Does the vr6 have a flat spot

[xionsolaris]

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

[tweed]

What?

Do you have a vr6 with a flat spot?

No engine should have a flat spot.

[xionsolaris]

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

[tweed]

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

[xionsolaris]

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

[tweed]

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.

[xionsolaris]

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

[tweed]

Unlucky lol I'm 26 and my first car was a 106gti and £35 would fill the tank. Insurance was £1000  was 8 years ago.

Oh and that was super unleaded at 83p per litre

[xionsolaris]

Unlucky lol I'm 26 and my first car was a 106gti and £35 would fill the tank. Insurance was £1000  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

[Gavv8]

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....