{"id":101378,"date":"2023-06-09T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T19:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=101378"},"modified":"2023-06-09T00:20:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T05:20:33","slug":"vw-caddy-with-an-849-hp-vr6-goes-9-2-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=101378","title":{"rendered":"VW Caddy with an 849 hp VR6 Goes 9.2 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=101384\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101384\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"101384\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=101384\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/VW-Caddy-with-a-Turbo-24v-VR6-05.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VW Caddy with a Turbo 24v VR6 05\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Caddy with a Turbo VR6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/VW-Caddy-with-a-Turbo-24v-VR6-05.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/VW-Caddy-with-a-Turbo-24v-VR6-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Caddy with a Turbo VR6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-101384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/VW-Caddy-with-a-Turbo-24v-VR6-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/VW-Caddy-with-a-Turbo-24v-VR6-05.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/VW-Caddy-with-a-Turbo-24v-VR6-05.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/VW-Caddy-with-a-Turbo-24v-VR6-05.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike Whittaker and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100057602231167\">Sleepymike Racing<\/a> Volkswagen Caddy Mk1 returned to Santa Pod Raceway for Doorslammers 2023. The combo was able to set a new personal best of 9.246 sec at 146.17 mph in the quarter-mile. A carbon fiber front surrounds a turbocharged 3.0 L VR6 tuned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ADEdmundson\">ADEdmundson<\/a>. The motor makes 849 horsepower and sends it to all four wheels. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZoDtfi-vLwU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VeeDubRacing\">VeeDubRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Whittaker and his Sleepymike Racing Volkswagen Caddy Mk1 returned to Santa Pod Raceway for Doorslammers 2023. The combo was able to set a new personal best of 9.246 sec at 146.17 mph in the quarter-mile. A carbon fiber front surrounds a turbocharged 3.0 L VR6 tuned by ADEdmundson. The motor makes 849 horsepower and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=101378\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VW Caddy with an 849 hp VR6 Goes 9.2 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":101384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caddy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/VW-Caddy-with-a-Turbo-24v-VR6-05.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":76505,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76505","url_meta":{"origin":101378,"position":0},"title":"VW Caddy with an 838 hp Turbo VR6","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Whittaker from Sleepymike Racing and his Volkswagen Caddy Mk1 attended Doorslammers 2021 at Santa Pod Raceway. 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