This VR6-Swapped VW Mkii GTI is why Modern Euro Hatches are Hated!
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What's up?! Today we're diving into Joe's VR6-Swapped and supercharged VW Mkii GTI to discover exactly what kind of driving experience can come to life by taking over a decade of Euro love and packing that into something that's raw and unfiltered. Enjoy!
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Lots of Euro lately! Hope you guys enjoy this one, I've known Joe for years and somehow we've never shot a video until now. (@joeschmoez on IG) Maybe we can do more?! If you guys would be into that please let me know! Apologies for the weird audio changes going on. This was the last video I shot with this mic, I promise you! :D
Loving the the Euros ! Keep up the good work !
Looking forward to seeing more euro carsđ„đ„đ„
Man I use to drool over builds like this in EuroTuner magazines back in the early 2000âs!!đđœđ„đ„đ„
Still drooling⊠đ
Been dreaming about having a boosted VR6 VW for a quarter of a century now. Really have to make it a reality soon or all possible vehicles will be priced out of range.
@@ScramTek No doubt man. Same here.
@@ScramTek do it, mk2 shells aren't expensive, mk4 golfs/boras with 24V VR6's aren't uber rare.
Maxpower too lol
@@CPMUNSEY go for it man. I was lucky enough to get my mk5 Jetta in one of the eurotuners readers rides sections back in the day. Now I'm building a 95 urs6 because I always wanted a classic Audi 5 cylinder turbo. Life's short just enjoy it when you can. Plus like the one guy said mk2 shells aren't super hard to find and the vr6 swap is quite simple.
Iâm currently driving a 2019 GTI MK 7.5 DSG (Iâm 78). And have never lost my lust for fast cars or a mechanical jewel like your little rocket. Great video, great car. Thanks, RickGTIâŠ..đșđžđ§
That shifter looks super tight, canât even imagine how satisfying that thing is to shift
Incredibly. Glad there was no music
That shifter and winding windows đ€đ€€đŻđđŸ
late 90âs early 2000âs âeuroâ styling always the best for a mk2 golf I say . I was doing the shows back then in my corrado here in the U.K. Great memories. Combined with that vr6 sound - superb đ
I agree on that :D
did a video of a 720HP VR6T on my channel, love it :D
agree
I've owned my VR6 since 2005 and love her more everyday.
Iâm not a VW guy but enjoyed this build and thanks for sharing the vid.
I fell in love with vr6 when I watched Malakar Motorsports turbo VR6 swapped RS3 videos
Yoooo finally, been waiting for this!
I drive a turbo 2.5 MK6... VW's golden age has not passed
The golden era of all consumer based cars has past. Prove me wrong
That is partly on the consumers themselves, we have tech to make bulletproof engines today that would make great platforms for modification or that would last for 100,000s of miles with basic maintenance, but most buyers only want a car that lasts three to five years until they trade it in for a new model with more features they don't need.
đ„ always with the sick videos
Man... cars nowadays just donât have this type of charisma and charm. MK4 was the pinnacle of Gti in my opinion however, I love MK2âs and hopefully Iâll own one someday.
One of my favorite cars mk2s forever especially with a vr
Sick as build great vid man !!!
My buddy had a 89' Dodge Omni which is practically the same body design as the VW. Had all the Shelby edition cosmetics and a crazy sized supercharger. That car was fun. Felt like a rocket whipping you back where you had to strain yourself moving forward while pulling thru gears.
Love it! I own a VR6 MKII GTI myself. I was content with it as is. But after watching this, I may have to hunt down a supercharger.
Great video!
Beautiful car... At 1 time or another a was obsessed with the VR6
This takes me back to the early 2000âs when my cousin was all about Volkswagens and got me into it when I was around 13yrs old, at 14yrs old I had already owned 2 rabbits, one was a orange 1978 rabbit, and the other was a silver 1984 rabbit gti with the burgundy cloth interior..and my cousin went through many and I mean many Volkswagens, heâs had mk2 sciroccoâs with the 16v motor, he owned a bad ass red 1980 rabbit truck with a semi built and cammed 16v motor that ran low 13âs which was pretty fast at the time, and he also owned a few turbo aba rabbits, and a supercharged vr6 corrado, they were fun little cars thatâs for sure! Now my cousin is into banshees and I moved onto Hondas and mustangs lol
And yes I would say the golden age of Volkswagen was everything from a mk1 chassis to the mk4 chassis! Everything after that is all just the new new shit
The MK4 series is my favorite! I currently own a 1.8T Mk4 Jettawagon, so goodđ
@@michaelteeter3886 I love anything from mk1-mk4.
