{"id":46930,"date":"2019-10-07T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T17:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=46930"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:27:07","slug":"golf-mk3-with-a-775-hp-turbo-volvo-inline-five-goes-9-70-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=46930","title":{"rendered":"Golf Mk3 with a 775 hp Turbo Volvo Inline-Five Goes 9.70 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46945\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=46945\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?fit=1281%2C721&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1281,721\" 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=\"AWD Golf Mk3 with a Volvo Turbo Inline-Five 04\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;AWD Golf Mk3 with a Volvo Turbo Inline-Five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?fit=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AWD Golf Mk3 with a Volvo Turbo Inline-Five\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?w=1281&amp;ssl=1 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=42196\">we shared<\/a> Joe Bristow&#8217;s unique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTV0YKfX3HX0eV0DK16XXBQ\">Golf Mk3 called Golvo<\/a>. 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 for several events with the new power level and set a new personal best quarter-mile of 9.70 sec at 148 mph (last video below).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/rCyuSVH3dkI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/6IolUUhXjrk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_SgonQXcess\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTV0YKfX3HX0eV0DK16XXBQ\">Volvo T5 Swaps<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxXb5xvEdGaH48LJGDDuQPQ\">Mk1Kieran<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year we shared Joe Bristow&#8217;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&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=46930\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Golf Mk3 with a 775 hp Turbo Volvo Inline-Five Goes 9.70 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":46945,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46930","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\/2019\/10\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-Turbo-Inline-Five-04.jpg?fit=1281%2C721&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52638,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=52638","url_meta":{"origin":46930,"position":0},"title":"AWD Golf with a Turbo Volvo Inline-Five Makes 825 hp on Dyno","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Joe Bristow owns a unique Golf Mk3 called Golvo powered by a turbocharged 2.3 L Volvo inline-five. 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