Nice comments guys. I have some info known already, but You mentioned lots of new stuff.
Here in hungary we have lots of 6G72 engined 7G-s, with 4WD 4WS. That cars are the same with the VR4, except the engine and ecu. Everything else is fully interchangeable. My first thought when I have the first VR4 was to put the 6A12 engine to a hungarian registered 4WD 4WS 7G, and throw that 6G72 as far as I can. I drove one once, 163HP here those cars, that V6 is a disaster. In my opinion. And no turbocharge can change my opinion on that engine.
I saw some info about 2000 mivec V6 with turbocharge in the "wild" countries like NZ or Australia. They are fxcking interesting and lovely mods. Those engines are a legend here, and we know only two mivec engine (cyborg 1.6 and FTO 2000 V6) here (except EVOs mivec).
My dream to have one 2000V6 mivec once in my life. I would probably fall in love with the sound and charasteristic.
In my 6G, rotated engine is not an option, lots of money and lots of work.
So, I decided to sell my E39, and register the VR4 here. The proto VR4, hmm, I don't know what can I do with her.
We have put the cables and pipes back, and we have done everything to start it (to see if there is any problem, wich gasket fails, etc.)
So, to ignition, everything fine, no check engine, and everything worked except power antenna and the side mirrors. The car has the switch for the mirrors to close and to open, but the mirrors aren't electronic, just the mirror plate adjusting. So, another question to look after.
The center console is a big question at all. The previous owner throw away the original player, or stereo, or what you call it. And now, there are ~20 connectors that we cannot connect. I will have to find that kind of stereo, or control panel, to operate those unique functions the car has. Any idea? The center monitor wanted to light up, but it lost the vertical control, so we only see a colored line in the display. And wow, it is CRT, not a TFT. Very good, if we can fix it, I will love it.
Then we try to start, but murphy laws get in, so we realized, that our battery is out of juice. Nice. But the engine was turned nicely, and no errors at all.
So we will try tomorrow afternoon again.
And then, I have to find a two-place service garage to rip apart my two VR4s and decide wich parts are in better condition and wich are in not-so-good, and build up one VR4 that I will keep and register.
Then I am afraid, that I have to sell the proto VR4, because I will need a lots of money for further operations and registering process.
Fxcking country and fxcking laws, I very hate them.
I am thinking about to move abroad soon, and I have Nz in my mind, my father was there once, and he fall in love with NZ. Worth a try, You are good guys. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
If there is any progress, I willpost it!