{"id":148009,"date":"2026-04-28T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=148009"},"modified":"2026-04-28T00:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T05:24:33","slug":"vw-golf-mk2-with-a-1050-hp-turbo-audi-inline-five-goes-8-4-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=148009","title":{"rendered":"VW Golf Mk2 with a 1050 hp Turbo Audi Inline-Five Goes 8.4 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=148015\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148015\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"148015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=148015\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"AWD Golf Mk2 with a Turbo Audi Inline-Five 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;AWD Golf Mk2 with a turbocharged Audi inline-five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AWD Golf Mk2 with a turbocharged Audi inline-five\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-01.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lsslehmann\/\">David Lehmann<\/a> and his special VW Golf Mk2 attended the RoDrag Racing event at the Arad International Airport in Romania. While there David set a new personal best quarter-mile in 8.457 sec at 269.12 km\/h (167.22 mph). The monster hatchback was built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/auto_kunze\/\">Auto Kunze<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dutterracing\/\">Dutter Racing<\/a> with a turbocharged 2.5 L Audi (DAZA) inline-five. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DragMediaUK\">Drag Media UK<\/a> reports the motor produces 1050 hp (772 kW). Power is sent to four Hoosier slicks by a DQ500 seven-speed automatic transmission and 4Motion drivetrain.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Paz5pZ5Yes8?si=-DfMsiBZ-PN8I-tI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=148016\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148016\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"148016\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=148016\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-02.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"AWD Golf Mk2 with a Turbo Audi Inline-Five 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;AWD Golf Mk2 with a turbocharged Audi inline-five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-02.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AWD Golf Mk2 with a turbocharged Audi inline-five\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-02.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-02.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-02.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=148017\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-148017\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"148017\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=148017\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-03.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"AWD Golf Mk2 with a Turbo Audi Inline-Five 03\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;AWD Golf Mk2 with a turbocharged Audi inline-five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-03.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AWD Golf Mk2 with a turbocharged Audi inline-five\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-03.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-03.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-03.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-03.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-03.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DragMediaUK\">Drag Media UK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Lehmann and his special VW Golf Mk2 attended the RoDrag Racing event at the Arad International Airport in Romania. While there David set a new personal best quarter-mile in 8.457 sec at 269.12 km\/h (167.22 mph). The monster hatchback was built by Auto Kunze and Dutter Racing with a turbocharged 2.5 L Audi (DAZA)&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=148009\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VW Golf Mk2 with a 1050 hp Turbo Audi Inline-Five Goes 8.4 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":148015,"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":100,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148009","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\/2026\/04\/AWD-Golf-Mk2-with-a-Turbo-Audi-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147476,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=147476","url_meta":{"origin":148009,"position":0},"title":"VW Golf Mk2 with a Turbo 2.0L","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"NM2255 visited the Misano World Circuit in Misano Adriatico, Italy for the first round of the 2026 Time Attack Italia. 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