King_Of_Spades

I am in the market and found what I wanted. But I have no clue what the possibilities are? Its Compakt's old 4 door that I am purchasing. Any advice on a build-out???

84Roc

have you checked the MKII forums on vwvortex? there is some good info there.
You can do VR6, 1.8t, 8vT, 16vT, TDI conversions, many possiblities

gabe

theres a lot of swaps that you can do with that platform. what is in it now is probably not worth bothering with, it is the slow 2.0 engine.

as a daily driver, it seems to be fine, but if you are planning on making it fast i would suggest looking into swapping in a 1.8t and doing all those fun upgrades.

feel free to join www.tampaveedubs.com

jgti

16v, or a VR6 swap would do you fine....or just work with the platform you have in the car now, 8v turbo's are a blast.


A new rolling shell would help you out as well.

JimmyHat

sorry to hear that your buying that car. I was going to go look at it but I ended up buying my 95 civic for 500.00 I heard a few things about that car which made me stay away! but good luck with it I would do something turbo. those cars handel like a SOB.

gabe

its only $600, what can you expect?

from what i remember, it runs, only mod is swisscheesed airbox and some other exterior somethings, and then theres a rear suspension problem.. im pretty sure thats it.. from what i know.

Justan8valve

well whatever problems there are with the car would most likely be solved if and when the motor is swaped. the car ran fine the last time i heard, but if you can get the car for under 1000, buy it and swap the motor for a 16v or a vr6.

defekt

yea i bought it for $2200 last year... selling for $600.. what do you expect.

fuck all the lowballers too.. *ahem* YBlegal

Trevahhhh

lets not forget the good ole G60 swap . if its a 90-92 8v it will bolt and plug right in . probably the easiest swap you can do . the 1.8t swaps envolve tonsssssssss of wiring . the vr6 swap envolves a bit of wiring also but isnt nearly as bad as the 1.8t . definatly check out www.vwvortex.com . i will be parting out a corrado soon that had a g60 in it that laid down 178hp and 182 footpounds of torque to the wheels . lemme know if you are interested . i could help you with the swap and could probably be done over the weekend . shoot me a email at soxs79@yahoo.com

Cold_Beer

i got all kinds of 16v stuff........wiring harness, alt. clutches, blocks etc.....lmk if interested..also i got some helios blue recaros dorrpanels and all