{"id":86401,"date":"2022-05-24T14:29:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=86401"},"modified":"2022-05-24T14:29:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:29:18","slug":"golf-mk2-with-a-1300-hp-vr6-goes-8-7-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=86401","title":{"rendered":"Golf Mk2 with a 1300+ hp VR6 Goes 8.7 sec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=86407\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-86407\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"86407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=86407\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-R30-VR6-14.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Golf Mk2 with a turbo R30 VR6 14\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Team R\u00fchle Racing&amp;#8217;s Golf Mk2 with a turbo R30 VR6&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-R30-VR6-14.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-R30-VR6-14.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Team R\u00fchle Racing&#039;s Golf Mk2 with a turbo R30 VR6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-86407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-R30-VR6-14.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-R30-VR6-14.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-R30-VR6-14.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-R30-VR6-14.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trrteamruehleracing\/\">Team Ru\u0308hle Racing<\/a> and their Golf Mk2 traveled from Hamburg, Germany to Santa Pod Raceway in the UK for Doorslammers 2022. The team made multiple runs with their best being a 8.707 sec at 173.72 mph. Unfortunately their transmission broke 4th gear and ended their weekend. On that run they turned their boost to 2.95 bar (42.7 psi) which they estimate was around 1350-1400 horsepower. The car&#8217;s powertrain consists of a turbocharged 3.0 L VR6, Quaife five-speed sequential transmission, and upgraded 4Motion AWD. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/4rS3vCJYlZg\" 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\/c\/VeeDubRacing\">VeeDubRacing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Ru\u0308hle Racing and their Golf Mk2 traveled from Hamburg, Germany to Santa Pod Raceway in the UK for Doorslammers 2022. The team made multiple runs with their best being a 8.707 sec at 173.72 mph. Unfortunately their transmission broke 4th gear and ended their weekend. On that run they turned their boost to 2.95&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=86401\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Golf Mk2 with a 1300+ hp VR6 Goes 8.7 sec<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":86407,"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-86401","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\/05\/Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-R30-VR6-14.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58135,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=58135","url_meta":{"origin":86401,"position":0},"title":"Golf Mk2 with a 1192 hp Turbo VR6","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Team R\u00fchle Racing and their Golf Mk2 visited Lausitzring track in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany for L8-Night Race Day 2020. 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