Club 80-90 Forums

i had been thinking the same thing, it's probably unlikely that the passat would work. i have a westy syncro hi top to go and look at, just waiting for a message from the seller. i'm taking a m8 who knows T25 inside out but nothing about syncro's. what do i need to be looking/listening for when i dr...

i imagine the paperwork/insurance/resale would be more hassle than doing the conversion itself.

i wouldn't convert to vr6 unless i could use the engine and all the running gear from a VR6 syncro passat. they have really nice leather seats in i could nick too

timtheenchanter kudos? yeah probably mate. seriously i didn't know autosleeper had converted some syncro 14's. that would be the perfect solution, the only question would be whether i could afford it if one came up. that's the nice thing about a project, you can do jobs as and when you can afford t...

thx Aidan. ok so could it be done with a passat vr6 syncro? or would it be better to use a T25 syncro 14 donor and maybe put in a 1.9 tdi at a later date. if i'm gonna need to replace all the suspension parts anyway wouldn't it be a waste to pay the extra for a van when i could get the engine, trans...

yes you probably right mate but i really would like the 'factory' camper interior and hi-top. just had a thought actually, there was a guy on one of the mk2 golf forums who did a full Audi S2 engine and running gear conversion on a mk2. there's a video on pootube i think. he's running some like 500 ...

afternoon chaps.....ive been into vw for a few years now but never had a camper. been mulling a few things over including campering out a landrover 130 but decided i gotta stay with vw. so i started looking at syncro's and saw pretty much my ideal van (the gold one on the syncro-nutz website) anyway...