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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: xionsolaris on 13 April 2013, 15:15
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I was wondering if the vr6 has a flat spot at a certain rpm as its only got 2 valves per cylinder as like the 8v or does the dohc help solve the issue
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What?
Do you have a vr6 with a flat spot?
No engine should have a flat spot.
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Sorry i mean power band were the 16v power band dosent go flat towards higher rpm unlike the 8v i was just wondering as the vr6 only has 2v per cylinder but does it have a band like the 16v were it dosent run out of steam at higher rpms sorry for the crap explanation
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Again every engine has a powerband.
Say a engine reaches maximum bhp at 6000rpm. You want to keep the revs between 5000 and 7000rpm (powerband)
Do you mean does a vr6 give you a kick up the arse when you hit a certain rpm? No it doesn't as the bhp pick up is very smooth and no sudden kick in power throughout the rpm range. It also makes a lot of torque low down the rpm that is also smooth.
Edit. (Miss read) No it doesn't run out of power up the top rpm.
The cam in the 8v is poor. I changed mine and it pulls right up to the limiter
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I have a 8v i was just wondering if the vr6 would have had a similar curve but its a cam problem then why did vw opt for 2 valves in the vr6 instead of 4 was it a overcomplicated design or would have been to advanced in its time or was it a money thing
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Technology. It was designed in the early 90's maybe even thought up in the late 80's at the time it was a great engine and don't forget how cheap fuel was!
10 years later they made a 2.8 24v that came in the mk4 and the vag r32 engine.
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Technology. It was designed in the early 90's maybe even thought up in the late 80's at the time it was a great engine and don't forget how cheap fuel was!
10 years later they made a 2.8 24v that came in the mk4 and the vag r32 engine.
im only 21 i have missed out of the fun in driving in terms of big engines and cheap fuel
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Unlucky lol I'm 26 and my first car was a 106gti and £35 would fill the tank. Insurance was £1000 :grin: was 8 years ago.
Oh and that was super unleaded at 83p per litre
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Unlucky lol I'm 26 and my first car was a 106gti and £35 would fill the tank. Insurance was £1000 :grin: was 8 years ago.
Oh and that was super unleaded at 83p per litre
my first car is my 8v golf which im proud to have it has so many goodies in terms of goodies i just got mugged when i bought it 700 pounds i had first car blinkers the abs light was smashed so i had to get a pump rear wiper didnt work removed now electric window would go up then down door sills were a little rusty and it has a rust dot on passenger wimg 115k miles full history back to 25k miles
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My first car was a Rover vitesse EFi with a 4.2 v8 TVR motor.. manual box and a weber 4 barrel carb conversion... drank fuel but did 156mph on the M1 at four in the morning.......22 years ago....them were the days.... :grin:
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My first car was a Rover vitesse EFi with a 4.2 v8 TVR motor.. manual box and a weber 4 barrel carb conversion... drank fuel but did 156mph on the M1 at four in the morning.......22 years ago....them were the days.... :grin:
Epic :cool: :cool:
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Lol wish it was like that now i bet u didnt care about having a heavy foot as fuel was cheap
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My old man built a Toyota hilux with a rover 3.5 v8 and a 6" lift kit.
Infact I remember a lot of his cars being v8's mainly the rover v8.
3.0 red Capri was epic. Would of been good to be born in the 60's :undecided:
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My old man built a Toyota hilux with a rover 3.5 v8 and a 6" lift kit.
Infact I remember a lot of his cars being v8's mainly the rover v8.
3.0 red Capri was epic. Would of been good to be born in the 60's :undecided:
yeh a old boy who i used to work with told me he used to have a vauxhall viva and he dropped a v6 init with a blienstine head and twin webbers and used the vauxhall viva van axel as it had disk brakes the only problem is it was to powerfull and would break the gearbox after a while as it would twist from the power from the engine he used to keep a couple of gearboxes spare u could proper modify cars back then
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Was easy back then with carbs.
