The team also acknowledged the limitation: for sustained track use, an intercooler would be the next logical step. But that, they promised, was part of a future chapter (foreshadowing what would become VMR Power Pack Part 2 in 2014).
This is of "The Journey So Far." We are turning the clock back to 2012—the year the VMR Power Pack first hinted at a new archetype in automotive performance. Chapter 1: The State of Tuning in 2012 – A Fragmented Landscape To understand why the VMR Power Pack was such a radical concept, you must first understand the tuning ecosystem of 2012. vmr power pack the journey so far part 1 2012 vmr better
What if we just tried to make it better? The team also acknowledged the limitation: for sustained
The lesson from 2012 was clear: VMR never claimed to beat a fully built, race-fueled monster. They claimed to beat the fragmented, unreliable, guesswork approach that had dominated the bolt-on market for years. Chapter 5: The Legacy of 2012 – How "VMR Better" Changed the Industry Looking back from today, the 2012 VMR Power Pack was a watershed moment. It popularized the concept of the "engineered bundle" —a term now used by everyone from Burger Motorsports to ECS Tuning. Chapter 1: The State of Tuning in 2012
But what did better actually mean?
That story—of growth, of higher boost, of lessons learned on dynos and drag strips and treacherous back roads—will be told in of The Journey So Far.