{"id":87015,"date":"2022-06-07T17:11:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T22:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87015"},"modified":"2022-06-22T13:01:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T18:01:10","slug":"golf-mk2-goes-166-mph-at-nurburgring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87015","title":{"rendered":"Golf Mk2 Goes 166 mph at N\u00fcrburgring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87025\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87025\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"87025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87025\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-11.jpg?fit=1440%2C1147&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1147\" 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=\"Pinderwagen Golf Mk2 with a turbo 16v inline-four 11\" 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\/2022\/06\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-11.jpg?fit=1200%2C956&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-11.jpg?resize=600%2C478&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pinderwagen Golf Mk2 with a turbo 16v inline-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-11.jpg?resize=600%2C478&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-11.jpg?resize=1200%2C956&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-11.jpg?resize=768%2C612&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-11.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pinderwagen\/\">Nigel Pinder<\/a> enjoys racing his Volkswagen Golf CL Mk2 at tracks all over Europe. Earlier this year he traveled to N\u00fcrburgring and completed several laps. While there he was able to reach 166.9 mph or 268.5 km\/h with a 7,200 rpm limit on 225\/45R17 tires. The Golf is powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L VW ABF inline-four capable of 280-432 hp depending on boost level. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/YVaIROM2cLw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch Nigel complete full laps in the videos below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/noun5_8YiAU\" 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\/EB-GcoQaaik\" 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\/pinderwagen\">Pinderwagen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pinderwagen\/\">@pinderwagen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigel Pinder enjoys racing his Volkswagen Golf CL Mk2 at tracks all over Europe. Earlier this year he traveled to N\u00fcrburgring and completed several laps. While there he was able to reach 166.9 mph or 268.5 km\/h with a 7,200 rpm limit on 225\/45R17 tires. The Golf is powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L VW&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87015\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Golf Mk2 Goes 166 mph at N\u00fcrburgring<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":87025,"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-87015","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\/06\/Pinderwagen-Golf-Mk2-with-a-turbo-16v-inline-four-11.jpg?fit=1440%2C1147&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92645,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=92645","url_meta":{"origin":87015,"position":0},"title":"Pinderwagen Golf is Back at N\u00fcrburgring","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"We enjoy watching Nigel Pinder race his Volkswagen Golf CL called the Pinderwagen. 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