Re: 24V VR6 introduced in Europe...VWoA blows

[skerocdriver@juno.com (Shawn C Meze)]

On Thu, 7 Jan 1999 09:12:18 -0600 "Aaron D. Patton"
<apatton1@airmail.net> writes:
>I hope you are either made out of money or are happy with close to stock
>horsepower with that 1.8t.  The most the stock turbo will pump out is
enough
>for about 220hp.  


I dissagree. The Audi A3 (Not the A3 chassis mind you..) with the 1.8T
that we drove puts out 200hp of it with only a chip and exhaust mod.
Getting another 20-40hp should be rather easy and inexpensive. I would
think that just by fitting an intercooler would easily give these gains. 


>And at that level the turbo is spinning at ludicrous
>speeds.  


Thats what turbo's do, spin-spin-spin. 


>For real horsepower you gotta replace the turbo and the intercooler
>and the exhaust manifold, get headwork, o-ring the head, total seal
>rings.............in other words BIG money.


Upgrading to a larger turbo would definately help with the boost output
capabilities. Definately do the intercooler. The exhaust manifold flows
pretty well but the exhaust system doesnt. You could go without headwork
and o-ring'n the head. I heard it thru the grapevine (From some relaible
sources I might add that total seal rings are not really as good as what
people are led to believe. Alot of inconsistencies in their final
products and leakdown tests showed them to not be as good as say....
stock rings.
So the bottom line is, if you have the money to do a 1.8T swap to begin
with, then getting additional ponies out of that powerplant shouldnt be
as expensive as one might think. Besides, if your gonna do it, do it once
and do it right. Right? Its only money after all...



              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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