Ants 86 Jetta GTi Engineering with a twist

Ant wouldn't it ruin it's authenticity a little by putting a VR in not to mention all the work your letting yourself in for, you brave man. Anyway good luck with it if thats what your doing the VR is a much quicker engine. If I find any good deals on a donnor will let you know straight away.

perhaps if a good deal comes up on ebay you would like to advertise it to everyone?

i'm with tom on the authenticity bit. but... with the sound of a vr and the looks of the car you'd defo be onto a winner mate

Get on with the VR mod Ant..... We can go through the pain together!!! I'm on the look out for a good Mk2 Jetta or Golf and a Mk3 VR6 doner too. Now we've finished Adi's Monza Valver i'm gettin bored! LOL

Sorry have to agree with ady and t-jett i couldnt bring myself to put a VR in her you worked so hard to keep her authentic it seems a shame, any hoo good luck with which ever path you chose we are all different thats what makes the seen so good.

Just buy PAB's engine if he wants out, that is a peach [hoping I haven't missed something!]

personly i think it would be a shame to slap a vr in her as its a special car and would be a shame to ruin the authenticty

Andrew wrote:Just buy PAB's engine if he wants out, that is a peach [hoping I haven't missed something!]

Yes Andy you've missed somthing LOL
My ABF is so not for sale....

Talking VR power in a new car, Ant is pondering the ethics of VR power in his GT...

oh i think ive split the groupe here

I always intended to keep the whole car original or returnable to original. once the engine has been removed it will definately be rebuilt and painted it will then be stored (not sold or scrapped) im also getting a new interior for the car aswell to be retrimmed so that i can remove th original and store it before it can be damaged anymore.

Basicly what im trying to do is keep all the original stuff tip top and safe so that it can always be returned to the car it once was.

I must stress i will never modify the exterior from its orriginal spec due to its rarety

More pics please........ I havent seen this car in the flesh yet (sob!) but just looking back over this topic (which i have done way to many times) gives me wood!!! is that wrong?

PAB wrote:

Andrew wrote:Just buy PAB's engine if he wants out, that is a peach [hoping I haven't missed something!]

Yes Andy you've missed somthing LOL
My ABF is so not for sale....

Talking VR power in a new car, Ant is pondering the ethics of VR power in his GT...

My bad, I misread this:

PAB wrote:Get on with the VR mod Ant..... We can go through the pain together!!! I'm on the look out for a good Mk2 Jetta or Golf and a Mk3 VR6 doner too. Now we've finished Adi's Monza Valver i'm gettin bored! LOL

As you are bored of your current car/engine and now looking for VR power

No no no no no...LOL

How can you get bored of bating Lotus Elises round Bedford Autodrome on a hot summer evening!

Hers one of my fav pics at the mo

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Ant wrote:Hers one of my fav pics at the mo

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There is better to come hahahahahaha

Well been a busy boy look what ive got my hands on finally "hint" lower valence

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blimey bet they were hard to find!!!!

You could say that ha ha

What rare bits are you left to find now Ant?

Thinking about it shes just about complete there are just a few tidying bits to do i.e steering wheel, interior etc

Ant wrote:Well been a busy boy look what ive got my hands on finally "hint" lower valence

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And the grill is back again with a white grill valence and badge i like it better

Ant, if you're still thinking about the vr6 route, I sold my old golf mk3 vr6 to a lad last year and he's blown 5th gear, it's just sat on his drive now gathering dust as he's got another car, it's a k plated 5 door with about 120k with plenty of history, he did mention it to me and i don't think he wants a lot for it, i can pass you his number if you're interested?

Not too sure whats gonna happen yet buddy pm me the number just in case

what did yoiu decide to do in the end? Theres always a few 8vs to be found and quite a few that have been modified. I plan to keep my original engine and then get a period GTI Eng spec head and cam for it- 135bhp will be fine in something like this

well im keeping it close to me at the mo ive gotta get it done for march next year as ive got a little one on the way

Ant wrote:well im keeping it close to me at the mo ive gotta get it done for march next year as ive got a little one on the way

CONGRATULATIONS now we have to realy get a small joc member list