R32 Style

[DUB 20V]

ive been looking at mk4 R32 all the time to see whats around atm and almost all of them are in vic or qld.

[DUB 20V]

hears a thought buy my golf, has alot of parts from R32 and is a hell of alot faster. only 40k....

[Bug_racer]

Is that a challenge for an R32 owner ?

hears a thought buy my golf, has alot of parts from R32 and is a hell of alot faster. only 40k....

[Treza360]

Techtonics and Schrick are the only 2 cam manufacturers for the mk4 r32 that Im aware of that deal with the public . Here is a pretty good thread on what are the only cams available for the R32 :
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3189922

Thanks for posting that. Very useful. That's the problem with Vortex. Too big and too many articles all over the place.

Is that a challenge for an R32 owner ?

Shhh... One day my pretty...

haha yeah but if I bought a r32 and then whached on a turbo catch me know

Pfffttt... Turbos are for girls. Supercharger all the way.

[RhysQ]

Pfffttt... Turbos are for girls. Supercharger all the way.

you're just upset because you don't have one!

and don't say its cos you don't need one.....you remember the dyno day

personally though, as strange as it sounds.....i'm a big fan of turbo lag!

as for the MKV R32, i DID like them more until reading this thread....if the MKIV is more of a DRIVERS car then i definitely prefer that. why do an R32 for 'comfort', its a performance car ??

[Treza360]

you're just upset because you don't have one!

and don't say its cos you don't need one.....you remember the dyno day

personally though, as strange as it sounds.....i'm a big fan of turbo lag!

as for the MKV R32, i DID like them more until reading this thread....if the MKIV is more of a DRIVERS car then i definitely prefer that. why do an R32 for 'comfort', its a performance car ??

Sif I am...
The problem is though on most roads in the hands of most drivers the MkV is the faster car. The Nurburgring time by Autosport is the only test I've seen in which it is faster (and by a significant margin). The same test around Hockenheim short circuit, the MkV was only marginally faster. All other tests have the MkV as the faster car.
Whilst a softer setup and an easier car to live with, don't forget the MkV has a much stiffer base chassis than the MkIV.

[DubSteve]

hears a thought buy my golf, has alot of parts from R32 and is a hell of alot faster. only 40k....

haha yeah but if I bought a r32 and then whached on a turbo catch me know

[RhysQ]

haha yeah but if I bought a r32 and then whached on a turbo catch me know

there are a hell of a lot of good videos of single and twin turbo r32's on youtube.....both MKIV and MKV. god dammit with the twin turbo kit they are bloody fast, anyone know how much for it??

much love to the HPA twin turbo MKIV R32..... 0-100km/h in 3.2 sec

that car got me very far in gran turismo (3 or 4 ) on PS2.

[Treza360]

Has anyone on here used the HPA turbo kit on the R32? If so, did you buy it locally or order it online? Price? Can the drive train cope with the extra power?
Or are there other turbo kits you can get for these cars?
Also, what's the bad things about the MKIV? There's always a down side, even if it's a small one.

Not freaking cheap or easy.
From here: http://www.hpamotorsports.com/turbos.htm and in US dollars

FT360 Single Turbo
Performance Statistics:
360 hp
317 ft-lbs torque
11 psi
1/4 Mile 12.8 seconds
Available for:
Mk4 R32 - $9900

FT400 Single Turbo
Performance Statistics:
400 hp
380 ft-lbs torque
13 psi
1/4 Mile 12.3 seconds
Available for:
Mk4 VW R32 - $13,950

FT450 Single Turbo
Performance Statistics:
450 hp
415 ft-lbs torque
14 psi
1/4 Mile 11.89 seconds
Available for:
Mk4 VW R32 - $18,500

I believe there has been one turbo modification and one supercharger modification here in Australia.
I'm not sure which is which but one ended up on the back of a truck with a blown engine and the other spent an absolute truck load of cash only to rip it out when they couldn't get it right. I believe Al (quozl) knows more about them.

Also someone said that there's only 196 of the 200 Australian delivered MkIV R32s I think?

[AFOURS]

Has anyone on here used the HPA turbo kit on the R32? If so, did you buy it locally or order it online? Price? Can the drive train cope with the extra power?
Or are there other turbo kits you can get for these cars?
Also, what's the bad things about the MKIV? There's always a down side, even if it's a small one.