Earlier this year we shared Joe Bristow’s unique Golf Mk3 called Golvo. The hatch is powered by a turbocharged 2.3 L Volvo inline-five mated to a 4Motion AWD drivetrain with Quaife diffs. The engine produced 775 horsepower despite a tune created to reduce torque in order to protect the transmission. Joe visited Santa Pod Raceway … Read more
Adrenalin Tuning and their Golf Mk1 set a new European FWD record with a 8.254 sec quarter-mile at 278.51 km/h (173.05 mph) while at Santa Pod Raceway for VW Action 2019. The Golf is powered by a 2.0 L 16v ABF inline-four making 1,000+ horsepower. The engine features NG Motorsports cnc-ported head, TurboTotal Garrett G42 … Read more
The 16Vampir Golf Mk1 recently set a new World Record with a 8.20 sec at 273.45 km/h at Public Race Days 2019 in Hockenheim, Germany. They achieved this record thanks to a turbocharged 2.0 L 16v (ABF) inline-four making 1151 hp and 1000 Nm (737 lb-ft) of torque on 3.8 bar (55.1 psi) and E85 … Read more
Samir Lukac and his AWD Golf Mk1 attended VW Action Show 2019 at Santa Pod Raceway and went 9.322 sec at 155.75 mph. The Golf is powered by a turbocharged 1.8T inline-four capable of 766 hp or about 850 hp with nitrous. On the dyno at Volks Workshop it made 713 horsepower and 579 lb-ft … Read more
This Golf GTI Mk2 called “Hystrung” was built by Kevin Misner at his company Kraftwerx Auto in Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Under the hood sits a turbocharged 3.2 L VR6 making 650 horsepower thanks to JE pistons, Integrated Engineering rods, Supertech springs, Schrick cams, and Garrett GTX 3582 turbocharger. It also features 870 cc … Read more
Boba Motoring recently attended TTT Test & Tune Finsterwalde 2019 in Germany with his Volkswagen Golf Mk2. There the Golf went 8.776 sec at 263.48 km/h (163.71 mph) on 3.3 bar (47.8 psi) of boost. It was able to do this thanks to a 2.0 L 16v ABF inline-four that makes 1200+ hp using a … Read more