I would really love to get a mk1 vw caddy with a 2.0 16v motor with some head work and nice cams
@@petrolhead8851 I love me a good mk1 caddy! I really just want my vw wagon to be a semi built daily drivable street beastđ I've started collecting parts for it. Simple stuff, I have H&R lowering springs, Bilstein shocks, intake to make it sound a lil better and I just bought a K04 style turbo for it. Just slowly getting everything in, I'm in no rush so I'm happy! Just gotta put everything in now!
@@michaelteeter3886 thatâll be a sleeper for sure, heâll yeah man bump that boost up! I bet itll be a beast
I wouldn't call the newer ones shit they're just... Like sliced bread, plain. Litterally from the 1.8t in the mk4 to the 2.0t in the mk8 the tuning principle is similar, but thats just boosted engines in general isn't it?
My very first car was a 91 golf and I loved it. After highschool I moved over seas for a while then came back state side and was going to college. Saw my car in the parking lot and waited for whomever was driving it to come outside. Finally she came out and I asked if she'd be willing to sell it back to me but she refused. Can't say I blame her. That car was such a sleeper. No one guessed how fast my car was and was always shocked when I left em in the dust. Man I miss that car
nice song never get bored everytime heard it
Awesome. Nothing but love for a Mk2.
Thank you!
congrats Joe! Awesome awesome car. Pillar to the community for sure
Thank you kindly!
Great guy, great car awesome video. Love seeing the VW content ;)
Thanks for the kind words man!
Love these cars :D
Did a video of a VR6T with 720 horses waay back.
Such underrated cars.
I had to like straight away for the 14yrs of dedication!!
Thanks! Love for the bros
love this car. blue taillights are killer! growing up there was a dude who had a black mk2 with these lights, so sick. loud as hell. got me into cars at a very early age, probably 1998 if I remember right. Been obsessed with these ever since. cool vid!
Hella magic taillights, they made them for the mk3 and mk4 too!
Thank you for the kind words!
@@sv_cheats1970 made them also for Polos, but the Golf tails are the most well known đ
@@stefa_ oh true, they even made them for the E34 and E39 BMW's (in black for the e34 and black and clear for the e39)
I love VR6, R32 Sounds â€đ„ Oldschool Tuning are Best Tuning!Mk2 VR6 is Classic pur đ€©
Really nice clean MK2 VR6 supercharged, keep up the good work, it's a never end project, ask me how do know this đ
That GTI is beautiful. Dope
I love my VR6 in my S1. I also run that shifter in my mk1 rabbit. ITs amazing how these VR6 motors retain this respect. The sound and clarity of the motor is something else. Did you ever find out if the SC was a V1 or V3?
I love the paint and sound long with the tail light đ beautiful car
Thank you thank you đđœ
I love the vr6 engine
I love it, it just needs a trip to the panelbeaters.
Polished vr6 intake I used to have one of those
Love your channel and your camera quality has got to be the best of pretty much all the car channels Iâve seen
I used to have a set of those Mattig cup mirrors on my mk4. You can't see anything in them lol. I ended up swapping them out for a pair of euro stubbies.
Rad car! Sounds nice!
you need to come by kelowna again. its a shame i never got to see this amazing build. hopefully my mk3 Jetta vr6 will be road worthy too by then
Joeâs car is very nice! Iâm hoping to get my VR6 swapped mk2 Jetta up to these standards eventually!
Thank you for the kind words!
That shifter looks incredibly satisfying to use!
Its like $1200 it better lol
It sure is!
Yes the golden age of VW has passed , imo, with the end of the Mark 5 R32. In the 90s we thought VW would never make a turbo car. The Mark 8s are not that good looking imo. Dubs were always boxy, even the new badges show no continuity with all previous badges. Especially the R badge, it plain sucks. Now all VWs have way too many buttons. And thet arent even buttons in the traditional sense, its jst flat and gives haptic feedback. Im 49 and have had every model from Mark 1s to now a Mk4 R32. The Vr is linear all the way. And if your gonna daily your car its bound to have a few nicks and scratches. It usta drive me nuts, considering my VW is super clean in and out. I got over it
I do not miss K-tronic, CIS or Digifant fuel injection. IMHO, the last fun VW to tune was the MK3. I remember buying cams, chips and exhausts for cheap. Now you have to pay $350 for a tune, $800 for a cat back system. Yeah, we blew up more engines back then but it was cheap fun.
