£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%...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