Golfs,Audis ...etc eye candy

Fonz · Post by **Fonz** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:21 am

Turbo twists.

Fonz · Post by **Fonz** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:02 am

So the other day I'm sat in watching a film. It's about 10:30 - 11:00 at night. When I suddenly realise a growing rumbling sound. At first I think it's coming from the surround sound and is part of the film, but no. Then maybe it's the weather....thunder, heavy rain possibly, no not quite right. Then as the noise gets louder I realise it's coming from out the back of the house, so I run to the upstairs rear window to get a look. The rumble is strong. It's pretty dark out but I make out my neighbour getting out of a car which is clearly, by now, the thing making the noise. (he's a petrolhead, and an all round good bloke, so we get on well)

Come and check out my new purchase he says. So I dash outside to check out this....

(pics from the next morning)

It's a fairly bog standard VR6 mk3, but with an engine that's had 12k pounds spent on it!! And boy does it shift!

I laugh, because he's never really been into VWs (his daily is an old, but rapid, Volvo 850 T5R, and his fun car is an Ultima GT which he shares with his dad). He then proceeds to blame me for this purchase, after I briefly told him the week before about the time in der fatherland I was taken for a spin in a tuned R32 mk4.

Fonz · Post by **Fonz** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:31 am

Supposedly has about 450hp.

Allegedly will do the double 1/8th mile in under 11 secs. Though I'm not convinced it has the ability to grip well enough to do so. It spins up 2nd all too easily.

brasstinman · Post by **brasstinman** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:39 am

Has a nice stance on it.

Fonz · Post by **Fonz** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:53 am

Yeah, stance isn't bad.

The car is a bit rough round the edges and the wheels aren't anything nuts, but I kinda like the fact that it looks a bit nothing special and yet it's got that engine under the bonnet. The fact it's a mk3 kinda adds to that too.

Jase · Post by **Jase** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:54 am

In a perfect world a Mk3 VR6 with 450 horses could run a sub 11 but I'd like to see it happen

It'd need to have a lot of suspension work n slicks to hook up to get down to those numbers

Double 1/8th mile

Fonz · Post by **Fonz** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:11 am

My thoughts exactly.

Jase · Post by **Jase** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:14 am

If it can it's in pretty good company

http://www.vwgolf.net.au/showthread.php ... ader-board.

No offence to your mate but if I had a dollar for everytime I've heard "yeah it should run XX time down the quarter"

Well I'd have a lot more money than I do now

Good way to actually truly work out what a car "should" be able to ruins to run it down the quarter get the MPH and work backwards

Even a shit driver will get close to the care potential top MPH

Theoretically my ute should run flat 11s I've flunked a 12.2 out of it but usually at best get low 13s

Drag racing takes a perfect run to ge low numbers like 10s from a street car

Fonz · Post by **Fonz** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:05 am

I know.

It sounds like the guy that built the motor has put it on the dyno, got the hp figure and gone ahh yeah, this should run 10's. And left it at that.

As you say....it takes a lot more than that to run a decent number on the track.

I know...I've watched another friend run his beetle many many times, tweaking the suspension and set up (never mind the engine) each time to try and get the numbers down.

brasstinman · Post by **brasstinman** » Sat Sep 01, 2012 7:35 am

Back on track

Wish I could run around in one of these but two seats isn't practical...

dolpha · Post by **dolpha** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:32 pm

dolpha · Post by **dolpha** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:44 pm

Being built for the SEMA show

Nafe · Post by **Nafe** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:51 am

sorry for the wasser spill. but...

jacksonjackson · Post by **jacksonjackson** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:31 pm

Clean and tidy Passat

dolpha · Post by **dolpha** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:49 pm

Nafe · Post by **Nafe** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:49 pm

really like these 3 piece fuchs.

Fonz · Post by **Fonz** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:06 am

Never seen them with an offset like that before.

surfpig · Post by **surfpig** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:04 am

its cause they've mounted the centres on the outside of the lip

whatnow · Post by **whatnow** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:40 pm

sorry but those wheels are gayer than my friend jase, and i've met his last three boyfriends.

type3disease · Post by **type3disease** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:50 pm

Excuse me?