schimmel intakes on NA vr6

[mk3pete]

i thought id start a new thread on this as i didnt want to hijack this thread

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=33704

http://forums.fourtitude.com/zerothread?id=4490138

after reading this thread its really got me thinking about buying one of these intakes^^^

especially because i will be doing the 3.94 ring and pinion conversion soon
if i combine this, plus the intake and the 288 cams it just might be worthwhile?

[OEM G60]

If i were you Pete i'd email Schimmel Performance and ask them, then let us know what they said !! Apperently they are good with replying emails and answering questions

[GoLfMan]

do eeet Peeeettteeeeee

[mk3pete]

shweet i shall do that
it shouldnt cost me too much to get the cam installed should it?
i mean im getting my timing chains done soon so may as well do it all at the same time
anyone know whether or not il need my car chipped?

[GoLfMan]

shweet i shall do that
it shouldnt cost me too much to get the cam installed should it?
i mean im getting my timing chains done soon so may as well do it all at the same time
anyone know whether or not il need my car chipped?

i think GIAC does a chip that works well with a good set of cams

this thing will be sweet shotgun having a ride in it!

[Mrk_Mickey]

Interesting to read most people don't think much of it...I'll be keen to see what Schimmel say because that does sound cheap.

[mk3pete]

thats why im so excited about it 1075 US is fairly affordable
im going to budget for about 6 grand
including gear box reco
cam installed
intake mani
chip
timing chains done
new fuel pump

is this possible for that price?

[KI11Z]

why such a large cam with no head work and being a daily driver? doesn't add up . . . plus I thought you wanted forced induction?! Do you have a direction with your build?

I did a bit of research also with these short runners and n/a engines and came to the conclusion that it was a bad idea and poorly made, though if you feel it's the right thing to do, do it and post up your results so we know if it's the goods or not? I even wrote to schimmel regarding this and even they threw a dyno graph at me with nice power gains but like i said, every tech head says no its a bad idea?

[Tim]

yeah i dunno about this one either. On the basis of one dyno plot. Id be after some more solid proof. Its a lotta money to blow if it gives you less power. As above it just goes against what people in the know say. For similar money you could come across a schrick intake with proven gains.

[mk3pete]

why such a large cam with no head work and being a daily driver? doesn't add up . . . plus I thought you wanted forced induction?! Do you have a direction with your build?

I did a bit of research also with these short runners and n/a engines and came to the conclusion that it was a bad idea and poorly made, though if you feel it's the right thing to do, do it and post up your results so we know if it's the goods or not? I even wrote to schimmel regarding this and even they threw a dyno graph at me with nice power gains but like i said, every tech head says no its a bad idea?

yeah im a bit back and forth with fi my motor has done over 200 thousand so iv decided against it

im only throwing these ideas out to see what people think, nothing has been decided yet and i can assure you il be doing my homework before rushing in and buying these things
alex you wouldnt remember where you did this research do you wouldnt mind a read myself

[KI11Z]

man i was just surfing around the tex and the web, following links and reading till my eye's bled

I'm by no means saying it's all a load of crapola, it may be true? if someone wants to sponsor me, i'll buy one and throw it on mine and vs it against the schrick . . . lol

[mk3pete]

now im just thinking out loud here bare with me
the only reason i blurted out 288 cams was because this guy said this

"i wouldnt get the short runner inless you get big cams like 288s and a 3.94 r&p to make up for the bottom end loss"

after reading that i got excited

now me being noob about all this performance stuff
some one correct me if my logic seems stupid or wrong
due to having installed my 3.94 r&p this gives me bottom end power (acceleration off the line)
now if i do get this short runner this gives me top end power does it not?

for me to achieve mid range power im thinking of getting a cam

now what sort of cam is a good question?
one might ask someone who hopefully knows what there talking about

feed me info guys i wana keep this topic rollin

[Shteifen]

not that ive done cams in mine or anything but from readin heaps about it on vortex, id say if you dont have heaps of head work done, possibly to the point of a big valve head, the biggest cams which would really be useful would be 268's by someone like techtonics or something.

thats just the general feeling ive come to by readin a far bit about it on Tex anyway

-steve

[mk3pete]

i was doing some reading on autotech sport tuning they are selling a set of 262 cams
apparently great for mid range power

http://www.autotech.com/prod_engine_camshafts.htm#vr6

only question would be where would i get software to run these properly in melbourne?