@@joeblack007 I agree. It's wayyy cheaper to make the 2L turbo faster no doubt.
Mk4's were shithot. The mk7.5 isn't too bad compared to whatever this new one is they came out with but it's only really engaging with a manual box as the dsg is soulless like most flappy paddle cars these days are.
Those brake light took me back to my childhood.
Definitely one of the most fav parts of the car!
can you share info about your custom tail lights?
Very nice car , almost is nice as living in Southwestern British Columbia . Where you can still shoot videos like this in December .
nice and clean golf II
Iâm just joining the vw scene and to get started with it I bought 2 mk2 Jettaâs a 1989 white 8v in mint condition 14000k original and a 1991 red 16v GLX with a big break kit Didnât come oem bbs and the body is rusty in terrible condition my plan is to make a GLX clone with the 8v
Hold on to that 8v. They are getting hard to find in good condition.
The Golden Age of VW : MKI MKII MKIII MKIII
Agreed. The golden age of VW has passed. But thats true for almost all enthusiast brands. Although VW still makes the "best" every day Hot Hatch with interiors that don't feel like Hot Hatch.
Emissions killed all car enthusiasts
Looks like Ryan's from Hotwater performance. I remember being on the cruise with it on the I-5 when the state troopers came out in force and started pulling everyone over except for me, as I was in an turbo Volvo and not a VW, because my lysholm Corrado g60 was broken down once again. Good times.
This is this old car!
Golden age of VW as a brand may have passed, but Audi is coming on strong with killer RS models, and the other brands in the AG are killing it as wellâŠ
Mk1 gti rs3 5 cylinder awd swap would be my dream!
I like the mk2 more but mk1 will be sick aswell
good looking 19E
Awesome car!!!
Thank you sir!
where can I get a supercharger for my 12v vr6
Love the classic VW's more than anything but I wouldn't say the golden age is over for VW, i love my mk7's styling, reliability and tuning capabilities but im not sure how i feel about the mk8 though.....
Nobody hates modern Hatches. You made that up.
Canât go wrong with vr6
Thanks man!
@@josephsimon1417 youâre welcome
Would you rather have this or a is38 mk7.5 GTI ?
VR6. đđ„°
Actually really like the blue tails
Thank you!
oh, that seems a centrifugal super
You said you replaced the steering rack?? If so with what
Just with a new oem one is all, it was leaking and getting super sloppy.
dat is nize
coupe hatch 4wd 6 cyl super,
dat coud be done from da beggining you manufacters
Agreed!
You can't beat the Vr6 in a Mark 2 and boosted ? Fugetaboutit. Yea the head doesn't flow as well as other 6 cyl. They are bulletproof if maintained, and it's a Euro which means a special quality yup the golden age was over with the Mark4. And yea you cant beat the feel of a 20 30 yr sports car. I'm stoked I'm lucky I was able to get her so clean, and the reliability has been rock solid, it's my daily.
The golden age of Volkswagen has certainly not passed. The modern GTI's, while not as "raw" as this, will certainly outperform it in pretty much every way.
Don't get me wrong, this MK2 is amazing and I would love to own it, but I'm just being realistic here. I get that people get more of a visceral feeling from classic cars, but at the end of the day it's just a feeling. Objectively cars are getting better and better. And in another 30 years, people will probably look at the MK6 or MK7 as the golden age of Volkswagen. Just my opinion.
How do you 'swap in an OBD system'?
Early vr6âs were obd1 cap and rotor, later ones obd2 are coilpack.
I wonder the weight. My 85â gti 8v weights a little over a ton. Maybe 40 or 50 pounds over. Interested to see how much the vr6 and the rest of the swap adds
They are a bit nose heavy. They will compensate on straight track
@@dakloosoudje I plan on scca racing mine and Iâve heard the vr6 is a bit much up front but I doubt itâs too crazy, kinda leaning towards the 1.8t or O7k but vr6 would be awesome too
What size is the wheel?
