Marneus 78 Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Afternoon all,As the title states, does anybody know how the auto box will stand up to a little tuning? Just the basics & possibly a supercharger?Or would it eat itself straight away?CheersJamie Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Pretty sure there was a guy on here a long time ago who had a supercharged auto. With a charger it's progressive power so a little more forgiving on the gearbox. Club Chairman Link to post Share on other sites
Marneus 78 Posted September 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 Thanks Pete, looks like I'll play guinea pig & see what happens Link to post Share on other sites
WaynesVR6 2 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 I have a auto and after a bit of (correction a lot of..) research I found that the gearbox is ok with 250 ish hp lbtq. However if you look at the import transmission website they can uprate the gearbox to take a lot more. Look on you tube type ipt vr6, that turbo corrado should be over 350whp. He uprated the valve body and the high stall converter. This is not a cheap way to do it. Plus if you are doing that you might aswell recon the gearbox and uprate everything while your at it. On the plus side a drag race in a auto would be fun as nobody in the uk expects a auto to be quick. There are some very good autos, Toyota supras regularly run over 1000hp with a few mods. And the states are well know for big v8's running up the drag strip with huge hp. the USA is the place to talk to people about tuning autos however there is another option if you have to have an auto. A semi automatic clutch can be install for about 2k so the question is whats going to be better and cheaper, well both will be about the same as you would have to convert your car top manual which is costly or remove your gearbox to recon, either way get your wallet out or go r32 engine with a dsg box. I am in a quandary at the moment as autos in this country are rarely tuned and most people don't like them, me included, unless in traffic. However due to a ankle problem driving manual would be detrimental to my ankle so I have to drive a auto for the foreseeable future. On another note I have had a 2.7 bi turbo a6 with 300bhp and it was rapid so a golf with the same power would be very quick indeed as it weighs a good 600kgs less. Hope this helped, keep me updated please. VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Marneus 78 Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 I've been having naughty thoughts about an R32 engine & DSG box but don't want to go the full 4motion jobbie (I'd love to but something tells me it'd take me years lol)I'm sure I read somewhere about the DSG box being converted to front wheel drive.... Was it that French gull wing monstrosity??? Link to post Share on other sites
WaynesVR6 2 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Yes I spoke with the owner he does r32 conversions for reasonable money. Link to post Share on other sites
Ickyketseddie 89 Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 There's a guy who runs a mk2 Jetta in the vwdrc that used to have a FWD r32 DSG (now manual) setup so definitely possible. Surely a case of blanking off the rear diff on the box?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - now Free Link to post Share on other sites
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