{"id":75915,"date":"2021-08-25T15:07:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T20:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=75915"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:26:21","slug":"awd-golf-with-a-turbo-volvo-inline-five-goes-8-38-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=75915","title":{"rendered":"AWD Golf with a Turbo Volvo Inline-Five Goes 9.38 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=75927\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75927\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"75927\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=75927\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-10.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=\"AWD Golf Mk3 with a Volvo turbo inline-five 10\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;AWD Golf Mk3 with a Volvo turbo inline-five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-10.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-75927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-10.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-10.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-10.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-10.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/Joebgti1\/\">Joe Bristow<\/a> took his Golf Mk3 called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTV0YKfX3HX0eV0DK16XXBQ\">Golvo<\/a> on the dyno. <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=74505\">While there<\/a> the turbocharged 2.3 L Volvo inline-five made 824 horsepower and is paired with a Quaife QKE45Z AWD sequential transmission and 4Motion AWD drivetrain. Joe recently traveled to Santa Pod Raceway to test the Golvo and set a new personal best of 9.386 sec at 154.22 mph.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RQ1RGxXJzGI\" 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=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTV0YKfX3HX0eV0DK16XXBQ\">Volvo T5 Swaps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month Joe Bristow took his Golf Mk3 called Golvo on the dyno. While there the turbocharged 2.3 L Volvo inline-five made 824 horsepower and is paired with a Quaife QKE45Z AWD sequential transmission and 4Motion AWD drivetrain. Joe recently traveled to Santa Pod Raceway to test the Golvo and set a new personal best&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=75915\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AWD Golf with a Turbo Volvo Inline-Five Goes 9.38 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":75927,"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_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-75915","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\/08\/AWD-Golf-Mk3-with-a-Volvo-turbo-inline-five-10.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100991,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=100991","url_meta":{"origin":75915,"position":0},"title":"AWD Golf with a 950+ hp Volvo Inline-Five Reaches the 8&#8217;s","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Joe Bristow and his AWD \"Golvo\" Golf attended Doorslammers event at Santa Pod Raceway in the UK. 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