16 x 8.5 and 16 x 9
I'm looking for an mk2 so I can swap the vr6 out of my mk4 into it
3rd gear is 1:1ratio that's reason for it
Mkii hatch, Jetta & mk3 Jetta are best style Volkswagen
Seems like normal down to earth guy :) The truth is that outside flaws bug me. I'd paint that Rallye grille andredo it o it's not so wavy and put Zender or Hella upper spoiler in the back.
MKII 4LIFE
The grill is definitely getting painted and re worked. The Car it self is getting re worked and painted as well. Iâm not opposed to putting either spoiler on the back!
@@josephsimon1417 Awesome news man! :D You have IG or sth where I can follow the work?
@@KRAMPUS_G60_16V I don't think I've ever seen a Rallye grille without the waves.
@@johnjacob688 Probably they're wavy cause not original?
@@KRAMPUS_G60_16V You're probably right.
I'd like to r swap a Mk4 GLI. I miss my vr6.
Only thing I didnt necessarily agree with is VW golden age passing.
Maybe in the đșđČ but having just lost a mk7 TDI that thing was amazing to drive and barely felt more vanilla than my older chassis VW.
Early 2000s they lost their touch but had some good chassis.
Vw really had an issue when blending more Audi around this era
I have a VR5 Mk4 Golf and I absolutly love it. When I step on the trottle i can hear the air rushing throgh the Intake and even at 200km/h it feels like im gliding over the road. And I think after that it only went down hill. The styling got worse and the bit of insantiy that brougt us things like the VR5, VR6 and a 130hp in the Mk2 GTI got lost.
Golden ages can return, it happens sometimes. If you want a reliable BMW get the non-turbo engine.
Light steering my ass. I had a mk2 vr and that thing was like holding on your life in the turns. She was spot on but mam that thing would make you shit a brick.
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Vr6 + boost = more content
Hopefully we get to shoot again soon! Stay tuned
I can't decide to keep my 2.0 16v or to do a Vr6 swap yet still on my MK2 Gli Wolfsburg.. This video isn't helping cause that Golf is friggin sick!!
Your gli is pretty dope to dude.
He said it was a fully blueprinted motor and then he goes and says that all he did was re ring it with the original pistons đ
And do I regret that? You bet I do
You can barely find 3door hatches these days and they are all starting to look like lowered SUV's , it has become ridiculous,the target group are young families and true fans of these once great looking chassis are left in the cold, damn shame, after owning only 3door hatchbacks all my life as a single 35 year old i think my next car will be a 2door coupe or a older hatch but i will keep my 3door '05 a3 8p as long as i can.
I never did get to hear Itâs specs?
What specs are you looking for?! I can help with that haha
The golden age ended for me when VW went water cooled .
is it synchro
Unfortunately no, well not yet I guess haha
@@josephsimon1417 oneday it will great job
wy give it gas between shifts. the charger does not need extra gas.
Its called rev matching while downshifting. I didn't see him give it gas while shifting otherwise.
8:43 rebuilt the engine but left the original piston? Wtf?
I donât check these often. There was a lot I left out in my conversation I donât do well with public speaking. The pistons were left as they were done recently by the previous owner I bought the swap from
I feel like the design aspect has past their time, they are just all starting to look the same with no real heart put into it but their motors are so fucking good. They can make great power and be pretty reliable.
just put the 4 round headlights
Would be lying if I said the thought didnât cross my mind.
@@josephsimon1417 would look great
that rattling sound is absolutely annoying from the inside
That car looks and sounds like itâs on 2 pounds of boostâŠwhen he does pulls it sounds like heâs half throttle on a stock vr6âŠ. Iâm lost here
Unfortunately technical mic issues.
I bought a mark too when it was only a year old had 14,000 miles on it most unreliable car I ever owned
there is nothing that i hate then a nice mk2 golf with with ugly side mirrors VW designed these cars with very nice mirrors why ruin the look
To each thier own. I like the 90âs DTM style mirrors
VW also designed it , without those wheels, without that suspension, without those blue taillights, without a cage, without that steering wheel, without those seats, etc. Where do you draw the line?
@@johnjacob688 dude the other mods make it nice that mirrors make it look shit for me ,not saying it does not look nice for everyone just me i do not like it everyone is has their own taste
first
u lost my view the moment he said bmw
but you cared enough to comment
Whyâs that?
The most terrible mirrors that could be installed!
yank..not intersted
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