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Thanks mate. No projects since I moved out my house a few years ago. There's no garage where I live now unfortunately. At the moment I just have a Golf GTI Edition 30, which is standard apart from a Stealth Racing remap, so running around 340hp. As nice and effortless as it is, it's no VR6 Turbo and I do miss it sometimes!
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I can't believe it's been nearly 5 years already since Vince announced this kit! I was looking at an Edition 30 map he'd done recently, which reminded me of the old VRT torque curve in this thread. It's hard to believe a standard 16V turbo engine can make the same torque (and more) just from a remap. Furthermore, even a stock ED30 is making 221lbft by 2250rpm - some 40lbft more than the VRT makes! That's progress for you! Mind you, the 16VT does need shit loads more boost to get the same numbers Good to see you folks are still turboing your VR6s though!
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Yeah I did that to mine. You just weld a plate over the top of the pressing to make a box section, then you cut out a hole for the shaft clearance. Dead easy and twice as strong as stock. I'll see if I can find a picture of it.
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Don't you run E85 though? Therefore much cooler cylinder temperatures and much higher octane.
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Yes, pressure is pressure, but flow is something very different. If 15psi was just 15psi, why are oil tanker turbos the size of houses?
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Don't treat that as definitive by any means. £1k turbo installs will almost certainly consist of cheap chinese clone parts and / or a lot of second hand stuff. If you want it built to last and to make good power with minimal lag, you're looking at £1300 just for a decent roller bearing turbo. And don't forget brakes, clutches, boost controllers, mapping, plumbing parts, insurance, extra fuel etc etc. It all adds up.
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/\ Yep, up to 500hp and stock rods are more than enough.
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You need thick skin to go on the Vortex. Very b1tchy, unhelpful and cliquey people on the whole. If you go on there with Turbo queries, it's like "Yawn, what ever" or you get strung up for using the wrong turbo AR or a standalone ECU, or just plain ignored. The accomodating, attentive and friendly nature of this and the Corrado forum are hard to beat. I don't think any UK VW tuner use the forums to raise their profile very well at all to be honest, except maybe Awesome GTI, who are very proactive and helpful on the R32OC, but I can see why many of them steer clear at the same time. Th
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A 3.68 final drive would shorten the gearing though. To change the crown wheel you'd need to drill out the rivets and replace with ARP studs and nuts. A good excuse to throw a quaife in there! You can swap gears around from other boxes but personally I'd leave them stock unless you have specific rpm drop requirements. For 6 speed, your options are:- 6 speed add-on kit from SQS at £1500 02S gearbox from non-turbo MK5 Golf 02M gearbox from 4Motion Golf You can also use the 02M from the R32 and also the EOS 3.2 (which has a FWD casing handily!) but as these cars run 18s with 40 tyres, they g
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What torque are you putting through it? I used the Helix Organic street clutch. Rated to 325lbft but I put a lot more than that through it Very streetable and lasts well. Edit - just spotted you're at standard power. I just don't think standard spec clutches can take the abuse but the Helix will. It's not cheap though!
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0.82 T4 will be quite laggy. 0.82 T3 is just about right on the GT35R though That list isn't spot on for me. I'd lose the obsolete and crap Bosch 440s and UM tune in favour of Denso 500cc RX8 injectors (the best atomisation bar none, better even than EV14) and a proper custom dyno tune.
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Crower are the strongest rods for VR turbos. As used in SP Turbo's 800+whp Jetta Pauters are plenty strong enough for most applications though and even stock rods can hold 500hp if the tune is good. i.e. no detonation.
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Never had any problems with top end with my SP263s. Pulled to 7200rpm no probs
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What's wrong with the Forced Induction thread on the Corrado forum? -
Indeed. Any ECU can manage the full throttle areas but the better the ECU/Software is, the better the part throttle and idle will be. ME7 - Doesn't matter if you do it over CAN or replace the chip, the problem is still the same. A lack of collective knowledge and relevant tools for DIYers. No one tuner knows everything there is to know about ME7 and those who do know bits of it are extremely guarded. That's why DIY+ people go for standalones for complete autonomy from fickle tuners and actually learn something in the process.
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Yep, the switch over would need to be changed to an rpm before boost. Might need a check valve on the vacuum resevoir / solenoid too. Do it! Why not. It'll have more torque below 3000rpm than a VRT with the standard intake :-)
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Audi S2 (Bosch F5DP0R) or NGK R (7) work really well. The former last for ages. No gapping. Stock coils.
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Hi mate I had a 0.82, my mate in canada had the 0.63 and another mate in HK had the 1.06. All 3 engines identical (schimmel 3 litre, sri, bvh, chargecooler etc). Me and canada mate both DTA S80 and HK chap ran a motec m600. Full boost was 3000, 3500 & 4000 for the 0.63, 0.82 and 1.06 respectively. Mine had 2.5" techtonics exhaust, the other boys had full 3". What 02m flavour you got? Remember r32 has really short gears, which will affect your spool. I recommend the 0.82, can't go wrong :-) Neither of us had any issues with our standalones. They ran superb :-)
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Sounds like it. You normally get a "Maf - short to b+ - intermittant " type error when that happens. The maf needs to be installed before the charger but it can still exceed 5v if it's not been mapped to take it.
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Most expensive cylinder head ever? or is it the best?
FishWick replied to WaynesVR6's topic in Engine Tuning
Nice work Steve and thanks for the engine porn 7200rpm is about as far as I'd take an R32 personally. Some guys in the states were messing with 7500rpm+ and discovered the lifters were parting company with the rockers, but INA engineering have come up with a shim kit to solve that issue I believe. -
W12 engine is 48 valve
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Most expensive cylinder head ever? or is it the best?
FishWick replied to WaynesVR6's topic in Engine Tuning
Guys, you do realise that's an R32 head don't you? :-) The advert is confusing as it mentions VR6 and the pictures are of a 16V head! For what it's worth, a few guys using this head on R32s with cams, zorsts and intakes etc are seeing around 310hp, which isn't too shabby. Not a cheap way to gain 60hp though. As for the 12V head, yep, big valves make a worthy difference. -
Did we not answer these same questions on the Corrado forum?
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Wow, that is erm, some beautiful welding :-) My first attempt at welding was a bit like that. I would certainly brush up my skills before taking a MIG to a manifold though! OK, couple of things with 24V turbos. Don't take it as gospel. It's just my thoughts :-) Engine model needs to be considered. AUE and BDE are 10.5:1 compression and R32 can be 11.3 or 10.8 compression, depending on MK4 (BFH) or MK5 (BUB), so spacer plate size needs to be considered. If going R32, the thickness of the spacer can affect the cam timing. HPA use a longer cam chain to get round this. Or you can go forg
