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Post by **SweaterVest** » Aug Wed 17, 2011 7:00 pm

Ive been thinking about maken this thread for a while but im a huge slacker.

mk3 vr6 gti

its kind of an old picture

my aircooled project

my dad bulit it when he was like 15. its been sittin outside for about 25 years so it a rust bucket.

and newst to the family is my mk2 gti thanks to staggeredmk4

just put a new head gasket kit and windshield on her. after i get timing chains done on my mk3 my plan is to do a vr swap in this!!

Post by **sneakyboy1** » Aug Wed 17, 2011 11:44 pm

Glad to see you taking care of her Wes!
Just remember, I get 1st ride after your VR swap!

Post by **SweaterVest** » Aug Wed 17, 2011 11:56 pm

you will be the first to know when its done!!

Post by **MT-Getto** » Aug Thu 18, 2011 7:29 am

No mention of that sweet caddy in the photo?

Post by **SweaterVest** » Aug Thu 18, 2011 8:05 am

i wish that one of my bosses. i told him he should just give it to me because he has was to many cars... i got shut down

Post by **SweaterVest** » Dec Sun 11, 2011 7:30 pm

so i broke down and did my timing chains on my mk3 vr6.... fml. i pulled it all apart and relized that i had ordered the wrong upper chain set up

i didnt want to put my tranny back in just to have to pull it apart the next week so i left it apart and waited for the right chains to show up

so i was sitting in front of all my parts i had just taken off. they were a little dirty so i cleaned them up and thought to my self i can do better than this and reember that i had a sand blaster. so i spent an after noon sand blasting. everything looked sooooo clean but the right chains still werent here so i decided to paint a few parts

a few years ago i painted my tranny

bright green... what was i thinking????

so i fixed that too

then my chains showed up and i put it all back to gether.... i never want to pull my tranny again i fought it for four hours before i could get it to set right

i dont think i have ever hated my car as much as i did at that point. but i got her all back in and good and sutff. started it up and o my a vr sound soooooo good without the chains rattling

and this is how it all sits now

im thinking next week im going to relocate the battery, bypass the throttle body coolant lines, and maybe pull the hvac and cluster and throw in some leds.

Post by **padroB5** » Dec Sun 11, 2011 8:39 pm

looks like clean fresh beast in there!!!

Post by **MT-Getto** » Dec Mon 12, 2011 7:46 am

Nice work!

Post by **vegas2017** » Dec Mon 12, 2011 3:05 pm

very nice!

Post by **SweaterVest** » Feb Wed 29, 2012 11:40 pm

a few updates for the mk3 from the past few months. I bought a vr lip for it the other day, i didnt put it on yet because it snowed like two feet the day after i got it... i would have been rollin snow plow status

led cluster and switches!! i think if matches my deck pretty well

draft 42 any one? got all that dumb SAI stuff out of the way

not really for my gti but i was doing timing chains on a vr6 and really didnt want to do it one the ground so i made me an engine stand.

it worked really well! bolts on where the rear engine mount goes

*Big Sky Euro