VW Golf R Does Quarter-Mile in 9.5 Secs

[KarlMac]

WCZ said:

it seems to be more reliably tuneable than the jap stuff though, everyone I know who put 500bhp through an a evo engine had countless problems

There are decades of engineering in-between them tough. Earliest versions of 4g engine were early 90s, EJ20 in Subaru was 1989, RB engines were early 90s as we're the 2J engines

[Yipper]

KarlMac said:

WCZ said:

it seems to be more reliably tuneable than the jap stuff though, everyone I know who put 500bhp through an a evo engine had countless problems

There are decades of engineering in-between them tough. Earliest versions of 4g engine were early 90s, EJ20 in Subaru was 1989, RB engines were early 90s as we're the 2J engines

No question, the Jap 1990s / 2000s stuff was epic. Way ahead of their time. The Golf R has built on that in the 2010s and made it cheaper and reliabler. A Golf R can be tuned to ~500bhp for relative pennies, serviced for pennies, and will probably last for >50k miles (several are already at the 20k mark with no issues).

[C70R]

WCZ said:

Mandalore said:

^^
I think its fairly obvious that too many people seem to think the Golf R is some magical new shiny development the like of which was never been seen before,, when in realty its just a newer technology version of the same tried and tested 4pot AWD family car that the Japs have been punting out for over years.


Its also absolutely true that writing a post comparing a superbike to a 4 seat car and then getting offended when people point out (the obvious) that a bike isn't a car, is enough to make the Pope think 'mincer'.

it seems to be more reliably tuneable than the jap stuff though, everyone I know who put 500bhp through an a evo engine had countless problems

For sure - it's inherently older tech. The Golf R represents, for me, the pinnacle of accessible and usable tuning/engineering. It might not look exciting, but it's one helluva achievement.

[ZX10R NIN]

A 900bhp 335i now that impresses me:

https://youtu.be/IxJuesJ8Seg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoUbWgvOTZ0

Or a 740bhp R32 Golf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnR6FBRC0F4

Edited by ZX10R NIN on Friday 28th July 23:50

[RizzoTheRat]

1700 bhp from a 1.8? I'm guessing it need fairly regular rebuilds

https://drivetribe.com/p/this-is-the-fastest-mitsu...

[Mr2Mike]

Not that impressive when there are FWD Honda Civics running 8's.

I guess it's actually a little impressive in the fact that there's no drama at all, relativity little noise, and basically no excitement whatsoever from outside the car even though it's pretty quick.

[xjay1337]

Mr2Mike said:

Not that impressive when there are FWD Honda Civics running 8's.

[Mr2Mike]

xjay1337 said:

Problem with your eyes?

[Harvey Mushman00]

Wow , that looks so appealing, I want one...................................