{"id":100991,"date":"2023-05-31T13:49:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T18:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100991"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:25:00","slug":"awd-golf-with-a-950-hp-volvo-inline-five-reaches-the-8s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100991","title":{"rendered":"AWD Golf with a 950+ hp Volvo Inline-Five Reaches the 8&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=100997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100997\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"100997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=100997\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-21.jpg?fit=1000%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AWD Golf Mk3 with a Volvo turbo inline-five 21\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;AWD Golf Mk3 with a Volvo turbo inline-five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-21.jpg?fit=1000%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-21.jpg?resize=600%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AWD Golf Mk3 with a Volvo turbo inline-five\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-21.jpg?resize=600%2C479&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-21.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-21.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Joebgti1\/\">Joe Bristow<\/a> and his AWD &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VolvoT5Golf\">Golvo<\/a>&#8221; Golf attended Doorslammers event at Santa Pod Raceway in the UK. While there Joe set a new personal best quarter-mile with a 8.821 sec at 162 mph.  Earlier this year the car <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=98707\">visited the dyno<\/a> with freshly built turbocharged Volvo inline-five. The engine made 950 hp on 2.6 bar (37.7 psi) of boost but is capable of 3.0 bar (43.5 psi). Joe and his Golvo caught the attention of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@1320video\">1320Video<\/a> who will be releasing a feature video soon. Until then enjoy this short video of an 8-second run.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/GTnedG4yHhI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0xEi4M-4atg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CssiU3II03c\/\">@joebgti1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VolvoT5Golf\">Volvo T5 Swaps<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@VeeDubRacing\">VeeDubRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Bristow and his AWD &#8220;Golvo&#8221; Golf attended Doorslammers event at Santa Pod Raceway in the UK. While there Joe set a new personal best quarter-mile with a 8.821 sec at 162 mph. Earlier this year the car visited the dyno with freshly built turbocharged Volvo inline-five. The engine made 950 hp on 2.6 bar&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100991\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AWD Golf with a 950+ hp Volvo Inline-Five Reaches the 8&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":100997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-21.jpg?fit=1000%2C799&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":98707,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=98707","url_meta":{"origin":100991,"position":0},"title":"AWD Golf with a Turbo Volvo Inline-Five Makes 950+ hp on the Dyno","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Joe Bristow and his AWD \"Golvo\" Golf visited the dyno after receiving a freshly built Volvo inline-five. 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