Project: The Turtle

[Trashy]

Easier and probably cheaper to just sell your car and buy a vr mk3 jetta...

This

[9jetta6]

Easier and probably cheaper to just sell your car and buy a vr mk3 jetta...

really? even if someday i found an engine that was cheap and complete? because my car body is overall really clean.

[Trashy]

It honestly wouldnt make any sense to even think about a swap unless you blow up your 2.0
And even then it's out of the question.

[20VT]

I would agree it'll be cheaper and less labor intense to just buy a mk3 VR but how is it that hard? Just pull F, G1, G2, Y, and Z1 (IIRC) which should be the engine harness to fuse box. I would assume this is all you would have to change to run a VR in a 2.0 besides the suspension, sub-frame, cross member, engine, trans, ecm, ecm harness, mounts, pedal cluster, rear beam, 5 lug BS. Virtually everything else in the car is the same as a VR Jetta. Probably some odds and ends as well.

[Trashy]

I would agree it'll be cheaper and less labor intense to just buy a mk3 VR but how is it that hard? Just pull F, G1, G2, Y, and Z1 (IIRC) which should be the engine harness to fuse box. I would assume this is all you would have to change to run a VR in a 2.0 besides the suspension, sub-frame, cross member, engine, trans, mounts, pedal cluster, rear beam, 5 lug BS. Virtually everything else in the car is the same as a VR Jetta.

lolz

[20VT]

wtf you lolz'ing

[superhero]

easier said than done.

[9jetta6]

ok, i wasnt really planning on it, just a thought roaming around in my head, expecially the drive to eurowerks, driving 70 in a 2.0 is rough.

[VAGatHeart]

Driving 70 in a 2.0 is not rough at all.

[Das VR6]

how so?

[SLK]

Considering 70 mph in a 2.0 is probably 10-15 more MPG than in a VR6 (I rarely broke over 22 mpg in my VR), I wouldn't call that rough at all. Now if you are talking about passing power at 70 mph then I could understand.

[JK9K]

wtf you lolz'ing

He's lolzing because young guns here can hardly tighten a nut without asking advice. This is a 9 page (on non-n00b setting) project thread with almost zero content. A VR swap is not going to happen here. At least not any time soon.

Swapping subframes, motors, altering electrical odds and ends? That is far above and beyond any current skills the owner has.

No offense 9J6, but this isn't something you should be thinking about until you feel more comfortable turning wrenches and completing some moderate automotive tasks on your own. Other wise you're going to end up way over your head with a non-running car, no way to put it back together by yourself. You certainly don't lack ambition, but you need an environment where you can feasibly get some successful hands-on experience doing some more basic stuff, and hands-on help from others.

[Trashy]

wtf you lolz'ing

Consider the context. Read through this thread and you will understand what I thought was funny.

[20VT]

so he never played with legos when he was young? that is how I see Volkswagens.

what is he so afraid of???

[Das VR6]

I rarely broke over 22 mpg in my VR

whaaaaat? I get on average 28, sometimes as high as 31.