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My new daily / race car * 3
    #23751071 - 10/19/16 03:25 AM (7 years, 3 months ago)

So bit of a story here. If you don't give a shit about cars or have no attention span then this isn't the thread for you.

Diehard VAG/Euro car enthusiast here. My last 3 cars have been VWs... R32, GLI.. GLI.
I always highly modify my cars, it's one of my main passions.
After my 2013 GLI died an untimely death, I decided it was a blessing in disguise as there were numerous things that bugged me about it (No turbo upgrades, too big of a body to do any serious hardcore canyon carving, ie.. not quite as nimble in the corners as its smaller frame GTI/R brethren.. lack of aftermarket engine mods for THAT particular engine).. other than that I loved the car.
But I wanted to move on to something better and faster and more nimble. I wanted a MK7 Golf R.

Anyway I'm part of a large local VW/Audi group and one of my good friends from there offered to sell me his 2016 Golf R, 24k miles.. HIGHLY modified.
I normally would almost never buy an already modified car.. I like to do the mods myself, and you never know if the person modded it right, with high quality parts, didn't take any shortcuts etc etc etc
Fortunately for me, I trust this guy 100% when it comes to cars. He goes through them like candy, usually has a new car every year and modifies every single one. This year he's gone through 3 cars.
He works for (Large Aftermarket Performance Car Parts Company), all his cars are always in immaculate condition with perfect maintenance and every modification/upgrade he does is done with top quality parts and he does them right.

So he offered to sell me his R, because he was currently in the process of buying a B7 A4 AND a new SS.
Offered to sell it to me for 5k over MSRP of a brand new, stock Golf R.... 45k
2016, 24k miles. I know what you're thinking.. cars lose most of their value within the first year, yes.. I probably could have gotten a stock used 2016 golf R for maybe 35k

But the thing is... he had almost $30,000 worth of mods already dumped into the car.
I mean pretty much every single mod is exactly what I would have done to it anyway.... except it would have taken me like 5 years to do it. I'm not bankrolling so hard I can throw 30k at a car in 6 months. 
So he pretty much modded it for me, saving me tons of time and money and effort

The catch.... was that he just blew the stock turbo on it, and it was currently in the shop while it was being diagnosed/repaired so I had to wait. 
So wait I did.. for 2 1/2, almost 3 months. I bought the car from him while it was still in the shop.
Like I said, I trust this dude and we both trust the shop it was at. He said he would make sure the car was 110% before handing it off to me and he would cover everything.

The tuner decided a full engine rebuild was the safest bet, as since the turbo blew... there could be bits of metal lurking around the engine,
so everything got torn apart, sonic cleaned, resurfaced, engine was bored and honed.. it's basically better than new.
The guy I bought it from decided to use the engine rebuild as an opportunity to upgrade all the internals and put on a bigger turbo.
Engine rebuild alone cost him (not me) about 6-7k. Turbo was another 2k. We struck a deal that he would pay for the bigger turbo if I used my own wheels and him let him take his wheels off. 
He went all out (almost).. only thing we didn't do was any head upgrades or injectors or anything, the stock R head and injectors are already upgraded anyway over the GTI.
Lower engine got the full treatment. Everything was also SUPER tightly balanced

List of mods:

Performance
- Block bored out 0.5mm
- Integrated Engineering 83mm forged pistons
- Integrated Engineering Tuscan connecting rods
- Balance Cam
- all new seals, rings and bushings
- LOBA LO462 Turbo - capable of supporting 470+ HP.
- Custom stage 2+ tune
- GIAC DSG tune
- Unitronic carbon fiber intake
- Unitronic Intercooler
- Neuspeed turbo discharge pipe
- CTS throttle pipe
- CTS turbo inlet tube
- Autotech High volume fuel pump
- Bull-X catted downpipe
- Ego-X catback exhaust

Suspension
- Billstein PSS10 coilovers
- Neuspeed front and rear sway bars
- Whiteline front endlinks
- Emmanuele design rear endlinks
- Unibrace XB
- Audi S3 subframe
- VWR subframe and dogbone mount
- Superpro Poly Bushings all around
- Black Forest Industries Stage II Engine and Trans mounts

Brakes
- AP racing 6 pot brakes
- AP racing 2-piece J hook rotors
- Porterfield R4-S compound brake pads
- USP stainless steel lines

Aesthetic/Other
- OEM European LED Taillights
- P3 cars digital multi gauge
- Full clear front bra
- Opti-Coat Pro Paint protection
- OEM European electric folding side mirrors
- 70% FormulaOne Pinnacle tint all around. 90% on windshield

Then a few days ago I finally picked the car up after 3 months of waiting, engine rebuilding and fine tuning.










Both sides of the car were completely plastered in racing stickers before, I took them all off.. much more stealth. I like a cleaner look..
It's still loud as fuck but from a distance it looks like "just a golf". It's the most unassuming car ever. I will eat Mustangs for breakfast.

It's easily the best car I've ever owned, I've only had it for three days. Everything about it is phenomenal.
I'm still breaking the engine in gently (only has 250 miles on it), but HOLY FUCKK does this thing lay down the fucking power.
I haven't even gone WOT yet. Half throttle is enough to make you go holy fuck.
The 4-motion 5th gen Haldex is fucking sweet, it just fucking grips for days.. all 4 tires laying down the power.
The interior is very sophisticated and classy and comfortable, I feel at home
The MK7 R is the best generation VW has done and the highest level of refinement to date.

