Increaseing capacity

I've got a 120 mb video of a mk2 vr6 going round a track, seemed ok to me but it looked pretty well sorted.

You can use several gear box's, vr6 items arn't very expensive and go for around £100 and £300 from a scrap yard.

hehe maybe, but we will see ;)

It is indeed. An intercooler is essentially an extra, small radiator. Whereas a VR6 into a MkII is a pretty major engineering project.

Of course it is....that's why every backstreet mechanic is doing it and charging peanuts.

It's a skilled job, and one which you don't appear to have the mental capacity to do. Here's a hint: it's all in the preparation and calculations.

Think creative. You obviously don't know what a 205 Auto bonnet looks like.

Think Pulsar GTiR.

It would be cheaper / easier to either buy one that's already been done or just buy a MkIII VR6.

I've got a list, it will be down to luck and chance as to what I can get off cars from the scrap yard.

The TD has an intercooler (on top of the engine) - does this mean you chucked it out?

cheers, clive

To be fair they can handle quite well IF you spend a decent amount of money on a good suspension setup including the right anti-roll bars.

This is Reamed Arse we're talking about. Even if he gets the engine in, do you really think he'll get the suspension set up properly using quality bits?

Yeah the intercooler is still there but it is a completely pathetic design, it might as well be an inter-warmer for all the good it does so I don't even count it. If I were to do anything to increase performance it would be a front mounted intercooler.

Of course he will, he's got £250 a week to spend on it :-)

I already have a fairly large amount of money saved for a project such as this.

Got a total cost estimate to go with it?

As far as I can see it's ride height they bother about. No worries about me running different dampers and polybushes, strengthened wishbones etc. if I want. Which I could actually afford and manage to do...

Well, it will be a good experiance I think. I just hope it doesn't end up half finished.

Steve have you actually ever done one of these, it is seriously easy. There is a calculation chart, you just bolt the block in and the machine aligns itself and buzz's away for about 30 mins. It's idiot proof since it is self calibrating.

Sound like it would be a pain to get hold of.

So have you still got it on top of the engine? If you have I'm pretty sure that wouldnt have cleared the standard bonnet, unless you fabriacted some sort of different engine mounting to let the engine sit lower, which would have been pretty stupid!

Well it closes without wacking anything, we had to move an engine mount so maybe it does sit slightly lower but not intentionally. But it has been fine for 5k miles now so I guess everything is fine plus it was inspected by the garage.

Would like to see a pic of that!

There's a rule when doing this. Price everything up and add at least

So that'll be over £1500, probably closer to £2k, if you're lucky.

And that won't be including doing a proper job of making it handle properly.

I'll take one for you on Wednesday since I don't get back from work until