{"id":48407,"date":"2019-11-11T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=48407"},"modified":"2019-11-11T17:08:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T22:08:44","slug":"golf-mk4-five-door-hatchback-with-an-r32-powertrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=48407","title":{"rendered":"Golf Mk4 Five-Door Hatchback with a R32 Powertrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The owner of this custom Golf wanted the convenience of a five-door hatchback but the performance of an R32. Since Volkswagen never sold the five-door in the USA, the owner built his own. The unique creation starts with a 2000 Golf 1.8T five-door hatchback body and chassis. Then he installed the powertrain and interior from a 2004 R32. The hatchback now sports a 3.2 L VR6 making 238 horsepower and 236 lb-ft of torque, six-speed manual transmission, and 4Motion 4WD drivetrain. The car rides on a KW V2 coilover suspension and Stoptech crossdrilled\/slotted rotors behind TSW Bathurst 19×8 wheels. View more photos of the project in the Flickr build album<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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The owner of this custom Golf wanted the convenience of a five-door hatchback but the performance of an R32. Since Volkswagen never sold the five-door in the USA, the owner built his own. The unique creation starts with a 2000 Golf 1.8T five-door hatchback body and chassis. Then he installed the powertrain and interior from… Read More »Golf Mk4 Five-Door Hatchback with a R32 Powertrain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":48417,"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,"_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-48407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58763,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=58763","url_meta":{"origin":48407,"position":0},"title":"AWD Golf R with a 900+ hp Turbo TFSI Inline-Five","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"David Lee owns a very fast Golf R Mk7. 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