motorrob

Yes, this is coming common around here, 24v, 3.2, 3.6 swaps into mk1's.
 
I still loving the 12v.

I just want to update the thread and say that I have finally managed to fix the problem. The knock is no more.
Althought no one could say for certain "there, this is what caused the knock", my suspicions go to Cylinder #2.
The reasons are that both sets of pistons that I had in the engine (the one before my first rebuild and the one that I put in on the first rebuild) had piston #2 wearing much more than the others.
Cyl #2 was a bit worn out (but still within specs!) at TDC.
Like I said, I'd bet that the problem was in cyl #2.
Sooooo, about a month ago I did a second rebuild, this time I did it on my own with a friend, the knock is no more, here's what we did:
- Cylinders rebored to 82mm (1mm oversize pistons, done by a machine shop of course)
- Brand new Mahle pistons
- Brand new MaxSpeedingRods forged rods with arp bolts (not the best brand, but they are cheap enough to make up for that, instead of replacing the bushings and the bolts on the stock ones, either way im not turboing anytime soon, and the quality and work on them seemed really good for the price)
- R36 Conrod bearings
- All bolts were renewed with OEM ones, crankshaft, camshafts, intermediate shaft, main bearing caps bolts, flywheel bolts and so on
- New timing chain kit
That pretty much sums up the most important things we changed, and its 2.9 now:) Im eager to get it remapped! 
 
P.S. By the way, NEVER BUY ELRING BEARINGS! I've had two sets getting worn out and deforming in under 10k miles each, Kolbenschmidt did great, both for mains and conrods, Im still running KS for the mains and R36 on the conrods now.

When you do a service you only take out 275ml of oil can hold 450ml in total! No pics sorry got my trusted mechanic to do the job recommended to get a new gasket seal when doing the job! Took it for another drive last night and felt so planted highly recommend for other gen 1 haldex owners!

I forgot to respond that I found the problem. The problem was indeed that the hose was not fixated on the pump, so I am guessing it was just floating above the fuel and sucking air, once I attached it on the side of the pump where motorrob showed, it stopped whining.

I have finally completed my project 
1995 VW Corrado Canadian car Transformation with 3.6 from a Passat CC R36.  I am only running it as a FWD, the motor has been refreshed top to bottom 
For my trans I am running the stock Corrado 5speed with a TDI 5th gear .658 
A/C blows ice cold
The car runs great and is a blast to drive, the hp upgrade is incredible and the car handles it well!
 

Looking nice and clean

I really want a set of these wheels and i really dig the purple!!!!

Ok here's my contribution
Mk1 Caddy vr6 turbo with 4motion, this last season 2013 I was running 401bhp and 400ftlbs of torque.
My best time of the season was an 11.4 second but this next year I'm aiming for a 10second 1/4 so currently changing/upgrading pretty much all of the engine,cooling and turbo and pushing for 550-600bhp or basically as much as I can get!
Here's a nice vid from gti international of me racing a 6.3 AMG Merc on drag slicks, not my best time as it was about 32degrees!

Yeah purple. I was driving through manchester one day and so a audi rs6 in purple merlin pearl effect and I had to have it. Mate at audi managed get me paint code  

Mate I done the wishbones, and dogbone. 
So far the Poly bush on the Dogbone is still there, the rest ive removed and binned. 
I hated it.
My experience, if you gonna track the car then do the full monty, if not standard bushes are perfecto.. 
 

Little beasty, I'm sure we can let him off for a lack of cylinders.... always nice to see a lithe mk1 spanking the usual car mag cover stars let's be honest!
 
 

Have a look at xxr s they a nice fit 18 inch. I think they suit my car anyway and like the concave structure 

We can weld 2 shut for you haha  

Yeah purple. I was driving through manchester one day and so a audi rs6 in purple merlin pearl effect and I had to have it. Mate at audi managed get me paint code  

Have a look at xxr s they a nice fit 18 inch. I think they suit my car anyway and like the concave structure 

Have a look at xxr s they a nice fit 18 inch. I think they suit my car anyway and like the concave structure 

Have a look at xxr s they a nice fit 18 inch. I think they suit my car anyway and like the concave structure 

I sold one a while back on eBay advertised as untested for £100 and it sold in 2 days, bloke was over the moon with it

I know a lot of people use these for different applications but Carnt find any for sale to see what they worth. Any ideas? 

you should be able to get 4" all the way, thats how its is on mine, but then that how markies done his 4" down to 3" back up

Hey everyone im rob from manchester, decided to join on here as the information i have seen about the vr6 is brilliant on here and people willing to share there advice and problems. I currently have a 2002 4 motion vr6. Which i picked up for 350 pounds around 8 months ago. The gearbox was seized up. After looking around for a week or so i found a gearbox. I replaced the clutch and fitted my gearbox which got me back on the road . Since then i have serviced the vehicle, fitted ap coilovers, neuspeed induction, r32 coils and got hold of some xxr wheels,tinted the rear windows and smoothed of the front end. There is plenty more i would like to do .i have been going to a few shows this year and would like to head to even more next year.
This is how she stood at edition 38 this year.