Tarmac's Golf R Build, Pics & Vid

[Tarmac]

Tarmac's Golf R

Hi Guys and Girls. Thought i would share my car with you all. My aim for this car is to leave it looking fairly OEM. I like stealth.
However, a stealth car needs to have some punch. Thats where my story starts.

Im open to suggestions from you all

Car Specs:

MY12 Golf R
United Grey
19" Silver Talladega's (now black)
Manual
ACC
BT etc.

Mods:

VF K04 CAI
HPFPUpgrade 142psi Rail Valve
Forge Wastegate Actuator
THS Intercooler
Turbo XS DP
HPFP Upgrade Fuel Pump
P3 Gauge
Custom Tune by BPS

Future Mods:

Sway Bars
GTX28 Series Turbo....coming...


Pics:


Car in its stock form



Golf R-Front B&W


Golf R


Golf R


Golf R


Golf R Service Vehicles Only


Golf R night Shot Test by


Then not even 2 months later it was time to do some mods


THS Intercooler




THS Intercooler



VF Intake




VF Intake

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HPFPupgrade Pump




HPFPupgrade Pump



HPFPupgrade 142 Bar Rail Valve




142 Bar Rail Valve



Turbo XS Dump pipe- Stealth




TXS



Actually doing the work myself




Front, no cooler



Intercooler THS Vs OEM




Stock vs THS



Parts everywhere




Parts



VF Intake installed




VF Intake


VF



CAI scoop. Sorry DSG guys, you can’t fit this




Intake

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Wheels powder coated Gloss Black (ahh thats better)




New Wheel Paint Job (wheels are dirty)


New Wheel Paint Job



Changed wheel studs back to OEM black caps & Custom R center caps





OEM Center Caps (dirty rotors, straight after wash)



Custom R Center Caps (dirty rotors, straight after wash),



Then was the custom tune by BPS


Pics & Vid on the Dyno




Dyno by


Dyno


Dyno


Dyno


Dyno


Dyno



Video

Results

This is a full custom tune. Tuned to suit my car and my cars modifications. I was there with James the entire time and saw all the runs on the dyno. Even after the car was basically finished and there was some fine tuning we turned boost levels back down to stock standard and witnessed it run 348nm of torque which is stock standard. Then back up to a massive 505nm and 193awkw. Ambient temp was 23.5 and intake temp was 24. Shootout 44. The stock standard run was done with zero modifications, as is from factory. Then i made my modifications and James worked his magic. End results are excellent, car is smooth and has excellent power delivery.


Golf R-Dyno Result

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Car Currently

[saMfish]

Wow, man. Just wow. The black really sets those wheels off! Love this whole build and well done at documenting it The dyno pictures and video are awesome! You should be very proud.

[Brendan_A]

Nice build thread! Love the colour.

[team_v]

Good to see it all in progress.

I would be wary of powdercoating the wheels as if they are baked above 400 degrees C (to set the powdercoat) it can affect the properties of the metal in the weels making them more brittle and more likely to crack under hard driving.

(see some honda s2k forum for many pages of info on this one.)

[Tarmac]

Wow, man. Just wow. The black really sets those wheels off! Love this whole build and well done at documenting it The dyno pictures and video are awesome! You should be very proud.

Thanks man, so far so good. More to come

Nice build thread! Love the colour.

Thanks Brendan

Good to see it all in progress.

I would be wary of powdercoating the wheels as if they are baked above 400 degrees C (to set the powdercoat) it can affect the properties of the metal in the weels making them more brittle and more likely to crack under hard driving.

(see some honda s2k forum for many pages of info on this one.)

Thanks for the concerns Clay. Ive Powder coated many wheels before and the guys i use do many race wheels and have the technic sorted out. They use a zinc base first which helps hold the paint better and smooths out the finish, i believe they dont bake them as hot as you normally would for industrial applications. I would be a little worried powder coating cheap chinese wheels where the Aluminium compound especially silicon composition and temper rating not to mention possible porosity is already present due to cheaper manufacturing. Therefore giving a higher chance of causing issues. Im not worried 1 bit.

[Frazza]

Awesome build thread Ben, car looks great and the mods you have done really work with the car, i'm glad you painted your wheels black as it gives it an aggressive look, well done

[team_v]

Thanks for the concerns Clay. Ive Powder coated many wheels before and the guys i use do many race wheels and have the technic sorted out. They use a zinc base first which helps hold the paint better and smooths out the finish, i believe they dont bake them as hot as you normally would for industrial applications. I would be a little worried powder coating cheap chinese wheels where the Aluminium compound especially silicon composition and temper rating not to mention possible porosity is already present due to cheaper manufacturing. Therefore giving a higher chance of causing issues. Im not worried 1 bit.

Glad to know you have got it all sorted out.
Just don't want to see the wheel explode when you are on the hairpin at Lakeside

[Tarmac]

Awesome build thread Ben, car looks great and the mods you have done really work with the car, i'm glad you painted your wheels black as it gives it an aggressive look, well done

Thanks for your kind words Frazza. Im loving the Grey on Black

Glad to know you have got it all sorted out.
Just don't want to see the wheel explode when you are on the hairpin at Lakeside

Yep, all sorted. The only time it will explode is from the raw power.

[team_v]

Thanks for your kind words Frazza. Im loving the Grey on Black



Yep, all sorted. The only time it will explode is from the raw power.

Raw torque.
Power will just spin the wheels and make the traction control limiter kick in

[Tarmac]

I turn it off. As soon as i get in the car. On the cruise in the wet the other day i had it on, got to really test the car out in the wet. Powering out of the corners i had all the wheels spinning and it was kicking in and BANG back firing. Then once i turned it off it was WAY better. I ended up going in and out of the corners as hard as i could (Mt Glorious) and it just hangs on. Even in the wet. The front understeers as expected but then the rear wheels kick in more and just power it through the corner. They really got the car sorted out. Its amazing.

[team_v]

I turn it off. As soon as i get in the car. On the cruise in the wet the other day i had it on, got to really test the car out in the wet. Powering out of the corners i had all the wheels spinning and it was kicking in and BANG back firing. Then once i turned it off it was WAY better. I ended up going in and out of the corners as hard as i could (Mt Glorious) and it just hangs on. Even in the wet. The front understeers as expected but then the rear wheels kick in more and just power it through the corner. They really got the car sorted out. Its amazing.

Is yours able to be turned off completely (holding it in for 5 seconds or something) or is it one of the earlie ones where it is only partially turned off?

I was considering turning mine off at Lakeside to see how it handles but chief finance officer may not approve.

[Tarmac]

Well traction control is turned off with a 2 second hold and stability control with a 5 or so sec hold. Its a MY12 so its the updated version. Stability control is so fricken annoying. Im glad i can turn it off. The thing is never REALLY turned off. I believe there is a fail safe at some point. At the end of the day its just a safety thing but its annoying if you are driving hard. People should learn to drive without them as thats the only way they will know what there car is capable of. How did they do it 20 years ago? By feel and mad skills.