{"id":55099,"date":"2020-04-27T14:32:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T19:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55099"},"modified":"2020-04-27T14:32:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T19:32:49","slug":"vw-polo-with-a-800-hp-turbo-vr6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55099","title":{"rendered":"VW Polo with a 800+ hp Turbo VR6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55104\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=55104\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"VW Polo with a Turbo VR6 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Polo with a Turbo VR6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Polo with a Turbo VR6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/polovr6t\/videos\">Mario Thau<\/a> built his VW Polo 6N to drag race. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.9 L VR6 built by hpower.de and made 800+ horsepower on a LugTronic ECU. The engine featured CAT CAMS camshafts, Schimmel Performance intake manfifold, hpower.de head, PAR Engineering rods, and ID2000 injectors. Power is sent to the front slicks through a four-speed dogbox with a Sachs RCS twin-disc clutch to hpower.de custom axles. Mario&#8217;s personal best with the Polo was set in 2015 with a 8.690 sec quarter-mile at 170 mph in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"55105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=55105\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-02.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"VW Polo with a Turbo VR6 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Polo with a Turbo VR6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Polo with a Turbo VR6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-02.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RbjHoamsM3Q\" 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\/CPxelDqKUFs\" 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\/9QdnZ32A8MQ\" 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\/BHQyom6EYB0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRaD2PJPmtVXFc3NqpXLscw\">VeeDubRacing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/polovr6t\/videos\">PoloVR6T<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Thau built his VW Polo 6N to drag race. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.9 L VR6 built by hpower.de and made 800+ horsepower on a LugTronic ECU. The engine featured CAT CAMS camshafts, Schimmel Performance intake manfifold, hpower.de head, PAR Engineering rods, and ID2000 injectors. Power is sent to the front&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=55099\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VW Polo with a 800+ hp Turbo VR6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":55104,"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":[698],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/VW-Polo-with-a-Turbo-VR6-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19073,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19073","url_meta":{"origin":55099,"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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The modified Polo set the record with a 8.048 sec at 275.512 km\/h (171.195 mph). 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