Big Sky Euro

Before i left for korea (army assignment) i picked up a 1992 GTI. It's in pretty decent shape and has some cool parts on it. Big bumps, zender wing, Momo wheel and some kind of aftermarket rims. It's not a bad little car, and for the price i could not refuse. Anyways I'll be gone for a year and I'm already saving up for the build. Here are some pics, although it's a little dirty it cleans up nice. Some of you might even know who owned it.. It was a local car as far as i know..






Plans are new rims, and a 16v swap probably keep the digi for now. Suspension isn't a concern as its lowered rides, and handles good. I replaced the broken door handle so far and it had a problem of dying. Figured out cause of a broken engine mount it was shifting enough to pull the wires loose on the coil. But it pulls hard now and shifts good and solid. Let me know what you all think? Opinions on swaps etc? I have a whole year to save up for this thing.

VR6s are getting easier to find and they seem to run forever. Fairly simple swap into an MK2 and a blast to drive.

i also concur with trevah, the VR6 is hard to beat in a mk2, doesnt feel heavy up front, our old vr swap would handle so good, no plowing in corners, it would actualy slid the rear out before it thought about plowing easy swap, killer reliablility, and lots of room for a turbo good luck, ive heard Korea can be either, really shitty, or awesome, its what you make of it!

I did see this on CL but IIRC it was like 2 grand. I wanted it but not for me. cool looking car though!

@MT-Getto and kompressorgolf: I'm certainly leaning toward a VR6 but more than likely a 24v on stand alone so I can add boost later on. I have a whole year to save/ decide so It'll take some thinkin and studying.
@coupe quattro: The car was on craigslist a while back, and I bought it off the kid that bought it off cl. He paid 2200 for it, and I finally got him down to 1500. So it was a screamin' deal.

The one that was in Anaconda?

12 or 24v, wont matter, esp on standalone, but with a 12v, it will give way more than usable HP when boosted. FWIW i would find a cheap swap, or donor for an OBD2 12v add a headspacer, arp studs, a C2 motorsports 440cc chip, and make close to 400HP with a cheap kinetics turbo kit. will be the cheapest. to make the 24v swap worth it, you would have to run the VVT which is a real BEAR to tune right, unless you have very hefty skills in the standalone dept. i think i could tune it in, but it would take alot of time, trial and error. just not worth it IMO. when hp is so achievable with the 12v for cost effectiveness.

MT-Getto wrote:The one that was in Anaconda?

I believe that is correct, the kid told me where and when but i don't recall... All i know was he was firm on 2100 dollars and after a week of not talking to him he texted and asked if I'd do like 19 and i declined, another few days went by and he said well will you still do 15? and i said see you in an hour. Haha

kompressorgolf wrote:12 or 24v, wont matter, esp on standalone, but with a 12v, it will give way more than usable HP when boosted. FWIW i would find a cheap swap, or donor for an OBD2 12v add a headspacer, arp studs, a C2 motorsports 440cc chip, and make close to 400HP with a cheap kinetics turbo kit. will be the cheapest. to make the 24v swap worth it, you would have to run the VVT which is a real BEAR to tune right, unless you have very hefty skills in the standalone dept. i think i could tune it in, but it would take alot of time, trial and error. just not worth it IMO. when hp is so achievable with the 12v for cost effectiveness.

I figured that the 12v was gonna be the most cost effective.. And I also want reliability, but from what I heard a while back when I was looking into VRT 2 or so years ago.. What i kept hearing was 12v's did not like boost. Is kinetics a good system? I thought they were Ebay? And I found a guy on vortex who can do a map for a 24v vvt. Let me know on the 12v reliability. I know that's what spencer is doing so I'm sure he has quite a bit of info on that as well. I just want reliable power, even if i have to spend a little money to get it, it would be worth saving up for.

mk2dubber wrote: I believe that is correct, the kid told me where and when but i don't recall... All i know was he was firm on 2100 dollars and after a week of not talking to him he texted and asked if I'd do like 19 and i declined, another few days went by and he said well will you still do 15? and i said see you in an hour. Haha

Thats funny because I told the guy I would give him 15 and he was offended. Had cash in hand. Glad someone is going to do something with this car.

12v love boost, haha. with stock management, and a C2 530 PROMAF file, guys are making over 600, kinetics isnt ebay, they run a garrett 60-1 turbo, good reliable kit, ifcrazy power is what you want, obviously the reliability in transmissions is a downfall, but trust me, even 250-300 hp in these little cars, is absolutely lighting quick. the only man i know who has successfully done a 24v is andrew, and he actually pops on here quite often as well as vortex, (diegti) i belive he also daily drives or did, a VRT 12v i think he has a couple.