turbocharging Passat R36

[Steve]

He'll be 70 this year, and to be perfectly honest I don't like driving with him because he can be a bit scary at times. He has major issues with kerbs, and recently he drove his Q7 in to a piece of wood he'd left in the garage and put a massive hole in the wheel arch that cost about a thousand bucks to fix...!

[Vene]

I definitely can't drive a GTR......well I can but I'll lose my licence in less than a week. The temptation to drag a WRX (or some other lame wannabe performance car that makes a lot of sound but not much else) at the lights would be too hard to resist.

[RWK]

I definitely can't drive a GTR......well I can but I'll lose my licence in less than a week. The temptation to drag a WRX (or some other lame wannabe performance car that makes a lot of sound but not much else) at the lights would be too hard to resist.

LOL.....Thats exactly what I would do as well. So its better to stay away from these super cars to keep my license clean.

[SoVeReIgN]

Exactly, I wouldn't bother doing any mod on such a nice car. IMO, if you want something SUPER FAST. You should go for the GTR or some supercar.

For eg. Like those rex on the road, equipped with super huge exhaust, may be a CAI, chipped etc. It only makes a tiny difference. Will the car FLY with all this mods. Will they beat a Lambo?? The answer is NO. Its waste of money. Would you modify a Ferrari or Lambo if you have one? In conclusion, if you really want a super fast car, save up and go for one of those. I would rather drive it super SLOW if I have a Lambo so people could see me and my car.

Lol mate in alot of cases those WRX's,Skylines etc with abit of work WILL beat a Lambo/Ferrari! (In a straight line anyway)

And you'd be suprised how many supercar owners modify their cars.. a very large minority if online forums are anything to go by.

[RWK]

Lol mate in alot of cases those WRX's,Skylines etc with abit of work WILL beat a Lambo/Ferrari! (In a straight line anyway)

And you'd be suprised how many supercar owners modify their cars.. a very large minority if online forums are anything to go by.

FASTER IN STRAIGHT LINE = SHORTER IN LIFE = FASTER TO HELL.

You could be correct, modify a rex and beats any Lambo/ Ferrari. Chuck in shxtloads of mods and $$......At the end of the day, it is still a JAPANESE car and a SUBARU or a piece of plastic. NO CLASS at all. If i was driving a Ferrari and some WRX wanna race me straight line. I wouldnt bother looking at him, would I. We are in different level/class my friend.

[Steve]

I definitely wouldn't buy a Ferrari for speed. It's secondary to looks, sound, and spectacle as far as I'm concerned.

The Ferrari I'd love to own isn't particularly fast, but it makes up for it in other ways

[Mischa]

FASTER IN STRAIGHT LINE = SHORTER IN LIFE = FASTER TO HELL.

You could be correct, modify a rex and beats any Lambo/ Ferrari. Chuck in shxtloads of mods and $$......At the end of the day, it is still a JAPANESE car and a SUBARU or a piece of plastic. NO CLASS at all. If i was driving a Ferrari and some WRX wanna race me straight line. I wouldnt bother looking at him, would I. We are in different level/class my friend.

as far as im concerned a ferrari is just a loser car. theres way better faster classier sexier cars for the money. i have much respect for someone who has worked on their car for years and can roll up at the lights and embarrass the **** out of some loser ferrari driver who thinks hes cool; doesnt matter if its a subie or a vw or whatever.

[SoVeReIgN]

If i was driving a Ferrari and some WRX wanna race me straight line. I wouldnt bother looking at him, would I. We are in different level/class my friend.

You'd be suprised how many people want an ego boost in their $300,000 penis extension.

My mate in an otherwise standard R32 GTR has handed PLENTY of exotics their arses - I was with him once when he raced a 911 turbo, absolutely demolishing it with <$2000 worth of mods. (Exhaust, intake, boost controller)

I'm not saying these cars are classy, just that supercars aren't as quick as their name would have you believe.

[RWK]

as far as im concerned a ferrari is just a loser car. theres way better faster classier sexier cars for the money. i have much respect for someone who has worked on their car for years and can roll up at the lights and embarrass the **** out of some loser ferrari driver who thinks hes cool; doesnt matter if its a subie or a vw or whatever.

Just different in taste buddy. I don't like orange and you don't like apple. I wouldnt say Ferrari driver is a loser. They like their cars where as we like our VW's. We all could fall into Hyundai's one day !!!

[Steve]

Regarding the original question of getting more oomph from the R36.... I had a couple of thoughts.

Firstly, some company with a name I can't remember does make DSG strengthening kits. I think it's HPA, but I can't find the details in their website.

I don't think it would take much for a tuning company to make an ECU flash that would eliminate the artificial holding back of the engine to 350nm (the level VW are comfortable pumping through the DSG box) and open up the full, unrestricted output - whatever that may be.

We'll see, I guess...