GTI clocks with a vr6 engine

[motormadj 0]

wondering if someone can help me... Ive got gti clocks on my new golf which was origanally a 2.0l 8v but now has a odb2 vr6 in.

Firstly the revs will go striaght of the clock [7000 on gti] and then actual revs appear to go on to about 8500? it doesnt seem to have an actual limiter...do you think has the limiter been removed? are the needles on the vr6 clocks at a different tension, what should i limit my revs too??[best for engine life]

any thoughts would be great

[VR6BOY 2]

Hi just get your self a set of golf vr6 clocks problem solved make sure they are late 95 on

[richievr 1]

the rev counter is wrong because it is now getting 6 impulses per engine revolution (cos it's now a 6 cylinder), and it expects 4 (cos it was a 4 cylinder). so it is probably 50% fast.

it is only a display unit so your engine is not actually going that fast , it just displays it wrong.

(6k showing is gonna be 4k actual revs)

as said get some vr clocks (95 onwards) and all will be right again..

it should still have a rev limiter as i believe it is built into the ecu programming so you SHOULD be ok, just try not to rag it too much (if that's possible with the vr roar!! :-p )

[motormadj 0]

ok cool, but will that then mean that the mileage is wrong? you mean the whole unit, not just the actual clocks?

[richievr 1]

yeah i mean the whole unit unfortunately.. the mileage will therefore be different, unless you are real lucky and get one with about the same as yours!!

[motormadj 0]

ok mate cheers

[faigolfgti 0]

I done this before but the other way round put a mk3 16v ABF white face cluster to my mk3 vr6 all the gauge work fine except the tacho meter show slower rpm than what it should be anyone here knows how to overcome this problem?