Porsche ITBs on a VW VR6? Scotto's Corolla AE86 gets weirder

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[VYSEGRIP]

Can we just appreciate what Hoonigan does with R&D of outlandish builds. Hats off to the boys and their connections within the community.

[GenesMean]

That VR6 is going to sound mad! If and when you get it running 👍🏿

[vdub]

As someone who has owned a mk4 24v vr6 gti for about 15 years, this warms my heart. This vrsex is going to sound so good, then and add to that it's in an RWD platform. Chef's kiss for sure!

[Celco]

True Scotto carcaine parts story... He paid me for A8 junkyard doors during covid, but Fastenal freight shipping got limited and was dumb money to ship. I tried to contact to coordinate possible pickup but I got ghosted. Tried to refund or send just the window regulators but never got through. Hoonigan, get this man on the horn, I found other cool rare carcaine parts (VW Quantum) he might want/need.

[RyanFannon-fyyf]

Scotto projects are the best. They never end 😂😂😂

[gordowgwg]

What I really like about these sorts of builds is that they're harking back to the very early days of "hot rodding", when folks would just use what they could find, or had lying around, because no-one else was doing what they were and they had to figure it all out for themselves.
Nowadays, it's almost all "drop an LS in it", with kits for damn-near everything and cheque-books taking over from lateral thinking.

Bit surprised you didn't go straight to an internal pedal box - many advantages, not least it's not going to be anywhere near to being in the way.


SMART move with the long transmission mount slots - it means that when (not if) the clutch needs work one just needs to disconnect one end of the prop-shaft, pop the gear lever, disconnect the clutch linkage/hose (STRONGLY recommend a dry break quick discomnnect to avoid bleeding hassles) as used, and the gearbox can be slid back as long as it has clearance and the front supported by a transmission jack - might even have potential for inclining it, to match the line of the engine crankshaft and make it MUCH easier to line up the input shaft and bellhousing dowels.

[DTRI]

The video editor is too funny. Makes my day with every video.

[travistaylor]

I'm so happy you're a euro kid, this is by far sickest hoonigan build yet!

[bencook]

For all you vdub kids at hoonigan there seems to be a lack of vw audi content/builds🤔 vr swap the world!! I’m stoked for this build Scotto, thank you for doing this

[zzzz]

SCOTTO:
vr6 heads have different length intake ports,
those matching length itbs are going to cause "mysteries" when attempting to tune... (differing air speed/flows/rates of change)
you might want to run two different sized "injector stacks" / air horns, to null the differences.
reference vwvortex custom intake manifolds and how people run different length intake runners, leading to the head.

i build air cooled vws 9-5, and grew up in racing engine building, sprint cars with stacks/itbs on v8s.

good luck! and i hope it runs great!

[delphipascal]

One of my favourite Hoonigan builds this

[alfredotovar]

Shoutout to the editors for their savagery 😮‍💨👌🏼 and also to the hero of this episode, Mexican Squirt in a bottle 🇲🇽

[casasdenick]

Watching these Scotto and Vin builds feels like someone ripping my exact dream builds out of my head. You both continue to check the right boxes on just about everything haha, from e88's to VR's in hachi's to dailying a swallowtail. Can't wait to see this one done.

[shona]

Hope Scotto does us VW boys proud with this build! VR6 Represent!

Next up, a cammed 2.Slow with ITBs in a MK1 Caddy/Rabbit pickup!

[all-flat-engines]

FYI for anyone looking for those manifolds they're not exclusively Porsche, the air-cooled VW world also run them (minus the Porsche tax)

[Sun-utgr]

IDK bout that common plenum idea, Scotto. They're _I_ TBs. Also the VR has uneven runners that the OEM manifold compensates for. You're gonna have to do something about that as well or you're gonna have a bad time lol

[Syscrush]

I love this project so much. I've never understood why the VR6 never became a popular choice for RWD applications.

Good luck with it, can't wait to see this burning up a track!

[DanREVan]

Scotto is my spirit animal. His energy makes me feel validated.

[davidcombs]

I have a BMW 2002 with ITBs. I almost bought a set from TWM, which was absorbed by Borla. But I found a screaming deal on a setup from dBilas and went that route.

[thembanimdlalose]

Lol "You can't lose a race no one's running"😂