{"id":19536,"date":"2017-11-22T12:15:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T18:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19536"},"modified":"2017-11-21T23:06:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T05:06:13","slug":"forge-motorsports-vw-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19536","title":{"rendered":"Forge Motorsport&#8217;s VW Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19549\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=19549\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Forge Motorsport VW Golf 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Forge Motorsport VW Golf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?resize=620%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Forge Motorsport VW Golf\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?resize=620%2C413&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forgemotorsport.co.uk\/\">Forge Motorsports<\/a> purchased a 1982 Volkswagen Golf in 2012 with the intention of showing off their fabrication skills. The team recently rebuilt the Golf with a John Player Special livery. Under the carbon fiber hood is a turbocharged 2.0 L with forged internals that can make 480 horsepower but the team keeps it around 280-320 horsepower for dependability. Power goes through a VW O2M six-speed manual transmission and Wavetrac diff. For more photos and details please view our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17181\">previous article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xdnKo2inoIo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19550\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=19550\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-02.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Forge Motorsport VW Golf 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Forge Motorsport VW Golf&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-02.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-02.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Forge Motorsport VW Golf\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-02.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-02.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC42AngwFJestrW5L4hRoPEQ\">Behind the Build<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/forgemotorsport\/\">@Forgemotorsport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forge Motorsports purchased a 1982 Volkswagen Golf in 2012 with the intention of showing off their fabrication skills. The team recently rebuilt the Golf with a John Player Special livery. Under the carbon fiber hood is a turbocharged 2.0 L with forged internals that can make 480 horsepower but the team keeps it around 280-320&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19536\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Forge Motorsport&#8217;s VW Golf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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-19536","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\/2017\/11\/Forge-Motorsport-VW-Golf-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17181,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=17181","url_meta":{"origin":19536,"position":0},"title":"VW Golf with a Turbo 2.0 L","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This Volkswagen Golf Mk1 was built by Forge Motorsport in Gloucester, UK. 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