{"id":58763,"date":"2020-07-17T15:39:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T20:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=58763"},"modified":"2020-07-17T15:39:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T20:39:57","slug":"awd-golf-r-with-a-900-hp-turbo-tfsi-inline-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=58763","title":{"rendered":"AWD Golf R with a 900+ hp Turbo TFSI Inline-Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VW-Golf-R-with-a-Turbo-2.5-L-Inline-Five-05.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58771\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=58771\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VW-Golf-R-with-a-Turbo-2.5-L-Inline-Five-05.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"VW Golf R with a Turbo 2.5 L Inline-Five 05\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;VW Golf R with a Turbo Inline-Five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VW-Golf-R-with-a-Turbo-2.5-L-Inline-Five-05.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VW-Golf-R-with-a-Turbo-2.5-L-Inline-Five-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"VW Golf R with a Turbo Inline-Five\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VW-Golf-R-with-a-Turbo-2.5-L-Inline-Five-05.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VW-Golf-R-with-a-Turbo-2.5-L-Inline-Five-05.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VW-Golf-R-with-a-Turbo-2.5-L-Inline-Five-05.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/VW-Golf-R-with-a-Turbo-2.5-L-Inline-Five-05.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dave_7r\/\">David Lee<\/a> owns a very fast Golf R Mk7. The hatchback is powered by a turbocharged TFSI inline-five making 916 horsepower and 1015 Nm (748 lb-ft) of torque. Power is sent to all four wheels through a seven-speed DQ500 transmission and Audi AWD drivetrain. The powertrain allows the car to reach 0-60 mph in under two seconds and a quarter-mile in 8.94 sec at 159.62 mph. David recently attended &#8220;Back On Track Street Day&#8221; at Santa Pod Raceway where he went 9.750 sec at 155.22 mph without slicks and lower boost.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dqNMSyKyvAc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRaD2PJPmtVXFc3NqpXLscw\">VeeDubRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Lee owns a very fast Golf R Mk7. The hatchback is powered by a turbocharged TFSI inline-five making 916 horsepower and 1015 Nm (748 lb-ft) of torque. Power is sent to all four wheels through a seven-speed DQ500 transmission and Audi AWD drivetrain. The powertrain allows the car to reach 0-60 mph in under&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=58763\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AWD Golf R with a 900+ hp Turbo TFSI Inline-Five<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":58771,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58763","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\/2020\/07\/VW-Golf-R-with-a-Turbo-2.5-L-Inline-Five-05.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84784,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84784","url_meta":{"origin":58763,"position":0},"title":"AWD Volkswagen Caddy with a 1210 hp Turbo Inline-Five","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Richard Milton built his incredibly fast Volkswagen Caddy at his company Kernow Transporters in the UK. 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