Well as it was my car at one point I guess I could add some comment. Worst conversion? I wouldn't completely agree but I can see where you're coming from. It needed yet more work from an engineering aspect and was bodged in some areas. Having said that the fact it worked at all, didn't have any chassis cutting going on like the woodsport one and at one point was scaring GT3's around Brands Hatch was what turned my head. All that pig iron weight was up against the bulkhead by the way, much more forward than the k-series or any Honda/Audi conversion. It was a significant weight though... If you had it in mind that it turned the lightweight elise into a sort of TVR Griffith-type elise then that's about right. In the driving experience at least. When it worked and you had the opportunity to floor it the sound was delicious and it'd rip up the road at a helluva rate. The problem for me was that it didn't have the reliability of a Griffith (and that's saying something) and quickly turned into a money pit. In my younger days I'd have had the patience, though maybe not the funds, to get it working reliably. Now though I'm old and just want stuff to work. At least for half the time!!Had so many plans for that car but reality is a pisser sometimes eh?
Last time I saw it is when it was parked at TDi (July 2010) and it did not look particularly 'finished'
can't remember the exact quote, but runs like a dog was what my memory is telling me....
ignoring that, VR6 was never a great engine, a triumph of marketing over engineering, they never made big power, and weighed in at almost 200Kg's, hence why VAG never persisted with it.
did it ever make it onto the dyno at TDi? be interesting to see what it actually made?
