The only reason is the power of the VR6. The noise is good too. I drive a 14 plate VRS diesel DSG with 184bhp and want to get similar power from my 16V. I have put on a ported throttle body and induction kit but there isn't a huge difference. I don't want to destroy a perfectly good 16v engine by over modding it when I can drop a vr6 lump and mod that. Am I nuts or does it sound logical?
Ported throttle body alone without headwork etc will not give you extra
performance and an induction kit will certainly not.
Lighten and balance the flywheel, chip the ecu, sports stainless steel exhaust and
modified airbox with k&n filter and cold air feed will sort out the breathing etc and
add a bit of hp
Fully poly bush and Eibach arbs will sort the handling out along with some team
dynamic pro race 1.2s and some decent rubber.
You then can go down the lines of getting the cylinder head gas flowed with manifold
to match and high lift cams but that is quite expensive if done right.
How deep are your pockets? Reconditioned gear box with 3.94 fd?
Sort the handling, brakes, gearing and do the basic breathing mods first
before you go chasing hp on expensive engine mods.
