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I'm just thinking about setting up some cheap/DIY tuning developments, predominantly for the mk4/5 V6/R32's although I suppose we could blend into the 12v stuff somewhat and wondered if there is much of a market that's worth my time developing it? I've helped loads of DIYers over the last year or two, mainly with an electronics background mind you which isn't necessarily needed, so just looking into setting some things up like cheap files, guides etc and just seeing what people's thoughts are? Also, anyone a proper programming language specialist who knows about adding
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If you're doing bottom end, or, for that matter spending a lot on the head, get it done properly, always pointless just adding parts without checking the simple things like alignments or cracks - seen many a destroyed engine not doing these things, I'd say wear/tolerances is probably the biggest killer of engines on an old engine - if you spend a lot and not do the basics it's just wasting money! The cylinders might be fine, just new rings to replace worn but with the VR offsets (crank/rod alignment), how do you know that this hasn't worn these areas and/or overly stressed parts in
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RE: GT35R Garrett have changed the bearings and carriers on the GT35R now and offer them as supercores for the turbine section to be purchased separately (more expensive now ). My suppliers are looking to see if there's any old units lying about in the warehouses if anyone's dead set on these at this present time? EDIT - Garrett now changing their catalogue
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Well twist my nipple nuts, has it become filthy now it's no longer on Auntie?
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And Kryten does look like an overly used rampant rabbit there and not the VW kind!
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You've been getting excited about this for a while now! I think the best bit has to be the Queeg episode;
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a3 3.2 (r32 engine) power/acceleration issue
RBPE replied to VR IN HEAVEN's topic in Syncro, R32 and 4motion
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If you are in a hurry then I'd suggest Rick at Unicorn or if you want to wait till around November/December then I can do you a custom map with a few R32 turbo's I'm doing then if you want?
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p.s. why not to piddle about changing engines and spend it in other areas;
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As we didn't get the mk4 12V in the UK then I don't know the differences between the models/ecu's but at a guess I would assume they are similar to the early 24v's with inlet only VVT. As such, you may be able to use a 24v early engine without major ecu mods but the later models have dual vvt. In the US the dual VVT engine is the BDF and apart from the obvious differences with displacement etc, the ecu's and set up's of the engine are very similar to the R32 mk4's. So an early inlet only one might work with your ecu but you'd need to make some changes with a newer dual vvt one as a
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Is that including import duties/VAT?
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What do you mean "better VR6's"? I take it that it is a mk4 based 12V? Like the ones we didn't get here? If so, then it uses ME7.1. ecu so is better than older Motronic M based ones as it is more advanced, probably more tuning info on the net too. As a vague reply.........ALL VR6's are worth boosting! Personal taste is personal taste though!
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It's about knock. You can run low boost or even moderate with stock compression but you'd benefit from a custom map done incrementally so you don't grenade the engine. Spacer plates to lower comp will give you better protection against knock then for a relatively low price, no real need to go less than 9.0:1 really even at moderate to high boost. Main thing is...... and you do get sick of telling people this, if you want durability on an engine, do the basics at least! With your engine did you check the basics or just stick it together? Is it now running new rod bolts, bearings, ga
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Sounds good, if any of you are interested in learning though there are quite a few free ways to go about it nowadays, main problems tend to be the actual flashing and logging, either due to "chipping" older ones or the more modern ones processors being a bit more fiddly with the developed free software. Tends to be tedious compared with the 1.8T/S4 cars it was developed for. Best bet for 12V owners wanting to learn would be getting Tunerpro and using their VR6 .xdf's and using it with Winols demo and HxD editing software. Ecuconnections has a lot of info on the older Motonic stuff
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The Garrett guides are good for understanding a lot of the basics, a lot of things are in there. Can go into it more if need be, all are free to post up pertinent info! One thing I will say is that I see a lot of people often led by marketing hype when it comes to choosing a turbo and especially with regards to those advertised as billet, seen it happen many times whilst they do not truly know what they are getting into. The material specification of these compressor wheels is better than older ones simply due to the modern advancements of alloys, with numerous companie
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p.s. I do like Mumford too.... well played good Sir Knight!
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So is this thread a face off then as everyone else is not playing?? Time to kick it back old skool, a bit of Madchester massive from when I was yoof! (And yes, you will be getting some Happy Hardcore later!);
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Wish my garage had a car in it at the mo! In, fact, wish I had a garage! In all honesty I do miss those things, been quite some years since I've been able to do a big conversion like that, I've been getting nostalgic sat in an old skool beasty! Really want to build a mk1 Golf 24vt with Haldex! They've just done a timelapse video of a 20vt Corrado build too which looks cool! On a positive note though, teaching someone how to tune their mk5 R32 turbo and DSG, a lot of money seems to be spent by owners on these things! I'm thinking of going commercial a
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Not mine but one I worked on recently, pretty much wrote off a few days after the conversion! Also a teeny 4 cylinder!
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I've always preferred cryogenic freezing, plus frozen solid used to accept just a few cogs and shafts, business is business I guess! The box will tend to get some degree of heat treatment obviously over the years and to be honest both shot peening and cryo freezing is more of a surface type of hardness treatment with little effect on deeper modification from what I've looked into. In terms of simple physics and math; the physical properties are likely to all be the same for most similar gearboxes, as from what I've read the material between the VAG parts (age dependent I suppose) i
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Up what? A tree? Tuned up? 12V model? Probably Stealth best bet!
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Ahh! Was looking at the trailer the other day and loads of thumb up and teeny boppers were saying "heathens!" - wondered wtf they were on about! Now I know! Continuing on - I have this on at the mo, you'll have heard it on adverts and that, was stuck in my head so had to hunt it down! Any of you ever entered the word magic in-between you and tube at all?
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p.s. Ultimately too, these ecu's will read directly from the 02's in an emergency with the primary 02's being paramount, you can manipulate everything else to varying degree's after that.
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Haha, only kidding....... loving this right now!
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I love making bass tunes!
