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Old 05-17-2008, 12:15 PM
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Default vw people finally did something cool
transverse vr6 swap kit for longitudinal audis:

too bad everything else around the motor is ****.
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Old 05-17-2008, 03:34 PM
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hahahahah......not a fan of vw's
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so they made it RWD? or did they do some goofy **** to keep the awd?
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Old 05-17-2008, 05:11 PM
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pretty sure since its an audi its awd. they are either awd or fwd, no rwd that ive seen
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Originally Posted by 18psi
pretty sure since its an audi its awd. they are either awd or fwd, no rwd that ive seen
stock yes... i know that. but I have no ******* clue how they would keep awd with that configuration unless they used an STI driveline or something. I'm willing to bet that car is RWD.
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stock yes... i know that. but I have no ******* clue how they would keep awd with that configuration unless they used an STI driveline or something. I'm willing to bet that car is RWD.
Why would it have to be an STI driveline? The A4 is longitudinal mounted AWD with a V6-TT... Hell its prolly the same damn block as the VR6
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Just by looking at how far forward the engine is and where the fenders are, it would appear possible that you could have a transfer case mounted on the forward part of the tranny and get power to at least one front wheel... how about 3WD?
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That's hella cool. My daily driver is a VR6 Jetta, and I've always thought what a great engine it would be if only it drove the rear wheels instead of the front. A locost-type vehicle with transverse VR6-T in the back is one vehicle I'd love to build, given the time and money.
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Originally Posted by The_Pipefather
That's hella cool. My daily driver is a VR6 Jetta, and I've always thought what a great engine it would be if only it drove the rear wheels instead of the front. A locost-type vehicle with transverse VR6-T in the back is one vehicle I'd love to build, given the time and money.
Oh. Hell. Yeah. That would rock.

Old man up the street built a Northstar powered Fiero a few years back. That was incredible!
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they make a bunch of adapters to put it on the stock drivetrain.
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
V6-TT... Hell its prolly the same damn block as the VR6
V6 VR6, it's impossible to run a V6 and a VR6 off of the same block.
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Old 05-17-2008, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by kotomile
V6 VR6, it's impossible to run a V6 and a VR6 off of the same block.
werd. Anyone who's ever driven or owned one knows it spins like a sex-machine L6...absolute perfection. Its too bad the rest of the car around the motor doesn't have as much win.
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No this is cool for VW....
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Originally Posted by kotomile
V6 VR6, it's impossible to run a V6 and a VR6 off of the same block.
Well until about 20 minutes ago the only thing I knew about VR6 was its a VW, and has 6 cylinders.. Found a pretty neat site about the deign and makeup of the motor. Technically, according to them, its still a V6 just with a 15 degree V.

Pretty incredible design! Now if we could only get a small displacement VR8, or VR12..

How about a DoD VR12 with 2 turbochargers... That'd be one smooth operator!
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
Well until about 20 minutes ago the only thing I knew about VR6 was its a VW, and has 6 cylinders.. Found a pretty neat site about the deign and makeup of the motor. Technically, according to them, its still a V6 just with a 15 degree V.

Pretty incredible design! Now if we could only get a small displacement VR8, or VR12..

How about a DoD VR12 with 2 turbochargers... That'd be one smooth operator!
VW went the "W" route with all the 8+ cylinder engines.
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right, like the W8 (think two "VR4"s), W12 (two VR6s) and the W16tttt that's in the Veyron.
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The V6 is completely different from the VR6. I wonder if they went RWD or AWD, too.
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Originally Posted by Drewkeen
The V6 is completely different from the VR6. I wonder if they went RWD or AWD, too.
they went awd, how many more times do I have to say this? Jesus ****!!!
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If you look at the Audi AWD tranny there are half-shaft outputs for the front wheels mid-way down the casing.

http://www.lambolounge.com/Chassis/T...-915/index.asp
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