{"id":38447,"date":"2019-03-28T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T22:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=38447"},"modified":"2019-03-28T16:14:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T22:14:17","slug":"seat-leon-with-a-turbo-vr6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=38447","title":{"rendered":"SEAT Le\u00f3n with a Turbo VR6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-with-a-turbo-VR6-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=38449\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-with-a-turbo-VR6-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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=\"SEAT Le\u00f3n with a turbo VR6 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;SEAT Le\u00f3n with a turbo VR6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-with-a-turbo-VR6-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-with-a-turbo-VR6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SEAT Le\u00f3n with a turbo VR6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-with-a-turbo-VR6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-with-a-turbo-VR6-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-with-a-turbo-VR6-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-with-a-turbo-VR6-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dejan Dimitrijevic competes in European Hillclimb using his SEAT Le\u00f3n Mk2. The project was born when his previous race car, a Golf R32 Mk4 suffered a crash at Mala\u010dka hillclimb in 2013. Dejan saved the powertrain and installed it into the Le\u00f3n. It now features a turbocharged 3.2 L VR6 that makes 740 horsepower connected to a KAPS six-speed sequential transmission and 4WD drivetrain. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oJHxsvRKsu0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Df0h-ffcjbQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-Lh5siLMDIswOVkGXnjv3Q\">HillClimbFans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCWPy8e7TkqGZH4zt4TiTNw\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dejan Dimitrijevic competes in European Hillclimb using his SEAT Le\u00f3n Mk2. The project was born when his previous race car, a Golf R32 Mk4 suffered a crash at Mala\u010dka hillclimb in 2013. Dejan saved the powertrain and installed it into the Le\u00f3n. It now features a turbocharged 3.2 L VR6 that makes 740 horsepower connected&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=38447\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SEAT Le\u00f3n with a Turbo VR6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38449,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[870],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SEAT-Le%C3%B3n-with-a-turbo-VR6-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130146,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=130146","url_meta":{"origin":38447,"position":0},"title":"SEAT Le\u00f3n with a Turbo VR6 Racing","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Dejan Dimitrijevic built his SEAT Le\u00f3n to compete in European hillclimb. 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