{"id":45,"date":"2007-06-24T01:47:32","date_gmt":"2007-06-24T06:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2018-04-19T18:40:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T23:40:11","slug":"twin-engine-v6-lupo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Twin Engine VR6 Lupo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After swapping the original engine for a six cylinder the owner felt it needed more horsepower. He decided turbocharging was too much money so he increased power by installing two engines. The engines he chose were 2.8 L VR6 engines. Other upgrades include Porsche Cayenne brakes, roll cage, and OZ wheels. Lets hope the owner will post some performance numbers like 0-60 mph time.<\/p>\n

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After swapping the original engine for a six cylinder the owner felt it needed more horsepower. He decided turbocharging was too much money so he increased power by installing two engines. The engines he chose were 2.8 L VR6 engines. Other upgrades include Porsche Cayenne brakes, roll cage, and OZ wheels. Lets hope the owner… Read More »Twin Engine VR6 Lupo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[86,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lupo","category-twin-engine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/VW-Lupo-with-two-VR6-engines-01.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40231,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40231","url_meta":{"origin":45,"position":0},"title":"VW Lupo with Two R32 Engines Update","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a year since we shared the twin-engine Lupo being built by Biox Performance in Croatia. 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