98 Beetle VR6 build Forum

[pm22071985]

Originally Posted by RRIDER450

well technically no. but my best friend does and i live right beside him lol. but we do sandblasting and powder coating cheap for a lil extra side cash. anything up to the size of an atv frame...

cool, i might bring some wheels out to you.
its been about a week since your last update, anything new on the bug?

[RRIDER450]

ok sounds good. let me know so i can be ready for them. i just bead blasted and coated my head (white) over the past week and it turned out good. im accually on ebay looking at +3mm oversized valves right now as we speak so il be getting them ordered in now. and should be getting my tech teacher to cut the head next week to fit the new valves. not alot of fast progress has been going on lately but lil thing here and there. O YA! i traded a local friend the 15" wheels and tires from the donor jetta for a set of 18" rims, but they need two new tires. they should look pretty good on the beetle !!

[RRIDER450]

got my wheels and got them coated. looking f 2" VW center caps for them now. also got my valves in 2mm oversized intake and 1.8mm oversized exhaust. its gonna be a tight fit with them in the head. im good friends with the owner of RedLine Peformance engines in Brookville PA and he want me to do my porting and polishing before he cuts the seats. so i just ordered some carbide porting tools. should have it P&P by next weekend and ill send my head back out to him. but heres some pics of whats been goin on. sorry i havent been doin as much updating. i got my hands filled between the Beetle, work, preparing for school this fall and building a Motocross track! . but i promise to keep everyone updated everytime something is going on with the bug. untill next time... enjoy some of these pics..

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flat black powder coated 18" wheels


white powdercoated head

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port and polished intake. first and only one i have done. lol took my about 5 hours.


same intake just a view from the valve side.


stock

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a better picture


sand blasted block. has some surface rust from the rain we go last night but il tough it up before i coat it... gonna be yellow..


more of the block

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power steering pump


power steering pump pully

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oil pan


bracket for steering pump, alternater, etc


here is my side kick (Iris) without her my nights in the garage would be alot lonelier and alot LESS messy (as you can see in the back ground )

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wheel pics




fuel rail

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sorry the pics are kinda fuzzy. couldnt find my camera so i had to use my camcorder...

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wheels with custom fitted VW emblems... they look SOOO GOOD! lol


coated head and block. idk if im real crazy about my color scheme but at least itl be clean!..


finished ported head. just need to do alittle more polishing on some of the runners.

[RRIDER450]

all the powdercoated goodies!!


going with a different route for the intake. gonna use the stock set up from here to the head, just gonna port it. then do a lil customizing from there back.


just a different angle. i cut this thing with a hacksaw... it took forever!!!

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next week the block is getting punched out 80 over and now that im done port n polishing i just ordered my new valve guides so i can get my oversized valves cut and set. then il just be waiting to get my cams and HD springs to finish the head.

[middknight1]

Originally Posted by RRIDER450

next week the block is getting punched out 80 over and now that im done port n polishing i just ordered my new valve guides so i can get my oversized valves cut and set. then il just be waiting to get my cams and HD springs to finish the head.

what are your anticipated gains from what you are doing to the engine?

[RRIDER450]

Originally Posted by middknight1

what are your anticipated gains from what you are doing to the engine?

as much HP and TQ as i can get out of a N/A engine... im continplating (spell check anyone?) even juicing it with some NOS but not sure yet... my friend just bought a 95 Golf with a fully built VR6T and it screams!!! and im SO jealous! lol. i kno i wont get anywhere near him without getting a super or turbo. but o well ... since im already running MS he wants me to help convert his over, and then we will take them to a dyno/tuning garage to be fine tuned.. im not 100% sure what kind of HP il be pushing at the wheels cause every other VR build i find they use a completely different setup or they turbo it. but il be sure to post the final dyno sheets when i get them. THANKS for commenting tho, i was beginning to think that everyone watching my build abandond me.. but its nice to kno some one is checking in still...

[middknight1]

Originally Posted by RRIDER450

as much HP and TQ as i can get out of a N/A engine... im continplating (spell check anyone?) even juicing it with some NOS but not sure yet... my friend just bought a 95 Golf with a fully built VR6T and it screams!!! and im SO jealous! lol. i kno i wont get anywhere near him without getting a super or turbo. but o well ... since im already running MS he wants me to help convert his over, and then we will take them to a dyno/tuning garage to be fine tuned.. im not 100% sure what kind of HP il be pushing at the wheels cause every other VR build i find they use a completely different setup or they turbo it. but il be sure to post the final dyno sheets when i get them. THANKS for commenting tho, i was beginning to think that everyone watching my build abandond me.. but its nice to kno some one is checking in still...

i def wanna see the dyno sheet! glad to see your building a n/a engine since anything under a v-8 gets blown now a days. and of course i am still following!! i do like the engine color scheme looks like a catepillar diesel engine lol! but everything looks great..wanna watch her scream away in some videos when you get her back together! good luck keep on posting!

[RRIDER450]

leaving the house now to take my engine to get bored and my valves cut!!

[pm22071985]

As soon as my tires wear out I will be sending you a PM about getting some wheels powder coated black....

keep the pics/updates coming.

[RRIDER450]

Originally Posted by pm22071985

As soon as my tires wear out I will be sending you a PM about getting some wheels powder coated black....

keep the pics/updates coming.

alrighty sounds good. i also do some port and polish work if anybody is interested.. you gonna wanna go flat or gloss?

i dropped the head and block off at Red Line Performance Engines on friday. gonna go over in the evenings this week and learn how to cut bigger valves, shave a head and bore a block. so itl be a learning experience... also last week i took the whole beetle to my friend at Absolute Style and Performance. we ripped out the megasquirt, wideband, and wiring and completely rerouted, crimped, and soldered all the wires. so my wiring harness looks factory!! ha and we all got a laugh at all the customers that came in and asked where the engine was, and then the look on there face when we said it was a hyrid and all the batteries where in the trunk. lol but il be sure to upload pics of the block and head work.

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didnt do much of anything on Babs (finally got her a name!) all week. but heres a pic of my MS and the fan control that i wired up...