{"id":70534,"date":"2021-04-16T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70534"},"modified":"2021-04-15T23:31:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:31:52","slug":"pinderwagen-golf-mk2-racing-at-silverstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70534","title":{"rendered":"Pinderwagen Golf Mk2 Racing at Silverstone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=68080\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68080\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"68080\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=68080\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-09.jpg?fit=1022%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1022,768\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pinderwagen Golf Mk2 with a turbo 16v inline-four 09\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pinderwagen Golf Mk2 with a turbo 16v inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-09.jpg?fit=1022%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-09.jpg?resize=600%2C451&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pinderwagen Golf Mk2 with a turbo 16v inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-09.jpg?resize=600%2C451&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-09.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-09.jpg?w=1022&amp;ssl=1 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pinderwagen\/\">Nigel Pinder<\/a> and his Volkswagen Golf CL Mk2 called <a href=\"http:\/\/pinderwagen.com\/\">Pinderwagen<\/a> visited Silverstone Circuit for the first trackday of the year. While there Nigel put the car and its turbocharged 2.0 L 16-valve ABF inline-four through its paces. The motor produces <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=68059\">280-432 horsepower<\/a> depending on which boost setting Nigel selects. Power is sent through a Golf Mk4 six-speed 02S transmission upgraded with a Quaife gearset. Watch as Nigel pilots his Golf race car around Silverstone International. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/MoJkaAV4xGk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; 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\/hCsYzLeknac\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; 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\/JAeqNNxm5fw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/pinderwagen.com\/\">Pinderwagen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigel Pinder and his Volkswagen Golf CL Mk2 called Pinderwagen visited Silverstone Circuit for the first trackday of the year. While there Nigel put the car and its turbocharged 2.0 L 16-valve ABF inline-four through its paces. The motor produces 280-432 horsepower depending on which boost setting Nigel selects. Power is sent through a Golf&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70534\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pinderwagen Golf Mk2 Racing at Silverstone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":68080,"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":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-70534","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\/2021\/02\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-09.jpg?fit=1022%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80762,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=80762","url_meta":{"origin":70534,"position":0},"title":"Pinderwagen Golf Mk2 Racing at Nurburgring","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Nigel Pinder and his Volkswagen Golf CL Mk2 called Pinderwagen traveled to N\u00fcrburgring. 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