Author Topic: Can a VR6 be made into a TD? no... seriously (Read 17348 times)

Mechdonald · « **Reply #30 on:** March 31, 2006, 10:35:45 am »

Never mind, I got my answer about the timing

please see this article http://www.eurotuned.com/vw/VR6tech.htm

It explains the 120 degree firing order - tricky tricky.

An inline 6 pump would work then

LeeG · « **Reply #31 on:** March 31, 2006, 11:04:38 am »

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You've got to reroute the lines keeping the lengths of the tubes equal, of course.

I'm a diesel newb....why do the injector lines need to be equal length?

therabbittree · « **Reply #32 on:** April 04, 2006, 10:16:02 am »

i've thought about this before myself..it looks cool. i have a extra cummins pump, a couple actually .. what is the bore size of the vr6? The block could be sleeved to fit tdi pistons. The injector hold downs could be made to fit the deep well or other di injectors could be used from another kind of diesel... i have vr6 too ..mumn
time and $ ..i don't have much of either..
Thanks
Deo

lord_verminaard · « **Reply #33 on:** April 05, 2006, 04:01:30 pm »

Bore of the standard 2.8 VR6: 81mm. But, you will need custom pistons as the VR pistons are sort of "wedge" shaped anyway, so....

Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49

Mechdonald · « **Reply #34 on:** April 13, 2006, 07:30:37 am »

just found an interesting web article about reverse engineering using industrial CT scanning. http://www.materialise.com/magics-rp/copyandpaste_ENG.html

Made an inquiry locally about it but London is a medical town so not much luck in doing a cylinder head here. Very expensive to get done too.
University of Texas will do it for a pretty price - something like $85/hour and it takes a lot of hours.

Neat stuff for sure