The Log has arrived!

[FishWick 21]

Fresh from America, my Schimmel Short runner intake -

Which takes me one step closer to the this -

[mannie 0]

that looks lovely mate.should give u a few more bhp due to cooler airintake temp.

[Eat this 2]

will it alter the torque curve??

[FishWick 21]

Yeah that's the plan, get the throttle away from the exhaust manifold and it makes intercooler pipework so much easier to route!

Will it alter the torque curve? It definitely would on a Normally aspirated engine but I don't think the bottom end would suffer as much as you think, but as it's primarily for forced induction, it's fine. It's exactly how the 1.8T engine is configured and they're not lacking in torque ;-)

I'll be using a Corrado G60 intercooler and water injection + 12psi pulley (hoping to get 10 to the throttle), so basically it's a home brew Stage 3 for the Corrado :-)

[VR6BOY 2]

hi kevhaywire that looks very trick indeed hopefully it goes as good as it looks are you running a stg 2 vortech charger ??

[mk3anni 0]

I want one of those!!

How much Kev??

[vr6turbo 27]

me green

i went for the cheaper ebay version and regretted it

should have saved and got the awesome shimmell short intake mani

nice move

[ian 182 0]

That looks a nice bit of kit

ian

[Petesvw 0]

Spill the beans then kev how many ££££?

[FishWick 21]

Cheers guys, here's a couple more if it built up and ready to roll. The injectors will be swapped out for the red tops on fitment day though.

It arrived in plain alloy, but I painted it myself and detailed the "SP" logo, what do you think?

It's going to be a chore fitting it. Alternator and alternator bracket, PAS pump and bracket etc all have to come off just to get at one sodding bolt! And then the radiator needs modifying as the throttle will hit the fan shroud, I might even need to fit a slimline Kenlowe. I'll let you know how it goes.

details of schimmels products here - www.spturbo.com

It's not cheap I'm afraid chaps....cost me just over £800 to get it here, £150 of which was duty and VAT, even using a harmonised general carparts duty code, feckin government ^o) Great service tho, ordered it on Friday at it arrived on Tuesday.

aaronVR6 - Yes mate, I'm running the stage 2 Vortech. Currently 8psi but when my intercooler is sorted, I'll step up to 12psi.

Short runner is definitely the way to go for forced induction

No one has tested an SRI on a N/A VR6 yet, but a similar manifold on a South African spec 2.0 8V crossflow (beetle) engine made 20hp and lost only 1lb/ft low down, so it's encouraging.

[jaysVR6 2]

Beautiful mate. Not many charged VR's with them on fella

[badboyV6 4]

Kev, you never cease to amaze! Awesome bit of kit - that cars is already seriously powerful :-D Would be good to hear the outcome fella :-)

[VRTrickster 0]

Looks sweet mate good luck with the install

[petervr6 0]

ye the fridge is well nice mate oh sorry you mean the manifold ye it lovely mate good luck.

[FishWick 21]

Thanks again guys. Some good responses, I was expecting people to say "What the heck is that?" LOL!

I'm only aware of one other Schimmel log user in the UK and it's in a 3.1 charged Rado running 10psi. It's currently making 338hp with 311lb/ft. It's his long throw crank that makes so much torque, but top end is limited as a result, hence the relatively low hp....it just can't rev like a normal VR :-)

His Schimmel log was lower than body temperature after 13 runs on the dyno, so it works :-)

[Petesvw 0]

Any updates on this yet kev?

[VR6Pete 1,455]

Very nice, wonder how that compares with the schrick on the rollers...