Confirming that there is no VW factory turbo VR6. All VR6s are normally aspirated, only some recent 1.8 4 cyls and diesels are turbos. The Corrado came with a G60 4 cyl supercharger or a VR6 but not both. I am the lone Honda guy at the office and and about 12 water cooled Vee Dubs spread across four co-workers. I hear nothing but VW stuff most of the day.
Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert K. Kuhn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chadwick Fryer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:11 PM Subject: Re: CRX: VW GTI VR6 > > > > From: "Chadwick Fryer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2002/05/15 Wed PM 07:47:52 EDT > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: CRX: VW GTI VR6 > > > > Aight, i here people looking for replacements on here for their rex. I > > think i've found mine. does anyone on here have any experience with VW > > cars? I've found a 1997 VW GTI VR6 for a pretty nice price. And for what i > > can get it for, i could do quite a lot to the engine and looks to make it > > customizable to my taste. It's got a turboed 2.8 V6 in it and it scoots > > quite nicely. 60k on it, and 5,500. Not a bad price for as low miles as it > > has on it, and it was taken care of quite nicely. Does this seem like a > > good deal? And this isn't a total replacement for my rex...i just can't get > > my rex going and need something to drive til i get the rex runnin. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > > > > I've had a fair amount of experience with both the air and water cooled VW's (since 1984). > > It's been a while since I kept up with the GTi offerings from VW but I didn't thinkg that VW offered a Turbo version of the VR6. At least not as a stock offering. They did, however, for the smaller 4 cylinder 1.8 liter (which is what we had in our 1999 VW Passat; re-chip the OBC and you have a ton-o-fun!). I could be wrong, though. > > One reason I would be surprised if it did have a Turbo would be for the lack of space under the hood. The VR6 power plant is a pretty large beast. Take the VW Corrado SLC. If you want to replace say the lower radiator hose you pretty much have to pull/lift the engine in order to do so. Because of the tight quarters, engine temp has been an issue meaning that they've been known to run hotter than other VW engines. > > Getting back to the VW GTi in question... If the Turbo was from the dealer (it should also have a small intercooler tucked away somewhere) then I would say that the price is indeed worth it. Again, assuming it's the stock Turbo kit offered from VW, for an additional $200-300 (USD), you should be able to re-chip the OBC and get the full performance from it while keeping reliability. > > If you want, email me off the list (since this isn't really the proper place to discuss it) and we can talk a bit more about it. I would be interested to learn more about the Turbo that's on this engine. > > > Robert K. Kuhn > CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) > > 1990 Honda CRXsi (http://drive.to/jiggy) > ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla) > >
