Engine conversion, advise/thoughts please

Engine conversion, advise/thoughts please

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Faz_ITR

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204 months

Sunday 22nd March 2009
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First and foremost let me apologise to you all as I'm sure that this question will have come up many times......

I have bought a mk3 1.8 8v Golf from a neighbour who needed rid (needless to say it doesn't owe me much) and it sounds like the bottom end is waving ta-ta.

It needs swapping, but I'm unsure whether to go for the VW VR6 or the VAG 1.8T (180 or 225).

Can anybody advise me which is the easiest fit (engine mounts etc), if anybody has run either conversion and also how good (or bad) the VR6 engine is. I've driven a number of 1.8T 225s so I know one'll do smile

Thanks in advance chaps