Bazmcc

I'm just putting up a quick message to let you all know that this project will still be going ahead but it's on hold until further notice. Andy, who will be making the parts, has another priority at the minute. His wife was in a bad RTA and some drunken asshole in a 25tonne fast track ran over her car after blazing through a junction. We're wishing Andy all the best and hoping she recovers fully as she sustained multiple injuries. Baz

if it's MPG you're after I'd suggest having a TDI for daily driving. Modding a VR6 for performance just might notch your fuel bills up a 'little' bit. Ultimately MPG will still depend on how you drive it. Baz

it's a lot of cash for the inlets. I'm going with a corrado 2.9 mani and a powergasket plus and a custom made heatshield we'll be working on soon. I just can't get my head round to justify the price of the shimmel, EIP and shrick manis. Baz

I'll be sending him measurements tomorrow for the spacer plate and he's going to knock up a couple of test pieces. If anyone can tell me how much space we have between the manifold and rocker cover it'd be great. Cheers Baz

The guy who will be helping us on this one is in south west wales. I'd like to get a couple of test cars and when we work out dimensions and thickness of Carbon and stuff like that we'll get a prototype ready and send a couple of you down. It would be preferable to know your exact bhp as well as it'd be interesting to dyno it for proof if we think it works. Baz

I'm also talking to him about the possibility of a CF spacer that sticks in between the mani and rocker cover. This way it'd be cheaper and easier to make and we're going to do a little testing and may need a couple of volunteers to have a spacer set in and a temp sensor put on the manifold. Theoretically we should see a pretty big drop in temp but ideally would like to test it against heat mat. Baz

This is just a thought at the minute as I have a contact who 'may' be able to make CF rocker covers. I was wondering if this would reduce or eliminate the heat rising into the manifold. If any of you would be interested in maybe a prototype or even have some info to add please do. Baz

i have a set sitting in the house. Check out the vortex. They've got great reports. I ordered them from a special offer on MJM autohaus. Baz

Wow there, looks liek we have a newbie!!! only joking. 6 branch exhaust manifold rado tb - Corrado Throttle body vortech are a company who make superchargers You'll really need to search around for vr6 specialists. MJM Autohaus and ecs tuning in america are pretty good and have a great selection of vr6 parts. Good luck with it and I hope you have a healthy bank balance because typically VR6 power isn't cheap. Baz

I had a bit of a thought today about carbon fibre. Isn't it completely heat proof? My thought was to contact a friend of mine from another forum who has the gear to make carbon fibre parts and is already doing engine covers and stuff for other cars. Would there be any benefit to using a carbon fibre rocker cover? I wouldn't mind paying a few quid if it eliminated the heat coming up through the manifold. Any thoughts? Should I ask him how much it would cost to make one? Baz

Has the original posted said whether it's a 12V or 24v? And we only get a 24V Bora here. Baz

The R32 box bolts straight to a VR6 as the 6 clylinder blocks are the same. But a 6 cylinder box won't go onto a 4 cylinder engine and vice versa. There's you answer Baz

There were a very limited number of right hand drive synchros sent to the UK but good luck finding them. I think there was only 40 or something. And just back to the original question. When VW made the 6 cylinder MK4 engine they just changed the name from VR6 to V6. It's still the same VR principal so technically calling the V6 4 motion a VR6 is more accurate than calling it a V6. Our MK4 V6 24V engines are the exact same VR6 engines (only not 4WD) as the MK4 GTI VR6 sold in america and germany. And the Bora/Jetta of course came in a FWD 24V VR6 over there as well. Baz

not quite as good in tests compared with the BMC and i have a thing about buying anything from awesome as by the time they tag on a stupid P+P price that they're always more expensive than everywhere else. Baz