262 replies to this topic

[GeorgeBC]

Here's a link to another forum where a company is giving Darrons car a new lease of life with some serious power. http://www.edition38...34#entry5602971

[SteveA]

Nice, looking forward to seeing the results.

[Graeme Lambert]

What Steve says, will be watching this one.

[Bumblebee]

Interesting using the 1.8 rather than the 2.0?

[siztenboots]

Interesting using the 1.8 rather than the 2.0?

 

Indeed, the 1.8 20vt is the heaviest option , cast iron.

 

These aren't new either, around ~1997-2001 , actually no a late Audi TT donor car would be 2004 ish

[darronwall]

The 18 is plentyful and tuning parts are a lot cheaper,and the people who are doing it know the engine inside out,and this engine is lighter than the let that it's replacing

[Bumblebee]

Sounds good Darren look forward to the updates

[Mopeytitan]

wont passing the chain through the bores possibly do damage?

[Crabash]

I think thats a scrap engine for working out the mounting etc.

 

[Mopeytitan]

ok good. Id be pissed if i paid someone a stack of cash and first time out the engine blew itself to bits

[darronwall]

Just there to get the shafts and mounts correc

[darronwall]

all mounts done today,nice mk5 gearbox with a quafe lsd and gearset all in place along with a gt3071 now on with the pipework

[JohnTurbo]

Matt from our team text me about this on Friday. ;-)

[darronwall]

corrado??

[Duncan VXR]

Loved the 1.8 20vt setup I put in my Renault 5 many moons ago. Went like stink and great lump for tuning. Cheap and easy to mod now been modded to death in everything Have to say long way behind the 2.0 tfsi lump in a lot of ways, ecu options make 20vt an easier mix but in a vx220 and work involved not sure why you went 1.8 unless it was a lot cheaper? Maybe a numbers game but at least you get more reliable gearbox either way Have the 1.8t 20vt in the boot of the wife's 2nd car.......been a r5 its great for scaring the poop out of me lol Good luck with it and keep an eye on progress. DG

[darronwall]

thumbsupyou have answered your own question there Duncan!! a couple of times

the firm that's doing the work have a good history of building cars using this motor,and as you say tuning parts are abundant,they are using this as a bit of a test bed as they are interested in the possibility of a drive in drive out conversion for the vx and other elise based stuff.

[Duncan VXR]

Cool, assumed it would be something like that. So so needs to be a meet up of all the various converted vx220's from cream of gm varieties to the vag and honda offerings Happy to bring race logic box and maybe some sad facts like mpg etc would be geek tastic The meet could be called 'not normal' lol DG

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Who gives s fcuk about mpg

[JohnTurbo]

Corrado. So Darron - can we expect tk see your return to competition?

[Markus of goutshire]

Oooooh this looks like my cup of tea ! I'll keep my eye on this