Sportwagen/Alltrack specific forum?

[VdubAlltrack]

Moar wagons moar better

 

[VdubAlltrack]

Just change the name of this thread and make it the Sportwagen/Alltrack thread. I think it's a good idea.

Yes

 

[8055WAGEN]

Yes

Let's start a new one so we don't have two pages of discussion at the beginning

 

[golfdave]

There is a Facebook group....but that has the presence of a person who is no longer on here...& he's now really going for the "OEM Stock record" with a 2lt engine swap from a R & includes photos...

Funny thing.....in the photos of the engine he has blacked out the engine code details from the timing cover...may its actually a GTI engine?? ...

 

[golfdave]

Just been asking our favourite person if he bought the R front bumper to house the side coolers than the R has....

answer is "no" & didn't buy the double rad fans either...as "the stock R IC & GSW cooling is "adequate"..

hhmmmm..let me think on this...how long in Florida heat & his race car antics before it goes BOOOOOM???

& still didn't answer why he blacked out the engine code on the timing belt cover....

& note its a "daily driven"..& not a road racer??....let me think..which car was all the draggy stuff about???

 

[8T_BoCO]

I support having a GSW/Alltrack section. These replaced our out-of-warranty Audi B8 wagon and coupe...

 

[golfdave]

This gets better.....

So he's' got an "R" engine (supposedly) removed the "R" side coolers & just using a stock "R" IC..then tuning the engine to produce more power, & thinks the stock IC will cope....??

Ok I'll open a book now....odds for engine lasting more than 10 of his draggy runs before it goes boom???

 

[jimlloyd40]

This gets better.....

So he's' got an "R" engine (supposedly) removed the "R" side coolers & just using a stock "R" IC..then tuning the engine to produce more power, & thinks the stock IC will cope....??

Ok I'll open a book now....odds for engine lasting more than 10 of his draggy runs before it goes boom???

Just hearing about that guy is bringing back nightmares. He's still up to his OEM stock bullshit.

 

[golfdave]

Just hearing about that guy is bringing back nightmares. He's still up to his OEM stock bullshit.

Just had a nice conversation On the Facebook page for the MK7 sportwagen about his "R" project....

Hes, got a DQ250 DSG (which was fitted to the R) & supposedly a EA888 R spec, but it could be GTI spec & fitting it to his 4motion...(you know his "bone stock daily driver")...to make an "R"....

He's keeping the stock "R" IC, & not fitting either the "R" DSG oil cooler, or the "R" engine oil cooler, these take up the lower two air scoops in the "R" bumper.....& hes going to be tuning to provide more power....

So reduce the engine oil & DSG oil cooling, to make the engine & gearbox hotter...then tune it & leave the stock IC which makes the intake temps hotter still.....

Melted pistons anybody????..

 

[jimlloyd40]

Just had a nice conversation On the Facebook page for the MK7 sportwagen about his "R" project....

Hes, got a DQ250 DSG (which was fitted to the R) & supposedly a EA888 R spec, but it could be GTI spec & fitting it to his 4motion...(you know his "bone stock daily driver")...to make an "R"....

He's keeping the stock "R" IC, & not fitting either the "R" DSG oil cooler, or the "R" engine oil cooler, these take up the lower two air scoops in the "R" bumper.....& hes going to be tuning to provide more power....

So reduce the engine oil & DSG oil cooling, to make the engine & gearbox hotter...then tune it & leave the stock IC which makes the intake temps hotter still.....

Melted pistons anybody????..

How can he do that much and be so stupid?

 

[golfdave]

How can he do that much and be so stupid?

Easy..heres the latest..

 

[Faceman]

Plenty of us with 350hp+ without any additional cooling and no issues.

 

[golfdave]

Plenty of us with 350hp+ without any additional cooling and no issues.

yeah, but to take an "R" engine (300bhp) with the intention of tuning it further & removing the engine oil & DSG oil coolers???.....& run a stock "R" IC....plus live somewhere hot?

Not the best advice for tuning a reliable engine.

Look at it this way....if you rolled up to a tuning company in a stock "R" GSW & said I want more power, & they said sure no problems, we'll remove the factory engine oil cooler & the factory DSG oil cooler, & keep the stock IC, & then map it to make way more power than stock......I think I'd run a mile...

 

[jimlloyd40]

Plenty of us with 350hp+ without any additional cooling and no issues.

But you didn't delete the oil and trans coolers.

 

[Dameon]

I don't drive a wagon, although I would buy one with the deals going on right now if it would fit in my garage... but I drive a Golf TDI S... thoughts on the torsion bar? I've seen it on sale a few times and keep telling myself to just get it. And away from the performance part, does it reduce ground clearance

It’s pretty cheap. Easy install. (Make sure you file the vw weld splatter) If you cant find it on sale, Neuspeed gave it to me tax free plus no shipping for picking it up in person. It sits about an inch lower at the brackets. My ares skid plate scrapes all the time but I’ve never hit the bar.