The new baby... (well not really that new...)

[Stephy]

Only if it dries out a little bit... be going nowhere fast if I stomp on it in the wet!

[Preen59]

I'll show you mine if you show me yours...

[Stephy]

I'll make sure of it Preen...

[Stephy]

Had a few people ask for the dyno run and idle videos - so here we go

Both are done on my phone - sorry about the quality.

vr6dyno.mp4 video by Matt1010 - Photobucket
vr6idle.mp4 video by Matt1010 - Photobucket

[Preen59]

I'll say, having taken this vehicle for a steer on the weekend.. It goes quite well. Well done, Steve.

Next time i'll try and talk more while driving.

[Spyda]

Great work on the build.

Any plans to run it down the 1/4mile and prove that 140kw?

[Jarred]

sounded pretty lumpy as you rolled into SEDF! I liked it!

( i would have like a big smoking burnout even more, but beggars can't be choosers)

[Preen59]

The real proof is in the timeslip.. But who cares, really? It goes pretty good and the dyno print out says it's making 140..

[Stephy]

I distinctly remember being told no burnouts... gearbox issues at the moment, but if I have them fixed ill put it down the strip in a couple of weeks. there we will see how effective it is having 140kw at the wheels...

[Jarred]

...until you left...

[Stephy]

Ohhh, next year maybe...

[Spyda]

The real proof is in the timeslip.. But who cares, really? It goes pretty good and the dyno print out says it's making 140..

I sort of care, i wana know how possible it is and if it is actualy that easy to squeeze power out of a n/a vr6 when everyone says its realy difficult.
No need to tell you about dyno print outs. Ive seen them read out 340kw and then 280kw just because of the placement of the temprature probe, let alone the other veriables.

[Stephy]

It's not easy to get power out of a vr6, especially na. Costs fairly big $$ and you need a good team behind it. The dyno this was run on is brand new and the same one it was run on last June. So the power gain is definately accurate. But no matter how many horses you have, it is a useless car if it isn't utilised correctly. That's why I'm curious to see what numbers it can do on the strip. But preeny, you've driven it, apart from needing more down low, do you think it goes ok?

[mk3pete]

read this thread very informative!!

VWVortex.com - How to build a relatively inexpensive, reliable, powerful Vr6..

[Water Boy]

read this thread very informative!!

VWVortex.com - How to build a relatively inexpensive, reliable, powerful Vr6..

If I pick up a cheap VR6 that would be my guide.