My Golf .:R36 6MT featured on Drivenmotive.com

[Riffstamatic]

Awesome car you have built there!

Love everything about it, though I think I would like it even more with snowflakes..

[infiniteecho]

Awesome car you have built there!

Love everything about it, though I think I would like it even more with snowflakes..

Thank you sir.

@ snowflakes. I'm not sure they'd clear the brake setup I have, and I'd have to be lower to pull them off. Good looking wheel but not for my application.

[TheHeggz]

It's a good question that has a couple answers. I like all motor more than boost. It'd never been done before in a MK5, same with building a 6MT to replace the DSG. It was an interesting project that people had never attempted, so we went for it.

There is actually a ton more torque in the 3.6 motor because of the FSI. In 3rd gear I was leaving R32s behind on the dragon who were in 2nd gear out of corners.

Edit for additional info: A turbo R32 from HPA was not able to catch or pass me from a 10 mph to 120 mph. it's not exactly slow. He was surprised and rather annoyed.

Gotcha

[pete@blackforest]

Coolest build I've seen in the Mk5 forum.. ever.

[pi ka chuuu]

what an awesome build man, the car sounds/looks like a champion.

[infiniteecho]

Coolest build I've seen in the Mk5 forum.. ever.

Thank you!

what an awesome build man, the car sounds/looks like a champion.

Thanks man.

[LampyB]

nice shots jesse! and to make others jealous, i got a ride in this beast last week and it blew me away. endless torque!!!

[VeeeAreSix]

Awesome. Didnt VW say they weren't going to use the 3.6 because it wouldn't fit? Looks like you guys managed. Nice job.

[DBVeeDB]

Been watching this build, and have been i love with it since. Being a 3.6 passat woner I cna appreciate the characteristics of this motor in all aspects. I can only imagine how it feels in a smaller car and with the 6spd.

Can you give me the lowdown on the exhaust setup? I am assuming you are using the stock passat downpipes with 4 cats, and then it merges to a r32 exhaust somewhere down the middle? Any work done to the manifolds?

Also, if you havent already swapped to the all black fixed position intake manifold found on late BLV's and I think all bws's, DO you know what type of gains you might receive? its the same manifold that also comes on the euro r36

and those seats..... Id like to see some driving videos if you have any. fly bys, ANYTHING to hear/see this car under load.

-Devin

[infiniteecho]

Been watching this build, and have been i love with it since. Being a 3.6 passat woner I cna appreciate the characteristics of this motor in all aspects. I can only imagine how it feels in a smaller car and with the 6spd.

Can you give me the lowdown on the exhaust setup? I am assuming you are using the stock passat downpipes with 4 cats, and then it merges to a r32 exhaust somewhere down the middle? Any work done to the manifolds?

Also, if you havent already swapped to the all black fixed position intake manifold found on late BLV's and I think all bws's, DO you know what type of gains you might receive? its the same manifold that also comes on the euro r36

and those seats..... Id like to see some driving videos if you have any. fly bys, ANYTHING to hear/see this car under load.

-Devin

We are in the process of working out the kinks on the new black single length manifold. Will have more details this weekend.

As for the exhaust, right now we are using the 3.6 headers into the stock 3.2L cats and stock catback. That is all going to be changed next week with high flow cats and a larger diameter exhaust.

Here is a video for you of what it currently sounds like though.
Cold Start:


Cold start, warmed up and WOT:

[nickbeezy]

it sounds so badass at wot.

[SCIROCCO SPEED]

IIRC the 3.6 is actually a few pounds lighter than the 3.2.

correct?

[DBVeeDB]

correct 10-15 lbs I think, I dont remember the exact figure,


thanks for the info on the exhaust. I contacted UM about getting a tune made fo rmy wagon, and they told me your car was in there getting the manifold swapped on (my car came with it from the factory, 2008 model year) So if it is the better manifold, this will excited me for obvious reasons. Please keep me posted on what gains if any you see from the new exhaust setup.

and thanks for the videos. Ive listened to them a few times already

[infiniteecho]

it sounds so badass at wot.

Thanks. Can't wait for the new exhaust.

correct 10-15 lbs I think, I dont remember the exact figure,


thanks for the info on the exhaust. I contacted UM about getting a tune made fo rmy wagon, and they told me your car was in there getting the manifold swapped on (my car came with it from the factory, 2008 model year) So if it is the better manifold, this will excited me for obvious reasons. Please keep me posted on what gains if any you see from the new exhaust setup.

and thanks for the videos. Ive listened to them a few times already

You're welcome for the videos. I'll definitely keep you posted. Hopefully Jeff will have time to play with the tuning this weekend on his way to wunderwagens or whatever that show in PA is.

The new exhaust will be there the majority of the gains are. The stock 3.2 exhaust is shown to be restrictive on the 3.2. The 3.6 moves a bit more air on top of that, so we should see some pretty nice power increases with the new exhaust. I'd love to just kiss 300awhp while remaining NA.

[DBVeeDB]

judging by some of the #'s r36's make overseas after tuning and minor exhaust work. You could get there depepnding on how much magic Jeff makes. they like this motor a lot more overseas than they do here, and it's a shame. Well im anxious to watch this car develop, well done.

So subtle yet so powerful.

I will be watching

[A320FlyGuy]

That's a really sweet .:R36 that you have....as much as I love my Jetta, I would sell it down the river in a second for an .:R36!

[missamagnificent]

Awesome car! I've seen it at a few shows this year




Dubs on Defrost by missamagnificent

[Projekt R32]

Awesome car! I've seen it at a few shows this year




Dubs on Defrost by missamagnificent

[makgti]

Saw this on the dragon and started following it online. How hard was the dsg to manual swap? It must have been an electronics nightmare

[JettaGT8V80]

this thread needs a new vid of the new exhaust

[thygreyt]

Last I heard, this car actually belongs to the father of op.

What a shame.


Lol.. in all seriousness,.post the vids.or we will.do it for you!!!

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[Muad Dub]

Heard this thing with the new exhaust yesterday when I got my car chipped, which I'm loving btw thanks But ya good lord it sounds amazing, I love how you can switch from kinda quite to holy crap my ears loud.

[71DubBugBug]

thats awesome!
was just discussing someone doing this to a jetta

for those that mentioned tuning a 3.6. With an exhaust, intake and a tune, what numbers should someone expect?

[JettaGT8V80]

Last I heard, this car actually belongs to the father of op.

What a shame.


Lol.. in all seriousness,.post the vids.or we will.do it for you!!!

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[infiniteecho]

Saw this on the dragon and started following it online. How hard was the dsg to manual swap? It must have been an electronics nightmare

It turned out to be an insane wiring nightmare. The DSG to manual swap isn't as hard as the wiring, but its not trivial.

this thread needs a new vid of the new exhaust

Hearing this car on video is like watching porn. It's just not the same as actually having sex.

Last I heard, this car actually belongs to the father of op.

What a shame.


Lol.. in all seriousness,.post the vids.or we will.do it for you!!!

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2

$@&^$*@&#^$!. I had the most epic of facepalms when those idiots made that comment.

Heard this thing with the new exhaust yesterday when I got my car chipped, which I'm loving btw thanks But ya good lord it sounds amazing, I love how you can switch from kinda quite to holy crap my ears loud.

Glad you're enjoying the new flash.

The switch is a life saver.

thats awesome!
was just discussing someone doing this to a jetta

for those that mentioned tuning a 3.6. With an exhaust, intake and a tune, what numbers should someone expect?

There are a couple versions of the 3.6 floating around. Depending on which one you get you should be able to get pretty close to 300/300 awhp and awtq.