From China with Love

[kujiwara]

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Kuji, if you are ever back in town i have a turbocharging performance book you can take a gander through. It goes over all the calculations in a forced induction engine and would be great in helping select correct components or choosing where to spend you money.

Sweet! I'll let you know if i ever need turbo advice haha! I'll be back in July hopefully and can't wait to go on cruises with y'all

[MechEngg]

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Kuji, if you are ever back in town i have a turbocharging performance book you can take a gander through. It goes over all the calculations in a forced induction engine and would be great in helping select correct components or choosing where to spend you money.

[flipstah]

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The beast is back

[kujiwara]

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Great to hear Kuji.....all that hard work rolls forward!!!

Yup! And here it's a hint on where it's heading next, the Internet is not teaching me much other than how to bolt in a turbo kit and bags these days so I'm going back in time and found two of the best books for building mk4s!

[Geobmx4life]

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Great to hear Kuji.....all that hard work rolls forward!!!

[kujiwara]

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Great news! Glad it's working out for you!

Yeah thanks! Car is slightly sad looking rn but hopefully would look as good as new after their estimated 60 hours of work!

[witchcraftz]

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Great news! Glad it's working out for you!

[kujiwara]

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That torque curve was broad, flat, and fat. Would be a shame to lose that work, hope things turn around.

Yeah hopefully! I don't want to do all of this work again because of someone else's fault. Just dropped the car off at the repair shop today and hopefully when I come back from Europe in two weeks the car will be ready to haul ass again!

[PRY4SNO]

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That torque curve was broad, flat, and fat. Would be a shame to lose that work, hope things turn around.

[kujiwara]

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ICBC called me today and said my car is repairable, ICBC quoted my car at around 7k of damage after extensive inspection, and they have a budget of 10k to repair, so just in case anything extra expense pop out from the actual shop estimate ill still have an extra 4k to spare. I'm going to pick up the estimate for the car tomorrow and take to my buddy's shop right after, fingers crossed Icreate 2.0 will become 2.1 instead of 3.0!

[kujiwara]

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Epilogue of ICREATE2.0
Why don't you just replace it with a R32? Out of the box, a R32 is quite a bit better than a GLI and there's no argument for that. But this little Jetta my friends and I made over the years handles so much more nimble than a R32, because 280hp NA and lsd with awesome tires doesn't need awd. After driven multiple R32s and letting their owners drive my car, they all said my car drives like nothing like they've driven before, the sensation of speed, acceleration and the feel through the suspension and steering is not something you can just buy. When I built it, driver experience was put before anything, the sensation of the suspension, sound, steering, shifter, and speed, every little detail adds up. Only the ones who drove it can appreciate the magic of this one-off style and why I'm stuck with it.
PS: I'll have a r32 eventually, I'll turbo and bag the crap out of it, but that's a completely different project.

[kujiwara]

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Apparently I can't read, It says that right in your post haha. Good numbers either way. Anybody remember Jeremiah from Saskatchewan with his 3.2 powered mk2 from a decade ago?? That car laid down good numbers too. Seems like the swapped cars are getting better numbers for some mystical reason, Really I am not sure on that, but it could be a trend haha.

I think it's just FF cars have a little less drivetrain loss than Haldex cars so a little more whp, although I've read they dyno the same with awd fuse removed. My buddy who dynod his UM tuned, 2.5inch militek mk4 r32 on the same day made 209whp and 220lbftish, and if we use 20%loss (instead of 15%like mine) it puts him at 260hp and 270lbft at the crank, which is still 20hp over stock although I'm 20hp on top of that. His torque curve is also completely different though torque and power drops a lot earlier but I can't upload his dyno sheet until I have his permission lol

[firestarter]

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Apparently I can't read, It says that right in your post haha. Good numbers either way. Anybody remember Jeremiah from Saskatchewan with his 3.2 powered mk2 from a decade ago?? That car laid down good numbers too. Seems like the swapped cars are getting better numbers for some mystical reason, Really I am not sure on that, but it could be a trend haha.

[kujiwara]

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Thats huge numbers for a 2.8

Nonono it's a 3.2, but it's 280 at the crank still puts it at one of the highest street NA R32s on the interet, and they don't really have dyno sheets

[firestarter]

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Thats huge numbers for a 2.8