northernvw 10 Posted February 13, 2015 hi im totally new to the forum so all new to corrados ect :bonk:!! basically i may be buying a corrado 2.9 which has been converted into a track car. and i just need to know abit of info on the engines and what there like as a race car ect. how tuneable is the 2.9 engine so what bhp is achievable and what cost ?? any info is helpful info! thanks ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexybourbon 0 Posted February 13, 2015 Lots of track cars popping up on here lately , the vr6 is **** to tune , you can do it but its costly amd the power gains arent massive compared to say a 1.8t 20v lump but if you chuck a turbo on a vr6 im pretty sure with he correct setups uou can see big power ,but the average turbo guy on here will tun from 300bhp up to around 450 Theres a good few threads dedicated to tuning mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swiftkid 1 Posted February 13, 2015 You can do a couple of relatively cheap mods but power gains are not great n/a. If you are looking for decent power I'd look at 4motion engines, they come with baffled sumps, can remap to around 140bhp and have 24v for extra low down power where the 12v has a bit of lag and are becoming very cheap! Obd2 conversion helps the power curve low down on a vr6 or you can look towards schrick/vsr manifolds for the variable inlet. If you really did want to tune a vr I've seen figures of about 220bhp on a healthy engine with Cams and remap Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
northernvw 10 Posted February 13, 2015 hi redborbet thanks for your reply! as i have absolutely no idea how to tune these vw`s what mods are out there for the 2.9 vr6? also any links to other trackday,race car blogs? but with rallying its hard to chuck a turbo on any car as they multiply the cc by a certain amount and i would love to build a corrado into a rally car ! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexybourbon 0 Posted February 13, 2015 As swiftkid says the 2.8 4motion engines are good but thats if you want to swap engines at all As far as nasp engines go im hoping mine will be one of the faster vr's on the road with out a turbo strapped to it Run down of what im building is as follows Mk4 head gasket wich changes compression (more) Schrick 268 cams for top end Machine ported throttle with bugger butterfly Schrick manifold Were hoping for 225 bhp or more with a remap and a slightly higher rev limiter Also having a shorter final drive put in the gearbox wich after speaking to vince at stealth racing will hopefully feel like 30bhp on the road ! Obviously not on a dyno so hopefully it will jeep ip with other cars circa 250bhp maybe more maybe less Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
northernvw 10 Posted February 14, 2015 ok guys thanks for you replys much appreciated !!! any link to website for performance parts so i can work out cost ect ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
