Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2021 i Performance VW

COVER IMAGE: Dan Sherwood ISSUE: October 2021 EDITOR Elliott Roberts elliott.roberts@kelsey.co.uk ART DIRECTOR Lorna Mansford pvw.ed@kelsey.co.uk HEAD OF PERFORMANCE AD VERTISING Sarah ‘Churchy’ Halls sarah.halls@talkmediasales.co.uk Well, we made it! Twenty-five years and still going strong. Not quite sure how that happened, but having an awesome team of passionate contributors from around the world has certainly helped, as has having you lot of loyal readers picking up your monthly fix every four weeks - for which we are eternally grateful. Both Sarah (Ad Manager) and I have been a part of the team for over 20 years and Lorna, our faithful designer, isn’t far off that duration either (you’d get less for murder – All). And when I say team, it really is a group effort… always has been. While mag…

With 320PS (316bhp), the new Golf R Estate is claimed to be the most powerful and dynamic Golf Estate to date. The car features more power and driving dynamics, numerous innovations, more space and strong emotions: this is what makes the new Golf R Estate better than ever before. The standard 4MOTION all-wheel drive with R Performance Torque Vectoring is powered by a 2.0 TSI engine with a maximum torque of 420 Nm. Power is transmitted via an R-specific 7-speed dual clutch gearbox. The car sprints from 0 to 100 km/h (0-62mph) in just 4.9 seconds but sadly (gladly) the top speed is electronically limited to 250 km/h. Thankfully, with the optional R Performance package, a top speed of 270 km/h is possible. The package also includes 19” wheels and…

Fed up with your Transporter being higher than a hippy at Glastonbury? Then get your van closer to terra firma with the new ST Suspension ST X coilover kit. Made by the guys at KW Automotive, this top quality TUV approved kit comes with preset damping and height adjustability – fronts 35-65mm rears 30-65mm - to provide the perfect balance between performance, extra lows and ride comfort. They come complete with a 2-year warranty, but we doubt you’ll need it due to the tempered high strength springs, hardened chrome piston rods and galvanized zinc plated strut housing.. Not suitable for T32 models. PRICE: £936.00 CONTACT: www.stsuspensions.co.uk…

Long established UK classic car parts specialist, Heritage Parts Centre has cemented their commitment to supplying their international customers post Brexit, by opening a European Distribution Centre in Bremen, Germany. Stocking the 35-year-old company’s top moving product lines for restoring and maintaining classic Porsche and Volkswagen vehicles, European customers can continue to shop as they did in 2020, without costly taxes and potential delays waiting for parcels to cross the channel. Genius! CONTACT: www.heritagepartscentre.com…

It’s fair to say that all the cars featured in Performance VW over the 25 years have been hand-selected and special in one way or another. And you know what, looking back through every issue, there’s perhaps only a handful of cars that haven’t stood the test of time 100%. That’s not bad going when you think about it. Of course, there are certain cars that stand out more than others; your extreme creations like the Dubsport and DSP cars, plus basically anything with an engine mounted where in shouldn’t technically be. Then there are the cult cars, like Jeroen Dik’s Mk1 16v G60 (PVW 2/98), Marco Haeger’s Mk1 GTI (PVW 2/99 & 2/04), Danny Allen’s Mk1 16v (PVW 6/02), Big Ron’s Mk1 VR6 (PVW 1/07), Jorge Ballermann (PVW 10/04),…

While 2020 wiped the calendar clean, Nothing Leaves Stock’s yearly gathering of pals, VWs and more at Living Memorial Park picked right up where they left off in 2019. Appropriately titled Cult Classic 15+ “The Gamble,” it hinted at the lost year without acknowledging a gap in the annual event all while embracing the idea that holding a show was rolling the dice. Thankfully, not only were Covid restrictions eased leading up to the date, but the weather cooperated and Mr. Sun was on the guest list. One thing the photos most likely won’t show is just how hot it was. Sunscreen reapplication and constant hydration were a must. As such, it was the largest attendance to date, with 521 registered show cars (anyone is invited to show, regardless of…

