Ive seen vr6,s put into early rabbits, makes for one quick ride.
VR6 in an X is something i've thought of many times, when i'm not toying with Fiats I play with VW's...this would sound deadly too
2. 1.4 Turbo from Punto GT - way reliable than uno turbo and with much more potential.
Ferrari V8 swap is a very cheap one but the engine is using the old L-Jetronic so the horses are lost during the years.
Hi, I just signed on at Midwest and have been talking with Matt about VW swaps including the I4 ad VR with corresponding 02A and 02J transmissions. Can you tell I am a VW guy? I hope to begin designing a VW conversion soon. 8VT for me because I love the 8V. VR might be a tight fit in the X's tiny engine bay, but they are the dirtiest of dirt cheap for 175 factory HP.
Are you referring to the 308 injected engine? That would be Bosch K-Jetronic (K for Kontinuerlich, or continuous,) AKA CIS. It's a great system that is very adjustable and quite adaptive to performance applications. It is very likely that my VW powered X project (should I choose to accept it) would be CIS-fueled.
K-Jet is awesome. Much like the X, it is misunderstood and much abused. Show me a factory-supplied injection system that can be adjusted to compensate for twice the stock horsepower--adjusted--not chipped, not modified, no big injectors, no reflash.
Diesel would absolutely be an option. I mentioned that to Matt and Chris. Want a bbr10? A high output diesel would be a super-cool way to go in an X, especially with a modified early model (DBC) TDI.
K-Jet is tunable because it's almost entirely mechanical which also makes it a lot like a carburetor:wall:. I can see why some people like it though.
What is a "BDC TDI" and what is a bbr10? You lost me there.
The K-jetronic is really a mechanical injection system with a fuel metering pump.
The K was the odd one, but it was Bosch's attempt to make a performance injection system like the Kugelfischer mechanical system.
It was also known as CIS or Continuous Injection System.
Later Bosch introduced the KE which has electronics.
Strictly speaking, we can say that it is a hydraulic (or hydro-mechanical) fueling system. It is dead nuts reliable, period. I have seldom ever encountered a problem on a CIS car that was actually CIS's fault. It's an air leak, a vacuum leak, a bad sensor, etc.
I'll have to look back to see if I made a mistake, but I meant DBC TDI (drive by cable, as opposed to the more recent drive by wire) TDI engines. bbR10 was an allusion to "bb4re."
If do a TDI swap you really don't want to do that. I think they call them TDI-M (TDI Mechanical). I think they use the upper part of a old pre-TDI diesel injection pump and put it on a TDI IP. It's kind of back yard way of adapting a TDI engine for people who are scared of electronics.