Euro Revolutions Golf R build thread

[whiteVR6]

There has been much speculation about the new Golf R that has been purchased by myself to build into a quick daily driven Golf R. Im hoping to have it completely finished towards the end of next year but will have most of the power additions finished by Sydney drags in late February.
So, the factory specs are as follows:
2011 Candy white,DSG,Recaros and 3 door.

The modifications so far are as follows:
Miltek race downpipe and Golf Racing intake
Wheels are RS4 replicas (borrowed from Sebs S3)
Torque mount

To come in the next fortnight:
S3 front mount,Autotech fuel pump,RS4 fuel pressure valve,Re-code tune,2 piece discs with lightweight brake calipers, 17 inch Fujin wheels.

To be done by Feb:
Titanium exhuast,KW V3s,BSH engine mounts,custom intake,Aluminium intake manifold,multi-point water-meth injection,carbon fibre hatch+bonnet.

Although only in possession of the car for 4 or so weeks its already racked up 5000km and done a round trip to Warwick raceway where it helped me pick up 3 trophies. With a best time of 8.35 @ 84.75mph it knocking on the door of a 12 second pass on the 1/4, all without a tune!


It will continue to be modified and become faster as time progresses but until then I'll enjoy it as it is and await for new parts to continue arriving and patiently wait for chassis development to continue being carried out on it over the coming weeks.

[team_v]

Sounds like it is going to be a beast.
Never heard of Fujin wheels, have to look them up.

I know going from reps to my lightweights was a massive improvement.
And from memory a carbon bonnet isn't much of a reduction over say removal of the spare wheel/back seats.

[Ideo]

17inch wheels won't work...

Whatever happened to the old 8L S3?

[whiteVR6]

17inch wheels won't work...

Whatever happened to the old 8L S3?

To prove you wrong :

[whiteVR6]

17inch wheels won't work...

Whatever happened to the old 8L S3?

The S3 is slowly being put back together. The new turbo is much bigger than the old one and there are issues with the coolant lines/fittings that are being adressed. Seb might put some pictures up soon.

[Buller_Scott]

that's gonna look SO frigging tough with 17 inch wheels... (toughest newish golf i've seen to date is adzy's with 17inch RPF1's and modest cup kit lowering... NOTHING with a vw badge and 19's comes even close to touching it for pure aggressive looks).

and these are the wheels, am i right?

[Ideo]

The S3 is slowly being put back together. The new turbo is much bigger than the old one and there are issues with the coolant lines/fittings that are being adressed. Seb might put some pictures up soon.

Sweet. I used to own an 8L and I had dreams of building something similar.

And I will eat my words over the 17 inch wheel comment! I could have sworn there wasn't the brake clearance. Happy to be proved wrong though.

[team_v]

Holy miniscule brake clearance!
That is crazy.

Must be a real pain trying to clean in there.

[Large Fruit]

How come you are going for an S3 intercooler and not for something bigger?

[Corey_R]

How come you are going for an S3 intercooler and not for something bigger?

Agreed. Given the amount of labour involved to take the entire front of the car off to change the intercooler, going to a S3 intercooler seems like a bit of a waste.

[KRA21E]

Agreed. Given the amount of labour involved to take the entire front of the car off to change the intercooler, going to a S3 intercooler seems like a bit of a waste.

I'm assuming the S3 cooler is being utilised because its lighter than a THS, Eurojet, APR and does what Seb needs it to do.

Btw Seb, I hope your jogging every night, thats the cheapest way to lighten the car!!

[Bug_racer]

How come you are going for an S3 intercooler and not for something bigger?

The S3 is sufficient for the car , with the addition of water - meth it would out perform any front mount available without the extra lag .

17inch wheels won't work...

Whatever happened to the old 8L S3?

the 17inch wheel work with the brakes , I havent finished installing the brakes due to the caliper bracket not fitting correctly .

S3 is on the back burner until some other cars are finished .

Agreed. Given the amount of labour involved to take the entire front of the car off to change the intercooler, going to a S3 intercooler seems like a bit of a waste.

Swapping out the front mount is not the only thing I do to the front end when its all apart .
A waste is also something that you regret doing , I have no regrets going S3 front mount over a Eurojet/APR etc front mount .

I'm assuming the S3 cooler is being utilised because its lighter than a THS, Eurojet, APR and does what Seb needs it to do.

Btw Seb, I hope your jogging every night, thats the cheapest way to lighten the car!!

Thats exactly it , you dont want to add extra weight + engine lag on an engine part when its within spec of what you want it to do . Its like putting on bigger brakes on a track car and you have never experienced any brake fade . Its just creating more rotational mass that the engine has to move when accelerating that just slows acceleration down and you wont gain any advantage when you brake cause you never reached the potential of the old brakes !

As for me jogging , lol , I just build/test the cars . Courtney will be doing most of the driving , and yes she is doing all the jogging for me .

[Corey_R]

Fair enough re the intercooler Bug_racer.

Though I'm not sure the brake example is a good one. There are significant weight savings on GTI's and R's (even Polo GTI's) from going from the stock brakes to Alcon or Brembo etc. On the Polo GTI there is 8kg on each of the front wheels, and I believe with the Golf R it's a similar saving. That includes the caliper though, so admittedly I'm not sure the difference in rotational mass, just unsprung mass.

[Bug_racer]

Fair enough re the intercooler Bug_racer.

Though I'm not sure the brake example is a good one. There are significant weight savings on GTI's and R's (even Polo GTI's) from going from the stock brakes to Alcon or Brembo etc. On the Polo GTI there is 8kg on each of the front wheels, and I believe with the Golf R it's a similar saving. That includes the caliper though, so admittedly I'm not sure the difference in rotational mass, just unsprung mass.

My relation was more so the upgrading of the disc size to a larger unit e.g. Golf 5 gti from 312mm to an R32 size 343mm or a Polo gti from 288 to 312mm . Changing over to a 2 piece rotor will give you some weight saving , although thats a different topic in itself .

[Bug_racer]

Intercooler is on
intake has been carbon cleaned as well , Im suprised it needed doing as well but the first thin layer had already developed on the intake valves and the intake manifold dividers so I thought Id better clean it .
RS4 Valve fitted
Autotech fuel pump fitted
Tune loaded
Front end has been modified for a bit more airflow as well , extra radiator removed
Now I should have the brakes fitted tonight / tomorrow

That should be it for a little while as my MK3 needs to be finished now !

Pics up soon .