VW Golf Mk3 Highline
By c00k,
11/07/2013
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- Vehicle Year 1997
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Additional Information
My Mk3 golf VR6 Supercharged, built by my self.
All work carried out in my car port.
Spec below....
MODEL:
VW Golf Mk3, 3 Door, Late Spec,
Schwarz Black, VR6.
ENGINE:
Air con, evap, pcv, carbon canister, expansion tank deleted.
Throttle body coolant lines deleted.
Re-located washer bottle, and power steering bottle.
All looms lengthened and ran through chassis legs.
Battery re-located to boot. with 2nd batter and split charge system for air ride.
All new gaskets and seals.
None air con belt.
Custom coolant pipes.
Chains were done less than 10k ago.
New water pump, new crack pipe, new thermostat.
Re-conditioned thermostat housing.
Re-condition power steering pump.
Re-condition power steering metal pipes, and new flexible pipes.
Re-conditioned started motor. Mounted up-side down, making all the wire and connection on the bottom.
Re-conditioned servo and master cylinder.
Re-conditioned ABS unit.
New rad with build in expansion tank, Dual slim line fans.
Injectors cleaned and rebuilt, new spark plugs. new fuel filter.
Gas flowed upper and lower inlet manifold.
Gas flowed exhaust manifold, heat wrapped.
De-cat, deleted silencer and twin back box
Ported and polished throttle body, with knife edged butterfly.
Gas flowed custom Intake pipe with relocated air filter, plus built in MAF flange and sensor.
BMC CDA air filter, with force feed to behind lower front bumper,
US Spec radiator cover.
Polished upper intake manifold,
Polished lower intake manifold,
Polished belt tensioner,
Polished alternator,
Polished spray bar,
Polished throttle body,
Polished Custom intake pipe,
Polished dip stick pipe,
Polished oil catch tank,
Polished side of cylinder head,
All fitted with new stainless polished nuts and bolts.
Flash red pulleys and Dip-slick.
Re-conditioned and painted - engine block, power steering pump, starter motor, alternator bracket, engine mounts, black.
Re-conditioned and painted gear box silver, polished all visible bolts on gear box, polished the ends of the gear linkage.
Removed all sound deadening and heat proofing from bulk head,
R8 oil cap with red detailing,
red HT leads,
strut brace with colour coded mounts,
Braided fuel lines, with metal guide supports.
Heat wrapped exhaust manifold black.
Re-conditioned and painted black manifold heat cover.
Engine Bay Re-Painted in Flash Red, same as Wheels, and Air tank.
BRAKES:
288mm Drilled and Grooved Brake Disks All Round, EBC pads
SUSPENSION:
Custom Air Ride Struts with Adjustable dampers,
Custom Top Mounts, and Heavy Duty Bearings,
Double – 2.5 Gallon Air Tanks
8 Digital Valves with Custom Digital Management,
Adjustable Inflation/Deflation Speed, and Wireless Fob.
WHEELS:
BBS RC041s Split Rims, in Flash Red with Polished lips, with 185/35/17 - Summer wheels.
BBS RC041s Split Rims, in all Schwartz Black, with 195/40/17 Front, 205/40/17 Rear - Winter Wheels.
INTERIOR:
Flash Red and Black Leather Heated Recaro Seats,
Highline Door Cards,
280mm Momo Steering Wheel,
US Spec Cup Holders, US OBD cover,
Red Anniversary seat belts,
Custom Digital Air Ride Controls in Center Console,
Highline Center Console,
Black Interior grab handle, Black Sunglasses holder,
Black Sun Visors, Audi TT Middle Mini Sun Visor, Audi TT Interior Mirror
All Switches Converted to Red LEDs, including heater controls.
Custom Dials, with Custom Needles, Red LED Conversion & Chrome Dial Surrounds.
DVD Flip Out Screen with 32GB SDHC Card with SatNav, and iPhone Control
Pioneer Speakers and Tweeters all round with Crossovers,
Fully Upgraded Speaker Wires to OFC 2.5mm, with Upgraded ISO block.
Fully sound deadened doors, Fully Sound deadened rear quarters,
Fully Sound Deadened Boot.
Split Charge system in Boot
Custom Black Leather boot install, Flash Red Tanks, Polished Hardlines.
EXTERIOR:
Hella Twin Front Head Lights with HiDs,
Custom all Red Rear Light,
Heavily Smoked Fog Light and Indicators,
All Arches Fully Rolled and Re-sealed,
Custom Inner Arches,
Chassis Notch,
Colour coded VW & VR6 Badges,
Polo Door handles, Without Locks, Colour Coded,
Lupo Stubby Mirrors with Blue tinted and heated glass.
Full Toad Alarm,
De-wipered rear, with Colour coded hard plastic bung,
De-spoilered,
Stubby Aireral,
Deleted washer jets.
Private Plate. Rear white LED number plate lights.
US Spec front splitter.
Plus more being done all the time!
Story behind the car:
After Owning a few mk3's previously, having ago in my mates Vento VR, and another friends Mk2 VR,
I fancied something faster than the MK3 GTi i had at the time.
So the hunt for a nice looking standard MK3 VR was on, already planned what i wanted to do to it before buying it.
So it had to be either a black or a white one.
I had already bought all the parts to make the air ride, before i bought the car.
I already had the wheels, adapters, and few other things waiting as well.
So a nice black VR was found in late November 2011.
Cars don't stay standard for long with me,
By March 2012, it had be totally transformed from a standard car to something i was happy to call my car!
It was all built on my drive way, spend many long days and night, getting it how i wanted it.
Only having done one simple analog air ride set on one of my previous car, there was a huge learning curve.
and many hours on my laptop, researching, and planning seemed to be the key.
This turned out to be a huge help with most of the build, not just the air ride.
After getting the air ride set up and running nicely, interior changed, new wheels fitted, arches rolled, and few other minor body mods.
It was time for a huge detailing seasons. I already had a buffer, and loads of new stuff for detailing i bought,
So about 20 hours in totally was spent detailing the paint.
Finally.. it was ready!..... well i thought it was??
it stayed like this for most of the summer, with only minor things and tweaking being carried out.
attending lots of meets, shows, and many drives!
After the summer the cold weather was back,
So I deiced I was going to make a car port over my drive to save the VR from getting soaking wet through winter.
After a weekend of work, the VR had it's new home. A roof over it's head, and sides to stop the wind.
But then every time I open the bonnet, the engine bay let the rest of the car down.
It was time to get to work again, as I had no excuse as I could work inside the car port.
Again hours of researching, taking to people, reading were the key, I then knew what i wanted to do,
and had ideas how to do most things. The engine bay was ripped apart, I polished all the metal my self.
From fabricating to polishing, to reconditioning and painting, everything was done on my drive, by my self.
After painting the engine bay the bonnet also got some new paint, as did the front wings, and bumper.
The whole time other minor things were still being done to the rest of the car as well,
Red anniversary seat belts, Highline center console, and lots more little things.
All put back together once again. and time to get to some more shows, and driving over the welsh mountains!
Still more is being done to the car all the time.
Check out my build of all the up to date progress.
http://www.vr6oc.com/forum/topic/40052-golf-mk3-vr6-on-air - Engine Type VR6 12v
- Country United Kingdom
- OBD Type OBD2
- Vehicle Registration L6WVR
- Doors 3
- Colour Black
- Condition Modified
- Mileage 105