Golf R stage 4 build well underway

[Guy_H]

Seeming Golf R stage 3's are becoming pretty common in Australia now, it's time to up the ante a little with a stage 4 Golf R.

Stage 4 is a built motor based on the successful APR Motorsport race program.

We are making some of our own chassis components this year, including alloy front control arms with adjustable castor, and our own versions of sway bars made to our own specifications.

Brakes & struts are the same as we used on our "Fastest Lap" Stage 3 Golf R manual from last year.

This car is a DSG, and if all goes well, we will be competing in Motor Magazines Tuner Challenge later this month.

Interim pictures are all on our facebook site:

APR Australia - Wall | Facebook

[Corey_R]

lol...
Poor girl, only 12km on her and you're doing this!

600hp clutch packs, that's what we like to see!
And a drop shipped red stage 4 engine straight from APR USA!

Can't wait to follow the progress and results on this one Guy

[worx]

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[QIK-R]

in.

may be a while till i do much to mine when it arrives but keen to see!

[Guy_H]

More pics up, our new rear sway-bar, and the stage 4 engine complete - waiting on a part for the DSG gearbox.

[jbviajero]

I'd definitely like a drive please...

Did I see that stage 4 engine using the stock (plastic?) inlet manifold? I was only moderately surprised to see a plastic inlet manifold on my humble 1.8tsi but on a stage 4 Golf R? Hmmm.

[Fab_R]

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[Guy_H]

I'd definitely like a drive please...

Did I see that stage 4 engine using the stock (plastic?) inlet manifold? I was only moderately surprised to see a plastic inlet manifold on my humble 1.8tsi but on a stage 4 Golf R? Hmmm.

No problems there at all - The APR Motorsport boys built our engine & in the 4 odd years of running their cars, I dont think they ever had any issues there at all.

[Guy_H]

[Corey_R]

Lol Guy. Is that your daughter in there helping you guys in the first minute? hehe

[Guy_H]

Anna the workshop fairy comes to help out from time to time

[Mr_Bob]

We are making some of our own chassis components this year, including alloy front control arms with adjustable castor, from last year.

Hi Guy,
Any particular reason for the castor adjustment?
I recall you mentioned that castor kit in the R made it vague at high speeds, and camber was actually preferred...

[Fab_R]

nice work guy

[Guy_H]

Hi Guy,
Any particular reason for the castor adjustment?
I recall you mentioned that castor kit in the R made it vague at high speeds, and camber was actually preferred...

We have done some different stuff with this car as far as adjustment settings are concerned. we probably have a few more options with our new control arms & adjustable ball joints. Castor is there if required - if not, we dial it out we can achieve 13mm more lower offset (camber) if required, coupled with our 3.3 degrees maximum at the top, we are going to work more at the lower arm end. Our new sway bars should work well too - we have dialed the specs, hopefully we will get a chance to test shortly (waiting on a gearbox seal.....)

[Corey_R]

This thread, and some of the photos Arin posted elsewhere, kept me up at about 3am when I woke up this morning, lol. Just thinking about all the possibilities. Guy, do you mind if I post some of the "engine/kit parts laying on the floor" photos that Arin posted? Or maybe you'd like to post them?

Anyway, I was thinking... is the capacity of the engine still standard (1984cc)? Or has it increased a bit?
Can you talk at all yet about any of the internal changes, or turbo changes etc?