{"id":43790,"date":"2019-08-01T17:24:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T22:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=43790"},"modified":"2019-08-01T17:25:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T22:25:53","slug":"custom-vw-lupo-with-two-tfsi-engines-goes-8-8-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=43790","title":{"rendered":"Custom VW Lupo with Two TFSI Engines Goes 8.8 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-14.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=43889\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-14.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" 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 Lupo with two TFSI inline-four engines 14\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Lupo with two TFSI inline-four engines&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-14.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-14.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Lupo with two TFSI inline-four engines\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-14.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-14.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-14.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-14.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two months ago we <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=39617\">first shared<\/a> Silviu Ghita&#8217;s amazing twin-engine VW Lupo built at his company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/silviu.ghita.motorsport\/\">DOP Motorsport<\/a> in Bragadiru, Ilfov, Romania. The tube chassis race car is powered by two 2.0 L TFSI inline-four engines making a combined 1243 horsepower. Recently the team traveled to Ianca, Romania for Campionatul National de DRAG 2019 where the car made several 8-second runs. Their best run at the event was a 8.806 sec at 272.88 km\/h (169.55 mph) close to the team&#8217;s best of 8.788 seconds at 273.46 km\/h (169.92 mph) set in April.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsilviu.ghita.motorsport%2Fvideos%2F464397694320570%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><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-15.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=43890\" 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class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-17.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-17.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-17.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-17.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-18.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43893\" 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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 Lupo with two TFSI inline-four engines 19\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Lupo with two TFSI inline-four engines&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-19.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-19.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Lupo with two TFSI inline-four engines\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-19.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-19.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-19.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-19.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A view from inside the car on another run of 8.89 sec at 273 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsilviu.ghita.motorsport%2Fvideos%2F436521593814860%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=330&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" 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\/silviu.ghita.motorsport\/\">DOP Motorsport FB page<\/a> via Piotr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two months ago we first shared Silviu Ghita&#8217;s amazing twin-engine VW Lupo built at his company DOP Motorsport in Bragadiru, Ilfov, Romania. The tube chassis race car is powered by two 2.0 L TFSI inline-four engines making a combined 1243 horsepower. Recently the team traveled to Ianca, Romania for Campionatul National de DRAG 2019 where&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=43790\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Custom VW Lupo with Two TFSI Engines Goes 8.8 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":43889,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43790","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\/2019\/08\/VW-Lupo-with-two-TFSI-inline-four-engines-14.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39617,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=39617","url_meta":{"origin":43790,"position":0},"title":"VW Lupo with 1243 hp from Two TFSI Inline-Four Engines","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Silviu Ghita and his team at DOP Motorsport in Bragadiru, Ilfov, Romania built this incredibly powerful custom Volkswagen Lupo. The little car sits on a custom tube chassis powered by two turbocharged 2.0 L TFSI inline-four engines and DSG transmissions. 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The car would use a custom tubular chassis and twin-engine setup. At that time Silviu went with a pair of turbocharged 2.0 L TFSI inline-four motors. 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