dasteel 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Hi all. Just signed up. I've had a black 97 highline for 2 years. Changed wheels and suspension and de-badged grill. Apart from that it standard. The bodywork has gained some dinks over the years and it's starting to use more oil and water. I need some advice/ideas on wether to re-build my lump with some mods or exchange for a tuned lump? Are supercarger's a good idea or is there more to be gained from a flowed head and a chip? Or should I go and get an R32 for reliability reasons?I would appreciate any ideas and prices.Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Personally, if i was in your position i would get the R32! as soon as the coffers allow i will be getting one! love my VR6 and probably wont sell it as its such a nice car, but the R32 is the next step up the "top of the range" VW ladder for me! reliability and as you say once things start to go wrong they get expensive! not that an R32 wont be expensive to run!! if things go wrong... Link to post Share on other sites
Petesvw 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 A charged VR will waste a R32 tho mate : ) Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 do u mean buy an r32 or drop an r32 engine into a vr?? i nearly did the latter Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Even my VR gave a R32 a run for it's money... one un-impressed R32 driver! Link to post Share on other sites
dasteel 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I would like my VR to run with an R32 but i need reliability. What do you think of shrick manifolds and a de-cat system? Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Even my VR gave a R32 a run for it's money... one un-impressed R32 driver!pete youve done pretty much everythin u can do to a n/a vr6 short of displacement increase !lol !lol Link to post Share on other sites
dasteel 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 How reliable is 210bhp and how much£££££ Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 perfectly reliable but fairly expensive and mines a miint engine anyway Link to post Share on other sites
dasteel 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Are there any decent tuned engine rebuild's off the shelf? Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 TSR do them completely built but expensive! better off geting your engine sorted by a competent mechanic and going the charged route. Around 2.5-3k for a supercharger fitted and running 270-280ish bhp...Although 240 std from an R32 engine would be lovely! the noise is fantastic too! :-) Link to post Share on other sites
dasteel 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 How much should i expect to get for a bit ropey black 97 highline. Is there any demand for cheap project cars. Cash in hand is always helpfull at the dealers. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 im at 221BHP, quite reliably, just your usual problems like CV joints, bearings etc... Link to post Share on other sites
Eat this 2 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 im at 221BHP' date=' quite reliably, just your usual problems like CV joints, bearings etc... [/quote']what wheel bhp and torque u runnin pete?? Link to post Share on other sites
matth76 1 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 im at 221BHP' date=' quite reliably, just your usual problems like CV joints, bearings etc... [/quote']what wheel bhp and torque u runnin pete??... and what mods too? On a normally aspirated VR that is very good. Link to post Share on other sites
aad 0 Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 if your engine is fine go the supercharged route,it is quicker than a r32and i think your fuel consumption is better also.even my freind swopped is r32 for a mk5 gti he said the r32 was very bad on fuel i,m not knocking the r32 it is a fantastic car i was going to get one15,000 pounds, get a s/c i think now for 3,ooo 3,500 fitted Link to post Share on other sites
dasteel 0 Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Can anyone recomend an s/s installer in the south east. Link to post Share on other sites
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