{"id":8652,"date":"2015-12-23T15:14:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T19:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2016-10-02T23:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T03:04:37","slug":"twin-engine-vw-jetta-plays-in-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8652","title":{"rendered":"Twin Engine VW Jetta Plays in the Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8653\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8653\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=8653\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C669&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,669\" 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=\"Twin engine VW Jetta with VR6 and W8 motors 08\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Twin engine VW Jetta with VR6 and W8 motors&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C571&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?resize=640%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Twin engine VW Jetta with VR6 and W8 motors\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?resize=1024%2C571&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?resize=600%2C335&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?resize=620%2C346&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Punchbuggies Racing took its twin engine Jetta Mk4 to play in the snow. The Jetta&#8217;s front wheels are powered by a VR6 while the rear wheels are powered by a turbocharged W8. For more photos and videos of the car running in dry weather please <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4751\">visit our previous article<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Od5m00ReGo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DooI_SWJOSs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/drewhastheinternet\/\">Punchbuggies Racing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punchbuggies Racing took its twin engine Jetta Mk4 to play in the snow. The Jetta&#8217;s front wheels are powered by a VR6 while the rear wheels are powered by a turbocharged W8. For more photos and videos of the car running in dry weather please visit our previous article. Source: Punchbuggies Racing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8653,"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":true,"_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":[231,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jetta","category-twin-engine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Twin-engine-VW-Jetta-with-VR6-and-W8-motors-08.jpg?fit=1200%2C669&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14455,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14455","url_meta":{"origin":8652,"position":0},"title":"VW Jetta with a GSX-R1000 Engine","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The guys that brought you an Audi A6 with a W12 and a Jetta with a VR6 and W8 just debuted their newest creation; a Jetta powered by a motorcycle engine. 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