{"id":105409,"date":"2023-09-26T16:01:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=105409"},"modified":"2023-09-26T16:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:01:17","slug":"lupo-with-a-turbo-vr6-goes-9-4-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=105409","title":{"rendered":"Lupo with a Turbo VR6 Goes 9.4 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=105415\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105415\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"105415\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=105415\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?fit=1728%2C1152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1728,1152\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VW Lupo with a Turbo VR6 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Lupo with a Turbo VR6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Lupo with a Turbo VR6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-105415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?resize=930%2C620&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?w=1728&amp;ssl=1 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=90119\">last shared<\/a> Maciej Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ziolo_r30turbo\/\">VW Lupo<\/a> it went 9.803 sec at 240.16 km\/h (149.22 mph) in the quarter-mile. This year the pair traveled from their home in Poland to Santa Pod Raceway in the UK. While there Maciej achieved a personal best of 9.429 sec at 155.14 mph (250.63 km\/h). The car is powered by a turbocharged 3.0 L VR6 paired with a DSG automatic transmission.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/srXQMIYRNTk?si=Eqfr9K1Kay1DtLEL\" 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.facebook.com\/VWLupoR30TurboDSG\">VW Lupo R30Turbo DSG FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VeeDubRacing\">VeeDubRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we last shared Maciej Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski&#8217;s VW Lupo it went 9.803 sec at 240.16 km\/h (149.22 mph) in the quarter-mile. This year the pair traveled from their home in Poland to Santa Pod Raceway in the UK. While there Maciej achieved a personal best of 9.429 sec at 155.14 mph (250.63 km\/h). The car is&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=105409\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lupo with a Turbo VR6 Goes 9.4 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":105415,"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":100,"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":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lupo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-08.jpg?fit=1728%2C1152&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":90119,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=90119","url_meta":{"origin":105409,"position":0},"title":"VW Lupo with a Turbo VR6 Goes 9.8 sec","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Maciej Zi\u00f3lkowski made several changes on his unique VW Lupo since our previous article. 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