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Its nice to be rollin' VR stylz again!

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Honestly that has to be the fastest double VR6 swap I have ever seen. Kudos!!
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Thanks! I've got practice now, but the hard part was already done. If I had an un-crashed MK3 donor I'm sure it could be easily done in a weekend. So if anyone is fixin' to do one of these swaps gimme a holla :thumbsup:

Cruised around a little last night, maybe like twenty miles and kept below fourty-five hundred RPM. No leaks, great idle and kept a nice temp. Hopefully the VW spirits will smile upon this setup, because I'm going to be nice to it.
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I bet that hauls ass.. Vr6 in a light body like that.
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Well awesome man! Come give me a ride next week! Then you can grab your beer lol.
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Glad you had the opportunity to do this again with the rolled GLX and it drives!
Hopefully, this one makes it through a summer of flogging cause I wouldn't be able to keep it under 4500 for long.
When you get a chance, let us know how much this thing weighs???
Nice work and better luck this time around. :thumbsup:
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I kinda wonder what it weighs too...

Seems to be running well, got about 200 miles on it now. Today I pulled this gem out of the GLX. The donor car had two plugs going to it and I only have one, but it seems to be working fine with my one plug :) MFA is even working.

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DO IT!!
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Interior and exterior are all buttoned up now with the MK3 cluster wedged in the dash :) Everything is working except the coolant level sensor and blinker indicator. I am going to try to fix these and get cruise control in stalled in the next couple days, because 90 now feels like 70 and I cannot afford any more speeding tickets. Gotta say I love driving this thing more than any car I've ever had, it takes way less effort to drive than a 16v and I'm getting about the same MPGs. Anyone thinking about building one should DO IT!

Again I my thanks goes out to everyone that helped with this project! If I can help anyone with a MK2VR or an ABA Rabbit conversion let me know. :beer:

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Just got back from the landfill :) Rolled up to the weigh station and asked the lady, "how much do you think I weigh." She tilts her head and pauses for a sec and says, "about 180?" :laughing: With me and a full tank of gas the car weighs 2880. Thats about 2650 empty.

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