechanically and well put together. Had no inherant problems and feel real solid with the heavier engine.
Lot of car for the money these days.
Find one with a good service history and I reckon you'd have to be pretty safe.
Yeh thats what i was thinking"a lot of fun for the money".The search begins.
Jas:thumbnn[ Edited on 24-8-2005 by Jas ]
Sikdub has one here in Country Vic. Owned it for like three months now. Think he loves it...
these critters have some nasty little suprises like electronic throttle control etc big $$$$ when it fails all exhaust exit from front of the head but
thats probably ok in winter
and dont worry about machinist because the the head is not supposed to be machined youre meant to buy a new one about $8000.00
All you need to know.... They drink lots of fuel, and make the Mk3 handle worse than standard!!! Other than that, they sound nice with a good exhaust,
and arent much quicker at all than my Mk2 up to about 100...
Electronic throttle control ? These cars run cables , the throttle body isnt even motorised . I've never had throttle body problems ? Head cant be machined ? What planet are you from ?
If your buying one make sure the ABS works
the light should come on with the ignition and off again when started. A few places have been know n to remove the globe so your not aware of the
problem, its a rather expensive unit
Its pretty much the earlier VR6's with the ABS faults . 94 95 and early 96 . Its pretty much a guaranteed failure for the early Vr6 . I could write a list a mile long on what to look out for . Just send me a u2u when you find one and I'll check it out for ya .
Seb is now reading my post and saying to himself "is that right, Steve... We will see....!!!"
My 0 - 300 time will probably be your 1/4 mile time:P
Heh. True.... Wanna test the theory out? :thumb
I'm planning to take the Golf out to the Salt lake for a bit of a high speed run . If I run to 140 maybe 150 mph by the end of the 1/4 in 9.5 sec I should get to about 180-190 by 15 sec , thats the theory anyway :thumb
Sh1t!!! I thought you were just teasing me... My car is good for a 15.5 1/4, apparently... (according to Tim from the tex), so a mid 7 sec 100 isnt out of the question. You really going to a salt lake?
Yeah , you think I dont want the title of Australias fastest VW ?:P
Go Seb!!!! Awesome....
I have owned a 98 VR6 for a couple of years and I don't have anything bad to say about it. Without mods you will find it a little sluggish off the
line as compared to a 4 cyl but unless you want to race people on Saturday nights on your way to the McDonald's car park the VR6 won't disappoint.
There are however, many avenues to go down in modifying the car and it has the potential to be a very quick turbo or supercharged golf. Add some
bells n whistles and for the price you pay, you'll have an awesome car.
The only modification I have made is to add a Powerchip which added 15kW to the flywheel. Not bad but it also smoothed out the acceleration, regulated
the fuel economy and extended the power mostly in the mid-range.
If you want to buy a VR6 look for anything under 100k kilometres. They would be rare these days but if you can find one, grab it.
In my humble opinion, the 95 96 VR6 looks the best with its trim and wheel arches but it was a bit too old for me and the 98 was the least problematic
of them all.
It's a great car and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a fast golf without strap-ons
As Jim said, i've had my VR6 for a few months now. Had a fair few teething problems mainly due to having faith in the person i bought it off. The car is pretty stock and seems great now that i have ironed out the initial bugs. They are pretty bloody thirsty though but i'm in no hurry to get rid of her.
^^ is there many 2 door ones around?? i saw one in town the other day, and was just wondering if it was rare or not..
15 kw from a chip a chip is a bold statement . I had a good chat with the engineer that worked on the 2.9l engine that came out in the corrados and
syncro golfs . Basically to get from 128 to 142 kw the following was changed :
cams
intake runners
throttle body
exhaust downpipe
100cc
engine tune
So to claim the same power only via tuning is hard to beleive in a N/A LATE MODEL engine .
My VR6 made 155 KW after fitting EMS stinger 2 engine management , extractors and full exhaust , intake mods
Vr6 did not come out in 2 door . Only 1.8 CL golf was 2 door . Have yet to see a private import 2 door Vr6 or mk3 Gti
go to google and type in the following
vr6 lemon