{"id":26539,"date":"2018-08-13T13:29:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T18:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26539"},"modified":"2018-08-13T13:29:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T18:29:57","slug":"don-octanes-awd-polo-goes-8-048","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26539","title":{"rendered":"Don Octane&#8217;s AWD Polo Goes 8.048"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26542\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=26542\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"VW Polo with a Turbo 3.0 L VR6 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Polo with a Turbo 3.0 L VR6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Polo with a Turbo 3.0 L VR6\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-3.0-L-VR6-08.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.don-octane.de\/\">Don Octane<\/a> just set a new German AWD quarter-mile record in their AWD Polo. The modified Polo set the record with a 8.048 sec at 275.512 km\/h (171.195 mph). It&#8217;s able to reach this level of performance thanks to a built 3.0 L VR6 that makes 1,280 horsepower and 817 lb-ft of torque and sends it through a 4Motion 4WD system. Please view our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19073\">previous article <\/a>for more photos and videos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F333796023330592%2Fvideos%2F1855748844468628%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=339&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video below is from another event showing the car&#8217;s impressive power.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F333796023330592%2Fvideos%2F1807281592648687%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=336&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Don-Octane-333796023330592\/\">Don Octane FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/don_octane\/\">@Don_Octane<\/a> via Piotr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Octane just set a new German AWD quarter-mile record in their AWD Polo. The modified Polo set the record with a 8.048 sec at 275.512 km\/h (171.195 mph). It&#8217;s able to reach this level of performance thanks to a built 3.0 L VR6 that makes 1,280 horsepower and 817 lb-ft of torque and sends&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26539\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don Octane&#8217;s AWD Polo Goes 8.048<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[698],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polo"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19073,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19073","url_meta":{"origin":26539,"position":0},"title":"AWD Polo with a Turbo VR6","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Don Octane in Germany holds the record for fastest AWD in Germany and fastest AWD with a VW engine in the world. 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