1.8t IM ConvertibleD engine mods done!

HOLY SH*T, Tomm, that is f'ing AWESOME!  Looking forward to watching a video of that bad boy on the road! Nice job!

Yer gonna need some bricks in the front of that thing to keep the wheels on the ground!

You might have to register it with NASA because it might reach escape velocity!  Maybe you mentioned, but you're going to need to serious rubber to put that power to the road.

Is that at the wheels, or the crank? It's impressive either way.

What kind of a transaxle are you running???

 

Very impressive build.    Over the summer I modified my Subaru engine in my sand car and at the rear wheels I got 300 HP/278 torque on 8 pounds of boost and on 91 octane pump gas.   The only problem with that much HP, I broke my ring and pinion in my 091 VW bus Transaxle.    

 

I just got done swapping out the transaxle case for a much heavier aluminum case (stronger) and all the gears are now high dollar Weddle gears.  It's suppose to be able to take 300 HP so we'll see on my next trip 12/28/13.     

 

 

Larry, you're gonna create a sand storm that will be seen from space if you pop the clutch on that thing in a dune!

 

awesome!

 

VERY IMPRESSIVE!

X2 on what tranny.

Porsche 911 5 speed tranny (type 915 ca.1975)

 

HP is at the wheels.

I thought you'd say that. That's 290 RWHP, Gentlemen. WOW. 

Have you considered the need for one of these?:-) http://autofabcart.net/afrc-pr...ebarkits-72long.aspx 

Tom,  Don't think I'll need it as the power comes on pretty smoothly right now.  I am not going to do any high RPM launches anytime soon.  Drove it today on the interstate from Griot's in Tacoma to my home in Olympia (picked it up from my builder at Griot's and showed it off a bit).  Pretty calm until you hit 4500 RPM then, WOW!  60 to 90MPH is very quick.  Need to adjust the boost control to raise the boost at lower RPMs a bit but, other than that, its really good.

 

Tomm

Beautiful job........probably best to drive carefully until you get used to all that power.   

Thanks for the compliment.  My middle name is careful!  BWAHAHAHA!