{"id":93276,"date":"2022-12-01T17:20:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T23:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93276"},"modified":"2022-12-01T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T23:20:56","slug":"vw-lupo-with-a-turbo-vr6-goes-9-0-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93276","title":{"rendered":"VW Lupo with a Turbo VR6 Goes 9.0 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93282\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93282\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93282\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C785&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,785\" 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=\"Sleeper-Factory VW Lupo with a Turbo R30 VR6 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sleeper-Factory VW Lupo with a Turbo R30 VR6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C673&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sleeper-Factory VW Lupo with a Turbo R30 VR6\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-93282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-01.jpg?resize=600%2C336&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C673&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-01.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joachim Schumacher at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sleeper_factory\/\">Sleeper-Factory<\/a> owns a fast Volkswagen Lupo. The FWD car is powered by a turbocharged 3.0 L VR6 with a DSG transmission on a custom tubular chassis. Joachim and his Lupo visited Hal Far Drag Way in Malta for the 2022 MDRA Finals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VeeDubRacing\">VeeDubRacing<\/a> reports the pair set a personal best with a 9.062 sec quarter-mile at 156.88 mph. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/f46-SLSbIuM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93283\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93283\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93283\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-02.jpg?fit=1080%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" 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href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93285\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93285\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=93285\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-04.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1440\" 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=\"Sleeper-Factory VW Lupo with a Turbo R30 VR6 04\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-04.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-04-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-93285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-04.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-04.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-04.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-04.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sleeper_factory\/\">@sleeper_factory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VeeDubRacing\">VeeDubRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joachim Schumacher at Sleeper-Factory owns a fast Volkswagen Lupo. The FWD car is powered by a turbocharged 3.0 L VR6 with a DSG transmission on a custom tubular chassis. Joachim and his Lupo visited Hal Far Drag Way in Malta for the 2022 MDRA Finals. VeeDubRacing reports the pair set a personal best with a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=93276\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VW Lupo with a Turbo VR6 Goes 9.0 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93276","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\/2022\/12\/Sleeper-Factory-VW-Lupo-with-a-Turbo-R30-VR6-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C785&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40231,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40231","url_meta":{"origin":93276,"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. The project is powered by two 3.2 L VR6 engines with direct port nitrous systems to make around 800 horsepower in total. 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Last year they decided to rebuild the little car and make it even better. They started by stripping it down for body and paint work. 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The most obvious additions is the livery wrap and the wheelie bars bolted to the back. Inside the cabin is a new roll cage by Corsa Geko and a bottle of nitrous. 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Earlier this year it visited MK2 VRT in Poland to add a couple more cylinders and some boost. 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