£50 Golf mk1 beats a £1m Bugatti

[Zee - Golfie]

Some motivation for all the mk1 out there:

interesting read, wonder what else he has under the hood...

http://zomfg.co.uk/my-50-golf%E2%80%99s-faster-than-a-1m-bugatti-veyron

[mikinoz]

A little more detail here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQOY8HMsREI

[evorobin]

wonder what else he has under the hood...

$120K according to that article...

[team_v]

Was in the general section a while ago.

There was a lot of debate about whether or not it was a true comparison since less weight/less cylinders will always mean a quicker take off and thus a quicker acceleration, especially in the lower gears.

Also the Veyron has the traction control start.

Still good to see what $120k Australian will get you up to.

[VW GTI]

I think he over-capitalised.

[RhysQ]

haha.....he said it's a 1.8cc...that's pretty damn impressive!

[team_v]

haha.....he said it's a 1.8cc...that's pretty damn impressive!

He should get a 1.8T badge from Petrina to let everyone know what he has under the hood

[Mika]

I'd love to see an itemised list where the $120k went.

I think there's a mechanic out there who scored himself a new car or house deposit out of that work!

[RhysQ]

To be honest, if I had $120 to spend, I wouldn't be dumping it into a mk1 golf. There are cars out there that you could spend that total amount on (including car) and be even quicker IMO.

Pulsar GTI-R is a car that comes to mind that would be a good base..... light, wide, AWD, huge engine bay, strong running gear (not that it would stay stock). RB26 in it and you'd be going pretty damn fast.... at a fraction of the cost.

[Mika]

He should get a 1.8T badge from Petrina to let everyone know what he has under the hood

To be honest, if I had $120 to spend, I wouldn't be dumping it into a mk1 golf. There are cars out there that you could spend that total amount on (including car) and be even quicker IMO.

Pulsar GTI-R is a car that comes to mind that would be a good base..... light, wide, AWD, huge engine bay, strong running gear (not that it would stay stock). RB26 in it and you'd be going pretty damn fast.... at a fraction of the cost.

I'd love to see someone shoehorn an RB into a GTiR. There's enough trouble fitting an inline 4 in N-W config. GTiR also weighs about 400-500kg's more than a Mk1 in standard trim.

Better off working the SR20DET already in there, PPG gearset, strip it and go from there

[velly_16v_cab]

To be honest, if I had $120 to spend, I wouldn't be dumping it into a mk1 golf. There are cars out there that you could spend that total amount on (including car) and be even quicker IMO.

Pulsar GTI-R is a car that comes to mind that would be a good base..... light, wide, AWD, huge engine bay, strong running gear (not that it would stay stock). RB26 in it and you'd be going pretty damn fast.... at a fraction of the cost.

but wot would it cost to get a GTI-R to perform like the golf?
and besides, it aint a VW

i sill like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiT-tXN2568&feature=related

Dubweiser's Golf GTI

[static1800]

To be honest, if I had $120 to spend, I wouldn't be dumping it into a mk1 golf. There are cars out there that you could spend that total amount on (including car) and be even quicker IMO.

Pulsar GTI-R is a car that comes to mind that would be a good base..... light, wide, AWD, huge engine bay, strong running gear (not that it would stay stock). RB26 in it and you'd be going pretty damn fast.... at a fraction of the cost.

btw, that mk1 is awd. It has a Rallye drive train in it including the rallye front subframe.

[RhysQ]

GTiR also weighs about 400-500kg's more than a Mk1 in standard trim.

There is a hell of a lot more trim/wiring/auxiliaries etc in a GTI-R than a MK1. I reckon once both have been stripped out that gap would significantly decrease.

But yeah RB26 would be tough to get in....it's just that the engine bay is pretty damn big for the size of the car, thought it would be a possibility. They're getting RB's into S13's pretty easy these days (I'm helping a mate out with one at the moment), and the engine bay in one of them is far from huge. I suppose the SR20 is a pretty damn good engine anyway, capable of reliable huge numbers.

but wot would it cost to get a GTI-R to perform like the golf?
and besides, it aint a VW

spoken like a true enthusiast, well played sir. I would however, heavily argue the point that $120,000 spent on both cars (including cost of car in that figure) would see a GTI-R easily clear the MK1 in straight line and track. Just my opinion anyway, I've been around Jap imports my whole life. Also, you can get a mildly modded GTI-R good for a 0-100 5sec pass for around the $10K these days. More mods and really clean examples are around $14-$15k. There's not much over that.

btw, that mk1 is awd. It has a Rallye drive train in it including the rallye front subframe.

Didn't realise that sorry, I thought it was amazing how much traction it got for what I thought was FWD.

Cheers.

[Mika]

There is a hell of a lot more trim/wiring/auxiliaries etc in a GTI-R than a MK1. I reckon once both have been stripped out that gap would significantly decrease.

Don't get me wrong, I reckon you could do it too with an SR stroker and a big huffer...amongst other things. I own an almost DET'd pulsar myself hehe. A mate has stripped his B13 NX which is very similar to the N14 chassis and managed to get it down to just a peep under 1tonne from 1165kg stock. Nothing but a seat, dash, steering wheel, FWD rolling chassis and engine/driveline. Sound deadening, heater, I think even lights have been removed to get there! GTiR weighs 1220kgs, so we'd assume that the iR would weigh about 1050kg stripped.

Then again, if the mk1 is AWD it probably weighs a fair bit more than standard anyway!

[evorobin]

A mate has stripped his B13 NX which is very similar to the N14 chassis and managed to get it down to just a peep under 1tonne from 1165kg stock. Nothing but a seat, dash, steering wheel, FWD rolling chassis and engine/driveline.

Dude a 2 door mk2 is 920KG stock. Best chassis ever!