The fourth-generation Volkswagen Jetta was a handsome, unassuming little car. Throw the 'unassuming' part out for this particular example—some maniacal shade-tree mechanics have cranked the dial on their Jetta to 11 (or, say, 14) by installing another engine in the car's ass end.
Unlike your typical dual-engine car—we know, yawn, right?—this Jetta started life as a front-drive VR6 model. As you can see from the video, to this our hero mechanics have added a period VW W-8 engine, presumably from a Passat W-8, to power the rear wheels. The sprinkles on top of this wicked cupcake are the separate manual (VR6) and automatic (W-8) transmissions for each engine, as well as a turbocharger for the W-8. Because a W-8 in a Jetta that already has an engine isn't powerful enough already.
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The video is worth watching for the incredible sound of the two engines working in concert—well, sort of in concert. It really looks like the W-8–powered rear axle simply pushes the car around without much help from the front. Also, the off-kilter shifts-between-shifts from the two separate transmissions is pretty epic, as well. Less epic? The lack of a firewall between the driver and the W-8, what appears to be a front-seat-mounted plastic fuel canister filling in for the fuel tank, and the general cloudiness of the interior from wayward exhaust fumes. But whatever—this thing rules, and it rules hard.
from Car and Driver Blog http://ift.tt/nSHy27
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