jabe 1 Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Will the ford vr6 AAA engine swap straight in to my 97 vr6 golf ? the engine looks the same but will there be issues with ecu , gearbox etc ?Just looking for a replacement while i slowly rebuild my engine .Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 it may be obd1 yours is obd2 im fairly sure the sharan/galaxy vr6 has diffrent cams to gives more midrange but a bit less hp Link to post Share on other sites
rodney 17 Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 something similar from my understanding. Could be wrong but the basic lump OBD1 is the same but there were a couple of tweaks on ECU/cams and the likes for the bigger beasties the were put into.otherwise correct coding.... Link to post Share on other sites
mightymidget 0 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I don't know about the engine mounts but I'm running a Gallaxy/Sharan head on my Golf VR6 and the only difference is that the Gallaxy has SAI (Secondary Air Injection) like the yank cars. You'll need to remove the SAI stuff at the front of the engine and plug the hole witha 19mm core plug (freeze plug). Other than that I think you'll find there pretty much identical. The Gallaxy is OBD2 with the newer single timing chains. The head parts, cams, valves, lifters etc all share the same part numbers. This also holds true for OEM manufactures such as Febi as there part numbers for cams, lifters etc are generic for all AAA motors. Also the quoted bhp for the ford is the same. If there is any de-tuning it must be done via the ECU because mine absolutly fly's with the new ford head!!! Link to post Share on other sites
jabe 1 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Cheers for the help guys Link to post Share on other sites
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