2.0l conversion?

[LunchboxVRS]

Do we know how much torque it can handle especially when pushed? And down low? Stroking more often then not will produce a lot more torque compared to the power gain if you compare it to other mods. A friend and myself both had ford 5L v8 and he went down the bolt on vortex road where I went the stroke to 5.6l path. Peak power was within ten Kw of each other but my torque was nearly 140nm more then him and came in a lot lower in the rev range. I know there completely different but that's just an example of what stroking can do torque wise. A tune on its own will raise to 300nm then because your increasing bore the amount of air needs to be increased so a intake is needed. And with more air in you need more air out so that's an exhaust as well. Combine this with the torque increase of stroking I would estimate over 400nm. How long would a stock box with say just a DSG tune last with that much torque?

[gavs]

Guy Harding would be the one to ask because after all, the apr polo is putting out in stage 2 guise some healthy torque figures. The issue isn't the gearbox, it's the clutch packs and the amount of slipping they can handle. To give you an idea, a tune 1.4tsi doesn't make peak torque until full clutch engagement has occurred, peak torque is ~3200rpm. The clutch will generally be generally slipping in the first 1500-2000rpm even without the supercharger engaged and if the supercharger is engaged then 250nm is getting fried through it (and they wonder why they have issues). The dsg tunes help to eliminate this ridiculous amount of clutch slip by being more intelligent with gear selection and shift points, as well as causing less slip. They don't suddenly drop into 2nd when you're requesting 50% throttle after a take off and then instead of dropping back, try to get the car moving in the wrong gear.

With a dsg tune 350nm should be quite workable. In all honesty though with that kind of grunt in a car that's 300+kgs lighter than a golf already should net some healthy performance increases.

[steveyoshi]

rumour has it there is a Polo GTI with 310nm+ at the wheels...

[PoloDave]

rumour has it there is a Polo GTI with 310nm+ at the wheels...

well there are several:

Stage II GTI on dutch forum: 372nm and 233hp (done by JD engineering, the best VAG tuner we have so it can be said its still reliable)



Or conversions:

Polo 6R with Audi TT RS 2.0 TFSI, 272hp:



Or this one: Polo GTI fitted with a 170hp GTD engine from Golf 6:



Some more pics here: Car-Creativ - Galerie - Polo 6R