Anyone out there owned a Golf Mk3 GTi 2.0 16v or VR6 in the past?

Yeah the 2 litre 16v (code ABF) is meant to be a pretty solid motor, one guy had fitted one to his Mk2 golf and has done countless laps of the Nurburgring and has never had an engine problem. I'd heard about the coil pack issue, but thought that failure was more common on the 20v motors (Mk4, TT etc).

How's the sale of the 5 going Rob, many sniffs?

Had a look on the dutch autotrader and very few cooking/hot civics, most have the 1.5 engine

And as for the Alfa, I'd love a 75, but can see it being a bit of a money pit, but one idea I may revisit! The V6 pushes out almost 200bhp.

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Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Yeah the 2 litre 16v (code ABF) is meant to be a pretty solid motor, one guy had fitted one to his Mk2 golf and has done countless laps of the Nurburgring and has never had an engine problem. I'd heard about the coil pack issue, but thought that failure was more common on the 20v motors (Mk4, TT etc).

How's the sale of the 5 going Rob, many sniffs?

Had a look on the dutch autotrader and very few cooking/hot civics, most have the 1.5 engine

And as for the Alfa, I'd love a 75, but can see it being a bit of a money pit, but one idea I may revisit! The V6 pushes out almost 200bhp.

Been checking out vw engine codes and think I may have missinformed you. Think it's the 9A block that was fitted to the passat and the Corrado 16v (not the golf) that I was told about as this is a short block and the ABF is a tall block. Now there's a thought have you considered a Corrado. And yes I agree the Alfa 75's I've always liked but think you'd be right in calling it a money pit, sound fantastic though.

Corrados again are a bit over priced in Holland - 5k euro which is a tad much for a rebodied Mk2 golf, even if it looks nice

Corrado is not a rebodied Mk2 Golf. And there never was a 2.9 Mk3 Golf

I thought the Corrado used the same floorpan as the golf, admittedly built by Karmann, but after a littlwe wiki ing I've discovered front platform is golf and rear is passat and that I was wrong, great to learn something new!

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Originally Posted by svdemon

And there never was a 2.9 Mk3 Golf

My bad I got muddled up with the Corrado...

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damn you Tim, I've been looking on Autotrader at getting another Golf and we've just gone back to only having one car.

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Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Corrados again are a bit over priced in Holland - 5k euro which is a tad much for a rebodied Mk2 golf, even if it looks nice

Aye but if you get a VR6 or more specifically a storm model you will lose next to nowt in depreciation as they are becoming collectable, and yes your right they are half golf ,half passat and supposedly one of the best handling front drive cars ever.

I don't fancy towing and 'Ringing a collectors car, with many 'Ring trips next year there is always the possibility of bending the car (through my faultor someone else's), hence why I'm wanting to go mainstream. So that's another reason why I haven't gone down the Corrado route.

The beauty with the VWs is that loads of people have modded the suspension and brakes before, so know what works and what doesn't. Plus spares are easy to get and loads of garages know how to work on them in Holland/Germany.

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What about an 8v Golf Tim? Less power but you dont need to rev them so hard to get the performance...