It is a VR6. Seen it done a few times. Heres an example:

http://www.motor-talk.de/bilder/vw-polo-86...i203448648.html

I cant see it being a huge performance gain over a well sorted turboed or eaton G though. The VR is just such a huge lump of engine for a small car. Undoubtablly, its quick in a straight line (after all the wheelspin), but point it at a corner, and understeer will stick you in the hedge .

VR6 would be so pointless to put in (apart from that noise <3)

best bet would be something similar to what harris has done, just supercharge/turbo it or run itb's if you want to keep it N/A

would probably work out cheaper too than trying to fit a non vw engine in a vw

what about the V5 2.3L 150bhp some where 170 bhp nice square engine for the engine bay.

There are loads of vr6 mk3 polo's around wakefield

surely a slightly heavier engine would actually benefit the car? bit more weight on the front wheels giving more grip?

It depends on how well the car was setup for it really, any car can be made to handle good

The internet says VR6 powered cars don''t corner.

it must be true!!! haha

True about the weight giving more grip. But it would still understeer alot as the heavy engine will be pushing the front wide. It would still wheelspin loads as small cars with loads of power always do, and think of the torque steer. Even standard MK3's can torque steer if the bushes are a bit worn.

If your going through the effort of fitting a VR6 in a mk2/f polo your hardly going to leave the steering/suspension standard

VR6 Corrado was named the best road handling around the time it was released.

I think a kr or abf could be squeezed into the front of a mk3 with a bit of fab and mods to the front running gear.

If your going through the effort of fitting a VR6 in a mk2/f polo your hardly going to leave the steering/suspension standard

I wasnt implying you would No one would be that dumb. I was just saying, that if you get torque steer in a standard one with puny power, you'd get it more with loads more power and torque. Manufacturers spend millions developing a car, and some of them still torque steer terribly. So i think it would be hard to fit a huge engine, into whats basically a 30+ year old chassis design that was never designed to accomadate it, and eliminate problems with putting the power down :-)

And i'm not saying a corrado VR6 handles badly. It was based on bits of the MK2 Golf, so naturally would handle well.

Edited 30 August, 201214 yr by malaga red

I ran an ally block version of my 1.6 AFH immediately after running an iron block version, i trimmed over 20kgs from the front axle overnight, and that's in a lighter MK2 weighing approx 720kgs iron and then 700kgs ally.

My daily commute was 26 miles each way. I noticed almost no difference in the feel of the car. I've noticed far more difference just changing dampers!

So those who are saying it'd be too heavy, it'd be pointless, it'd hit the first tree etc etc - who have never done the conversion and never driven a Polo VR6 - should probably know that with a wise selection of suspension tweeks and tyre size, it'd most likely be absolutely fine in the handling department.

VR6 Corrado was named the best road handling around the time it was released.

True, but it wasn't the engine that made it handle, it was the suspension, wishbones, subframe and weight distribution. Look at where the engine sits in the rado relative to the front axle and nose of the car, then look at how people have had to mount them in the 86c chassis.

If your going through the effort of fitting a VR6 in a mk2/f polo your hardly going to leave the steering/suspension standard

I wasnt implying you would No one would be that dumb. I was just saying, that if you get torque steer in a standard one with puny power, you'd get it more with loads more power and torque. Manufacturers spend millions developing a car, and some of them still torque steer terribly. So i think it would be hard to fit a huge engine, into whats basically a 30+ year old chassis design that was never designed to accomadate it, and eliminate problems with putting the power down :-)

And i'm not saying a corrado VR6 handles badly. It was based on bits of the MK2 Golf, so naturally would handle well.

If you set up the running gear to suit the extra weight there is no reason it would handle badly. Fitting wishbones to the 86c chassis is a bolt on mod these days, couple a wishbone conversion with some other choice suspension mods and some well matched shocks/springs and it would probably handle better than a standard G

Weight distribution? I'm no race tech but I know I can pick up the back end of a polo shell, but I can't pick up a vr6 engine.

The front end of a polo will always be heavier than the rear unless your fitting the engine in the boot