No looms to cut and splice. No immobiliser and sh!tty sensors.
Just big carbed engines and a manual choke lol
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Lol wish it was like that now i bet u didnt care about having a heavy foot as fuel was cheap
Fuel was cheap..insurance was cheap..and speed cameras were pretty thin on the ground too.. :smiley:
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Was easy back then with carbs.
No looms to cut and splice. No immobiliser and sh!tty sensors.
Just big carbed engines and a manual choke lol
yeh lol aslong as you got air fuel and spark u was ready to roll lol insurance is steep now i pay 1200 a year for my golf o have to pay up fron other wise its 2500 a year
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My old man built a Toyota hilux with a rover 3.5 v8 and a 6" lift kit.
Infact I remember a lot of his cars being v8's mainly the rover v8.
3.0 red Capri was epic. Would of been good to be born in the 60's :undecided:
A friend of mine had a hilux with a Rover V8 in it, pretty popular conversion back in the day..i remember it being quick off the mark but bloody lethal in the wet.. :grin:
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Wernt the hilux 4wd back then or was it rwd
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It was 4WD but you'd convert it to RWD on a V8 transplant.
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lol make it more fun then for burning rubber
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Was a piece of cake to light the rear tyres up.. :grin:
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Was a piece of cake to light the rear tyres up.. :grin:
ive never driven a rwd car but are they crap in the wet
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Rwd is far and away a better driving experience compared to FWD, some cars are a bit twitchy in the wet like Bmw 3 series but driving a nicely balanced RWD car is a joy for any real car enthusiast.
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Suppose ive always been told its better for a car to push that to pull as meaning pysh rwd and fwd pull
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Without a doubt I prefer rwd! I had a 528 that could do full throttle launch with no spin. ESP off. Mx5 are great fun, needs to be LSD though.
And think its down to driver in the snow. I never got stuck once in the 5 series in the snow. Going round stuck fwd cars sideways just rubbed salt in the wounds :evil:
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Without a doubt I prefer rwd! I had a 528 that could do full throttle launch with no spin. ESP off. Mx5 are great fun, needs to be LSD though.
And think its down to driver in the snow. I never got stuck once in the 5 series in the snow. Going round stuck fwd cars sideways just rubbed salt in the wounds :evil:
lol those old toyota starlet the old school ones seems to be a rwd must handle well good but not aerodynamic as it looks like a brick :grin:
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Unlucky lol I'm 26 and my first car was a 106gti and £35 would fill the tank. Insurance was £1000 :grin: was 8 years ago.
Oh and that was super unleaded at 83p per litre
fuel was this cheap in my dream .... went to fill my car up in the morning had to take a Valium i got that depressed hahaha
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Was easy back then with carbs.
No looms to cut and splice. No immobiliser and sh!tty sensors.
Just big carbed engines and a manual choke lol
Easy, but they were sh!t.
The fuelling was a guess, they would need tuning monthly, wouldn't run well in winter/summer, depending on which you jetted them for etc...
But boy, oh boy, did a set of 40/45 DCOEs sould good! :grin:
I'm pleased carbs have gone.
You can now build a high revving, high compression engine on 45 ITBs that will take full throttle at 1500 RPM and pull to 9000+...try that on carbs.
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I concur, the twin 40's and 4 branch manifold sounded the nuts on my Vauxhall Nova GTE about 15years ago.
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I concur, the twin 40's and 4 branch manifold sounded the nuts on my Vauxhall Nova GTE about 15years ago.
Snap! :grin:
Except mine was a 1.4SR with a GTE crank & pistons, blydenstein big valve head, Bonini 4 branch and 40 DCOEs.
I loved that car...the induction noise was mental.
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I had a pretty lairy 1.3SR previous to that (as first cars go, I thought it was cool) :rolleyes:
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But boy, oh boy, did a set of 40/45 DCOEs sould good! :grin:
Best noise I ever heard was a big Healey 3000 on triple Webers, awsome but ITB's are the future.