Originally Posted by
nagger
well my views on this are still wacked out because i have only truly seen one or 2 fast vws. one was a 3.0 liter vr6 turbo if i recall correctly, the other was a built vr6 turbo in a light ass vw. neither of which were godly fast, just faster than any other vw i have ever seen.(even on the internetz).
the bigger the bore, the more room for boost you are adding (if im thinking of this the right way), boost adds compression so to speak. its kind of like making up for lower compression with the added air from the turbo charger. thus resulting in power gains. im sure you grasp that concept already.
Well with the 2.1 I am running 9:1 compression. I am not saying my car is fast in any way. But relative to VW's I am doing big things lol.(well when I can actually buy the BT) And the forced induction is the addition of compression, hence low compression for non n/a cars.
I am running an ABA 2.0 bottom end bored out, and a 1.8 head. Ported, Polished, ti valve springs, retaniers, new valves, ect. Plenty of work done to support a BT. The biggest issue is traction, wheel hop, and torque steer. All of these have fixes to a certian extent, but no real feasible fixes. So I will just take what I have and have fun. lol