Turbo the VR6 or just buy an EVO?

[Phat VR6 3]

Im not sure if i should turbo the VR6, or just save the money and hassle an buy a FQ 320 evo 8 or something like that.

Don't get me wrong i love my dub, 60% of the time i think fuck this, always braking, fighting rust, small little problems and dreaming/ stressing about making it into something it possibly can never be. constant massive list of things i want todo. im never happy with it. Really does my head in and i offen think about getting rid of it for a new car..

The rest of the time.. walking back to it at the petrol station, getting smiles nods and complements, Even had a "nice car, sounds mint" complement of a porsche 911 Turbo owner the other day LOL i was thinking its only a £800 golf. yours aint to bad eather haha

Its never going to handle like i want it to, drift or have the potential to, be able tackle the country roads and lanes or be that ammasing round a track, not with looking like i want to it anyway sure it could be faster in a strate line. but thats only half the fun.

so im thinking of buying a EVO for the drive (even though id feel like a nobhead driving it) and keeping the dub as a project car.. just get it looking and sounding just like i want it.

any one else feel like this

[smiffy 0]

yup im kinda the same, only thing stopping me is money and my age (cant get insured on one yet haha) but as soon as i have the funds im getting an evo 8

[golfrabbit33 0]

Tom, 4wd mk2 and spend £ on it. style / power / handling

[golfrabbit33 0]

ps. only girls look cool in evo`s . blokes look like numpties

[craggsy 91]

R32T FTW

[xyber 1]

Evos eat £1k a pop clutches and have a serious drink problem. I know someone that bought an evo 8 and when he looked through all the receipts it had a new clutch every year!!

Thought about a b5 S4? 2.7 twin turbo and as much HP as your bank manager allows

[craggsy 91]

My clutches are around the £1k mark

[BADOIR 2]

Akid i work with has an Evo as said he does a clutch a year AND he dont drive it hard ,more of a poser car , even tho he has had remaps carbon bonnet and shed loads of other stuff but he does actually look like a numpty in it lol, wont even give me or Sal a race in the VRs ...

[Rikki 2]

Turbo it.......end of evo's break all the time as said clutch yearly and boxs.....only som,e people can pull off an evo!

[VR6Gill 1]

I had an evo7 for 3 years and in that time I only fitted a helix clutch once.

If you want a solid turbo i would go for a evo all day long

[legvw 0]

Hmm, the dark side. :-) Why would you stray from the dub?

Why not get a mk4 git/tdi, use that to drive, the vr to mod an play with a s/c or turbo conversion. You know it makes sense! ;-)

[Ben Seabrook 4]

tough one but would prob go for the evo myself - I know there showy and break etc but I still love them and will defo have one one day but will be an early one probably a "4" I think

[jesterwalker69 0]

Had an evo 6 TME before the VR and freaking loved it and would defo get another!!!

As everyone says they are expensive blah blah blah...but i've probs spent more on my VR than i did on the Evo.

Guys look ok in an evo upto the 7 (maybe incl. the 7 if its done properly!) but anything after that and it becomes a car for your mum to to the Tesco big shop in!! Too soft!

[xyber 1]

If I was going to buy a rally ricer, it would have to be a Scooby RB320, they just look right.

[editionmatt 1]

P1 ftw

[b road blaster 0]

p1's just a overpriced type r sorry been there done that

[Dazdub 0]

I do love the Evo but dont think i would ever buy one though as i love my dubs. All my mates have Jap cars. Couple of Evo 6s (the best in my opinion, espescially the Tommy mak edition), P1 scooby, RX7 and a Supra. All lovely cars and stupidly quick but they spend top dollar on them when they go wrong. What about a WR1 scooby.

[b road blaster 0]

wr1 nice but like the evo prefer the 6 tm so i personly prefer the classic scoob but each to there own and there is know doubt the wr1 is the quicker car to a p1 or type r i just think the older ones are more of a drivers car (says the man looking at evo x's) lol

[Dazdub 0]

Yeh with you on that Russ. Prefer the 1st gen scoobys. WR1 is a nice colour though and wheels suit it well. Mates Dad had a UK 300 but didnt like the bug eyes. Evo Xs look pretty special. Hell of a lot of tech on them though. I get confussed trying to work my mobile lol

[jims13 6]

evo's pah... ive had my car turbo'd for a fair bit now , and although its not 4wd, it is a properly setup 2wd golf.. its not chav low, and the camber is set to my spec , as well as toe . its handles and outhandles cars 4 -5 times it value on track. its also way more reliable than any evo or scooby, will hunt down gt3 porsche's and more exotic machine given a hard enough push of the peddle.

a decent evo or similar car is circa 8 k , anything less and it will be a load of trouble ..

stick with the vr , and charge it in way way or another, you wont regret it, and you will suprise other things.

only my two pence..

[AJmk2 2]

If i had the money id get an evo. Slight bit of tuning and its going to be quicker than all n/a VR and most FI especially in the 'real world'.

[jims13 6]

sorry mate your wrong, i havent yet come across an evo or scooby thats quicker than a proper charged vr of either variant in the real world.

but each to their own

[mike 6]

comes down to cost really and sell on value

an older evo would cost less than the turbo kit/fitting alone,...and hold decent value

[Ian_rogers 0]

I'd get a skyline myself :-)

[mike 6]

comes down to cost really and sell on value

an older evo would cost less than the turbo kit/fitting alone,...and hold decent value

maped turbos put up big numbers but its all about torque and the v6 is gonna seem and sound faster