{"id":84012,"date":"2022-03-23T17:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84012"},"modified":"2022-03-23T17:12:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:12:41","slug":"golf-mk7-with-a-1000-hp-turbo-inline-five-goes-8-94-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84012","title":{"rendered":"Golf Mk7 with a 1000+ hp Turbo Inline-Five Goes 8.94 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=84021\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84021\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"84021\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=84021\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Golf-Mk7-with-a-Turbo-TFSI-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" 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=\"Golf Mk7 with a Turbo TFSI Inline-Five 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Golf Mk7 with a Turbo TFSI Inline-Five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Golf-Mk7-with-a-Turbo-TFSI-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Golf-Mk7-with-a-Turbo-TFSI-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Golf Mk7 with a Turbo TFSI Inline-Five\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-84021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Golf-Mk7-with-a-Turbo-TFSI-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Golf-Mk7-with-a-Turbo-TFSI-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Golf-Mk7-with-a-Turbo-TFSI-Inline-Five-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Golf-Mk7-with-a-Turbo-TFSI-Inline-Five-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrctuning.com\/\">MRC Tuning<\/a> and their Golf R Mk7 attended the VWDRC Test Day at Santa Pod Raceway. After several 9-second runs they broke into the 8&#8217;s with a 8.949 sec at 159.59 mph. The turbocharged 2.5 L TFSI (DAZA) inline-five produces 1016 horsepower and 1051 Nm (775 lb-ft) of torque on 2.7 bar (39.1 psi) of boost thanks to a RPC Motorsport RPC1000 turbo kit. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/4ivpg3Jxxn4\" 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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDougalJamesBennett%2Fvideos%2F307095431336743%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=338&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRaD2PJPmtVXFc3NqpXLscw\">VeeDubRacing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DougalJamesBennett\">Doug MRC FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MRC Tuning and their Golf R Mk7 attended the VWDRC Test Day at Santa Pod Raceway. After several 9-second runs they broke into the 8&#8217;s with a 8.949 sec at 159.59 mph. The turbocharged 2.5 L TFSI (DAZA) inline-five produces 1016 horsepower and 1051 Nm (775 lb-ft) of torque on 2.7 bar (39.1 psi) of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84012\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Golf Mk7 with a 1000+ hp Turbo Inline-Five Goes 8.94 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":84021,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84012","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\/2022\/03\/Golf-Mk7-with-a-Turbo-TFSI-Inline-Five-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128068,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=128068","url_meta":{"origin":84012,"position":0},"title":"AWD Golf with a 600+ hp Audi Inline-Five","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This Volkswagen Golf Mk7 was built by Maurizio Lombardo at LM Tech and Filippo Pirini at Aereus Squadra Corse for hill climb racing. 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