Alain's Brasil-style turbo Fox build

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Thanks for the comments everyone it's been such a joy finally getting to drive it! Got it back on the road just in time for the show, and to enjoy driving it for another week before I go back to Brazil for a few months.

Steve, love the teardrops and if they make them in 15" I might have to go for them in the future... kinda glad they aren't available in that size yet though because it'll be a while before I'll be able to afford them!

Berlin Klassik show was great, lots of great looking cars there, and along with Adam (VW Fox) and John (myboxyfox) we got to represent the Foxes with three fine specimen

My car was dyno'd at the event too, but unfortunately due to some ignition trouble it wouldn't make any power past 4000 rpm. At 4k we got 140.5 hp to the wheels and 200 ft-lb of torque - I'm sure it can do more after everything is squared away but still, with an estimated 15% drivetrain loss we're at right around 160hp on the motor which is double the power of a stock Fox, so I can't complain

Even with the car running its best, it never really did anything past 5000 rpm, since I'm still runing the stock camshaft and also have the cam timing advanced about 3 degrees or so, which brings the power band to even lower rpms.

Some pics from the show:













(From left to right above, or right to left below, or higher to lower, or older to newer - John's 4-door, mine, and Adam's)





A couple days after the show I drove it 660km back to Montreal without any issues at all. I've got a few more days of driving it around here and then once again it'll go into rest while I visit the motherland. Now let's see if this time around I can finally bring some suspension bits for it