2.8 power
#51
So what your saying is, I should run twin k04s and put them where the stock airbox is and right under where the power steering reservoir is. I don't need to worry about an intercooler, I can just run methanol injection and maybe a little intercooler, or just the methanol itself. Great idea supersquid but like I said earlier, something in me just doesn't want forced induction.
#52
Hahahaa... this thread is hilarious. I skimmed through the whole thing and it kinda cracks me up. Make a long story short, there's a lot of idiots that talk about all the great things that can be done to the 2.8 engines but never have the ***** to try. There's plenty of threads of 2.8 passats and A4 being turbo'd. And they were all a big FAIL. Not cuz the outcome wasn't succesful, more because there are so many better and quicker ways of getting power. Not going into parts or pricing for my times sake but every 2.8 that has tried to make over 290 hp or go over 9-10psi has blown and needed to get rebuilt.
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#53
Hahahaa... this thread is hilarious. I skimmed through the whole thing and it kinda cracks me up. Make a long story short, there's a lot of idiots that talk about all the great things that can be done to the 2.8 engines but never have the ***** to try. There's plenty of threads of 2.8 passats and A4 being turbo'd. And they were all a big FAIL. Not cuz the outcome wasn't succesful, more because there are so many better and quicker ways of getting power. Not going into parts or pricing for my times sake but every 2.8 that has tried to make over 290 hp or go over 9-10psi has blown and needed to get rebuilt.
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That's fantastic since I'm not talking about going over 9-10psi.
And, again, it's not about not having the ***** to try something. It's about money. If I had 3 or 4 grand burning a hole in my pocket I wouldn't be playing on the internet bench racing.
#55
Good to know, but there are plenty of aluminum blocks running 10psi, which is all I am talking about.
So you are saying you can build a complete motor from the ground up, and modify a subframe and put together a complete turbo system, welding and all, doing all the labor, but I can't wire up an EMS?
That's laughable considering you have no idea what I am capable of or have done in the past. You must be failing to read the parts where I have said I have already done projects like this.
That's laughable considering you have no idea what I am capable of or have done in the past. You must be failing to read the parts where I have said I have already done projects like this.
If it is such a crap engine and the VR4 engine is so much better how are you going to pick up a vr4 engine for 250 and yet sell the 2.8 "for some decent coin"? Doesn't make much sense to me. Sounds like you are just regurgitating a bunch of crap you read off the internet here too.
yes, that makes it not a direct swap. On top of being able to wrench you are saying you need to be able to weld. VERY well! For this and for all the piping and more.
PLUS, if it is going to cost ME $3000 or so to wire up and get an EMS tuned, then it is going to cost you that much to as long as we are bench racing.
Just because someone threw enough money at something to win doesn't necessarily make it the best choice, but whatever thats not real important. I will hand it to them, they did build a fine car. But there is also a TON of dollars an man hours under the hood of that thing.
You are not going to run 25psi on pump gas daily on 9:1 compression. Not even the crazy ******* Evo guys run 25psi daily and they have 8.x:1 compression. You are out of your mind and obviously can't do simple math nor have ever actually built anything like this before. Don't believe everything you read on the intr4netz.
have fun with your ridiculously overpriced project that will produce mediocre results and have little potential to ever achieve more. i hear that what all the smart guys choose to do too
#59
I actually have a 30v, onepoint8tee, and I really do want to do this, just for the sake of doing it. For all others out there, I may be a bit of a dreamer, but I'm sure as hell not an idiot. Idiots pump avgas into their stock motor, clog the injectors and blow the damn thing sky high. I just enjoy pushing the envelope. I never said it was going to work but I do like SuperSquid's posts, it gives me a feel for how much I'll be putting into this car. If I can I'm going to try to get a job on my base as a tech in my MOS. It's full time 25-30 bucks an hour, which should give me plenty to pump into this project. I also plan on doing ALL my homework on this motor and in particular the block itself so I can see whether it would be more beneficial to run N/A or F/I. Again, for all the naysayers out there; do the world a favor and go kill yourselves. If I wanted this to be easy I'd say **** it and go buy a 1.8T or drop a chevy 350 into my current ride. Hell, if I wanted to make it even easier I'd get a Cummins and pump 110 psi through it w/o even touching the stock studs.It's the challenge of it, the pure engineering challenge that drives me. The thought of making this motor do what very few could and even fewer said was possible. O, and I think I'm going to leave it looking bone stock, ya know, just make even more jaws drop.