This engine, with all the upgraded stronger internals, the bigger turbo and all the supporting add-ons... is a fucking MONSTER.
Before the engine upgrades and with the stock turbo, this thing was pushing around 400HP.. now it's probably closer to ~480HP to the crank, can't wait to Dyno it.
Bone stock, it puts out 292 HP, so that's some pretty nice gains :smile:

Insane grip around the corners that never quits.. it just stays planted like a motherfucker... launches like a fucking bat out of hell.
I am completely and utterly beyond satisfied. It's everything I wanted. It's a daily driver and it's a race car.

I normally get MOD FEVER whenever I get a new car.. buying shit left and right.
But my list of things I am getting for this car is relatively short... pretty much everything performance/suspension/brake related is already done!
Most of the only stuff I have left I can do is aesthetic shit. I come up relatively short when thinking of things to do.. car is already built as fuck.

I'm going to add a subwoofer and DSP unit under the false trunk where the spare tire would be, to give the sound system some more kick
I'm going to upgrade the display to a larger 8" screen and upgrade the brain in the glovebox to a Discovery Pro unit so I have native NAV and can play DVDs and shit 
Gotta install my dashcam that was on my previous car, probably gonna put darker tint on it

Playing with the idea of going Water/Methanol in the future.. for MOAR POWER and better cooling.. Meth could push it over 500HP easy.
but with meth comes it's own set of concerns, I want this to be a daily for a long time so that may be a future thing.
I would need to do a lot of research and make sure it is done perfectly with lots of failsafes.

Maybe a roll cage in the future if I really want to go hard, it's not a bad idea

As-is, this thing is a fucking track monster. It handles like a $80,000 car and it has power rivaling some supercars.
It will eat mustangs and Camaro SS's for breakfast all day long, This is in TTRS... M3 eater status
And from a distance.. it just looks like a golf. With the utility of a hatch. I fucking love it. :borat:


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Shroomism]
    #23751104 - 10/19/16 04:08 AM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Why didn't you just get a civic hatchback and throw on a electric turbo and whistle muffler?

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #23751108 - 10/19/16 04:18 AM (7 years, 3 months ago)



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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: luvdemboomers]
    #23751118 - 10/19/16 04:35 AM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

luvdemboomers said:
Why didn't you just get a civic hatchback and throw on a electric turbo and whistle muffler?

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO




Then I couldn't hang out with the cool kids :frown:


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Shroomism]
    #23751170 - 10/19/16 05:28 AM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Damn, never knew u were such a tuner Shroomism!

Interesting :strokebeard:

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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Shroomism]
    #23751214 - 10/19/16 06:06 AM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

Shroomism said:
Maybe a roll cage in the future if I really want to go hard, it's not a bad idea



Have you ever had a car with a rollcage in it before? It was by far my favourite mod on my last fast car:



It makes you realise how much the chassis flexes when you put one in and put a stop to it..

Great car though Shroomism, you're obviously very happy with it and I'm made up for ya.


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
    #23751967 - 10/19/16 01:06 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Nice ride :thumbup:


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Tripsurfer] * 1
    #23751972 - 10/19/16 01:09 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Damn shroomism, beautiful car man!


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: falsereality]
    #23751996 - 10/19/16 01:20 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

manual trans?


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: venetianblinds]
    #23752050 - 10/19/16 01:46 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

I congratulate you and am quite impressed with that car and those mods.


However I fucking hate hatchbacks. There just so fucking ugly I want to rip my eyes out IMO

But if its good for you and goes fast have fun :laugh:

Get it on the dyno? do you know the rough HP? 0-100?


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Shroomism]
    #23752092 - 10/19/16 02:01 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Right on man :thumbup: . I dig it, especially keeping the look clean even though it has lots of mods underneath.....a little jealous :grin: .


I've always been into cars, engines, motor sports & racing of all sorts in general....Though I kinda fell out of the loop of all things automotive/racing for a few years.




Since you're into cars, I'm assuming you might watch "The Smoking Tire" on youtube?...(and IIRC, you live somewhere in so-cal?)...Once the engine is broken in, would you ever consider letting the dude Matt take your car for a spin through the canyons :smirk: ?





Quote:

Before the engine upgrades and with the stock turbo, this thing was pushing around 400HP.....


....Bone stock, it puts out 292 HP, so that's some pretty nice gains :smile:





If it was on stock turbo and had no engine upgrades, what was making the power push 400hp?....when stock is 292hp?







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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Shroomism]
    #23752156 - 10/19/16 02:20 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Wanna race?


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Shroomism]
    #23752184 - 10/19/16 02:29 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

shroomism, way to swoop that thing up man..

i would stay off the methanol injection dude. for a dd its more of a hassle than it is really worth.

how much boost are you running at the moment?


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: rackem]
    #23752202 - 10/19/16 02:35 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

That car is fuckin sick.  Love that its a newer model and not some old ass hatchback shell with new internals.


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Herbologist]
    #23752231 - 10/19/16 02:49 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Looks like a sleeper.

Nice ride OP.


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: HamHead]
    #23752271 - 10/19/16 03:03 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

I'm not gonna front and act like I know shit about cars, but god damn man, that's a beautiful piece of machinery right there. Congrats.


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: Shroomism]
    #23752298 - 10/19/16 03:14 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Is it diesel or gas


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    #23752303 - 10/19/16 03:16 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

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Is it diesel or gas




do you even car?


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: azur]
    #23752547 - 10/19/16 04:51 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

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azur said:
Wanna race?






OMG! Do you really have a 930? Or is it a 911 with the M491 option?

Wanna sell it to me nice and cheap?


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Re: My new daily / race car [Re: kakashi68]
    #23752548 - 10/19/16 04:51 PM (7 years, 3 months ago)

Do you have a good carbonator on that baby?


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