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Rayz
10-13-2005, 03:58 AM
2006 VW Golf GT 1.4-liter engine produces 168 hp and 177 lb-ft of torque and returns a claimed average of 39.2 mpg. VW may offer it outside of Europe.

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DontPassTheFence
10-13-2005, 04:11 AM
a twincharged engine?

im too lazy to read it... chain notes? (I hate vw anyways...)

I assume since it says superturbo its an engine twincharged, IE: a supercharger on the intake side, and a turbo on the exhaust side...
jayhawk
10-13-2005, 04:57 PM
Not really revolutionary, Nissan did this same thing back in 1989.
DontPassTheFence
10-13-2005, 05:43 PM
Yea, ive heard of guys twin charging quite a few cars.. but thats ok, let vw think they have discovered the secrets to forced induction :lol:


I wonder, is it any good? Ive heard twincharging engines makes them pretty unreliable and hard to maintain...
Themeneea
10-14-2005, 11:30 AM
people with GTP's have tried it, and it never worked out great
cradled
10-20-2005, 07:05 AM
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10989566&postcount=100
enough said
Bjornboy81
10-20-2005, 07:35 AM
Originally posted by cradled
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10989566&postcount=100
enough said :jaw: What if you have to change a spark plug???
roksoc
10-20-2005, 11:10 AM
^:lol:
DoubleOZeroGAse
10-20-2005, 10:06 PM
Originally posted by Bjornboy81
:jaw: What if you have to change a spark plug???
My friend has a WRX, you can get at them from underneath, it's a horizontally opposed 4-cyl so it's not too bad. An I'm pretty sure that turbo/supercharged STi makes something like 800awhp.
DontPassTheFence
10-27-2005, 05:32 AM
:whore: