Volkswagen turbo VR6?

[Csx254]

Not a huge fan of VW, but I will say that I think their best car of all time is the beetle RSi. It is sick. There is a local guy who has one, it sounds nasty!! It has the VR6 turbo, Porsche calipers, etc..etc. I do like the N/A vr6 sound.

[iTurbo]

I don't think that car had turbo, but it did have the 3.2L 24v VR6. Looks similar to the Golf R32 package.

Was there ever a production turbo VR6? What about the 2.7L bi-turbo Audi S4 engine, was that VR6?

[Csx254]

Nah, I am 99.9% sure that the Beetle RSi has the vr6 turbo. It is awd too. I have seen one. I saw it the first time in GT4 (for playstation), and didn't think it was real, but then I saw one at a local VW dealer and got a closer look. Its a sick car!!! I think you have to order it, and have it sent here to the US. They retail, I believe, for $70,000, but don't quote me.

[89acclaim]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa...New_Beetle_RSi

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z3077/default.aspx

Daiel Merrill

[85woodywagon]

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Originally Posted by iTurbo I don't think that car had turbo, but it did have the 3.2L 24v VR6. Looks similar to the Golf R32 package. Was there ever a production turbo VR6? What about the 2.7L bi-turbo Audi S4 engine, was that VR6?

No. A VR6 has a 15 degree angle and one head where the 2.7l is a conventional V6 with two heads. No commonality.

[86Shelby]

Both the VR6 and 16V engines can be made to perform very well with forced induction. I've got 2 VW friends that are playing around with FI on thier rides. One is a MKII Jetta with a VR6 swap in it. Right now he's running a Vortech SC, non-intercooled and 12 psi-ramps gradually to 18 @8krpm. That car is a fricken blast! All that's done there to lower compression is a headgasket shim. I beleive he's sitting around 9.5:1 compression.

The other is running an older GTI with a 16V turbo setup. It's just about finished. Just waiting on the header to be welded up. It ran good and hard last year with megasquirt, 11:1 compression and a 75 shot of nitrous. Now it's 8.5:1, ported head and intake, T3/T4 57 trim. it should really fly in a couple weeks.

[Csx254]

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Originally Posted by 89acclaim http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswa...New_Beetle_RSi http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z3077/default.aspx Daiel Merrill

Guess I was wrong. sorry bout that. I guess the RSi I saw had an aftermarket/homeade turbo setup.

[89acclaim]

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Originally Posted by Csx254 Guess I was wrong. sorry bout that. I guess the RSi I saw had an aftermarket/homeade turbo setup.

It happens to all of us, don't worry.

A Vr6 swap into a scirocco could be fun. http://www.jwelty.com/jwelty3/carysciroccovr6.html
Though I would like black and not as low.

Though if you are looking for something different instead of a TD how about a 2.3 turbo ford car?

Daniel Merrill

[TurboShadowES]

I hate VW's. they are a royal pain to work on. Take everything you know about how normal cars are put together, and make it backwards and you have a VW.

stay far, far away...

[sillywabbit]

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Originally Posted by iTurbo Anybody here have any experience with the VW VR6 engine? I'm thinking about buying a Jetta, GTI, or possibly a Corrado with this engine with the intention of turbocharging it for 400+ WHP. I'll need to sell a couple of my TDs first so I'm just thinking out loud at the moment.

Pm'd with lots of Info!.

[turbodave/neon]

A tech in the shop has a VR6 Passat that he twin turbo'd using two 1.8t turbos that were replaced under warr. Homemade manifold, IC piping the whole works. Piggy back additional injector controller for the extra fuel. I will find out how much he has in it. Not alot I am sure.

[86Shelby]

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Originally Posted by TurboShadowES I hate VW's. they are a royal pain to work on. Take everything you know about how normal cars are put together, and make it backwards and you have a VW. stay far, far away...

Naw, they are actually prety simple once you understand how they work. Before I understood it I would cringe when asked to work on them. The later fuel injected cars are very easy but the older Bosch system is a bit confusing at first.

[turbo xtc]

i have worked on a couple vr6's and yes you could i also worked on a couple audis with turbo-charged 5 cylinders and that could be a good potential but pricey you know how much those krauts want for parts? thats why i stick with dodge they made it easy and cheap for us to get lots of power with big wallets lacking big money!!!

[EvilcowRoland]

Older VWs aren't any more complicated than our TDs when you get down to it. The mechnical injection system is a blessing and a curse. It's a pain to fix, but it is very versatile. The ability to swap parts from any like-engine on those cars is nice too. I kept trying to convince my friend to do a turbo 16V swap on the Scirocco. I even offered to give him a spare Mitsu turbo and a manifold to cut the flange off. But he decided to go with a 2.0 16v N/A build-up instead. In a little car like a Scirocco (1700 lbs), it will fly. I wouldn't want a VR6 in one because it's heavy and throws the weight off a LOT, but the VR6 and the 16v 4-cyl. can put down some serious power. I'm not sure about the VR6, but the 16v engines ARE interference, so make sure your timing chain is good!

[sillywabbit]

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Originally Posted by iTurbo I don't think that car had turbo, but it did have the 3.2L 24v VR6. Looks similar to the Golf R32 package. Was there ever a production turbo VR6? What about the 2.7L bi-turbo Audi S4 engine, was that VR6?

No production turbo VR6's and no Audi's longitduinal V6's are all real V's. Also the only non longitudinal car Audi makes is the A3. However, being it uses a transverse engine, that car does use a VR6 (and a 2.0T). From what I have heard he VR6 needs extra cooling when turboed because the cylinder configurations one flaw is that it holds in more heat.