Bush specialist Powerflex has just added new adjustable rear trailing arm bushes for the iconic Mk2 Volkswagen Golf Rallye and related models that share its Syncro all-wheel drive chassis technology to its range. The new bush upgrade consists of four CNC-machined stainless steel sleeves which sit inside sturdy polyurethane bushes to retain optimal stiffness and reliability. The mounting hole is precisely engineered to deliver up to one degree (+/-) of on-car toe and camber adjustment. Powerflex has opted to produce this adjustable rear trailing arm bush conversion in its stiffest Black (95A durometer) polyurethane blend irrespective of its Road Series or Black Series packaging. PRICE: £177.36 CONTACT: www.powerflex.co.uk Got a product, service or offer you want our readers to know about? Email: pvw.ed@kelsey.co.uk with all the details and we’ll make…

If you’re ever in doubt that you’ve left a mark on a place, then having something named after you speaks volumes. A chosen few wind up assigned to buildings, streets or monuments, but for Ged McConville it’s anti-roll bar mounts for pre-‘94 Polos. That and building one of the UK’s wildest, most influential G40s. Things were a little different at the turn of the Millennium. There wasn’t much of a Polo community, shows were wall to wall with Mk2 Golfs and – as a new driver with a Polo GT and an urge to modify – there wasn’t a lot of inspiration floating around. Only around 500 G40s came to the UK and, though they’d crop up in rolling road days or Bruntingthorpe group trash reports, not many of them…

When I was asked to choose a car featured on these hallowed pages that really stands out in my mind, I thought it would be a pretty fun and easy task. Until it completely wasn’t, because how can I possibly choose only one? Well, as someone who has every issue of the magazine sitting on my desk, here’s my attempt at choosing just one car. Starting way back, Danny Allen’s Mk1 Golf, painted in Porsche Continental orange, with a shaved bay that at the time felt like it couldn’t possibly keep an engine running. With a nice set of Revolution wheels, and perfect stance with so much cleanliness for a British car. I remember it being on the cover of not only Performance VW, but also Max Power at the…

PVW: Is writing your full-time job, or just something you do for fun and a bit of extra cash on the side? Bryan McCarthy: I went to college, err university, for journalism and had all intentions of joining the ranks of the local newspaper until it was made clear to me that in order to succeed in news media (the daily kind), you have to be married to the career. So while I have a passion for writing, the sort of life that was staring me the face wasn’t as enticing as the college creative writing classes made it out to be. I tell people I retired from journalism (love it – Ed). PVW: When and how did you get into writing in the first place? BM: I’ve always had…

The chaps at GDF Steelworks don’t sit still for long. For just £60 they are happy to convert any KR/9a or ABF 16v cam cover to run Audi R8 style coil packs. This basically involved them securing the cover to a CNC mill and boring the holes out to a pre-programmed dimension with a super tight tolerance, that will then allow the use of R8 or TFSI coil packs. The lads are happy to either convert your existing cover or, if they have stock, do this on a exchange basis. Hit them up for details. And if you’re interested in the breather seen in this application, then that can be done for an additional £75. PRICE: From £60.00 CONTACT: @gdfautofab…

Want to sharpen up your handling responses? Well, RacingLine’s beautiful billet and carbon MQB Rear Body Brace could be exactly what you need. Not only does the four-point brace look stunning, with its carbon bracing and billet fixings, it stiffens the rear of your car to sharpen handling and make you feel like a driving God on the process. The RL guys are pleased to have just added the Mk8 Golf, Skoda lll 5E and SEAT Leon 5F to the list of applications this gorgeous product fits. PRICE: £400.80 CONTACT: www.racingline.com…

ITG continues to update its comprehensive application list for the tuning market. The latest introduction to filter down from the company's participation in top-level motorsport is an all-new product line: high-performance Maxogen pleated cotton gauze cone filters. Every product in ITG's newly expanded portfolio of hand-built intakes sets industry standards in the pursuit of performance and efficiency. The key benefits of this new ITG Maxogen pleated cotton gauze cone filter line include maximum filter surface area for maximum flow rate, fine cotton gauze element protected by epoxy-coated wire mesh, choice of unique spun aluminium trumpet or flexible rubber neck for mounting, compact proportions and up to seven neck diameters for easy fitment, optional foam over-sock for ultimate dust capturing ability. For more details and a full list of applications head…

Okay, we know what you’re thinking. Space savers and spare wheels are boring. But if you drive a modern vehicle have you actually checked in the boot to see whether you have a spare? Vehicles manufactured after 2012 are no longer required to provide a spare wheel, which means that the majority of cars are now equipped with a repair kit in order to attempt to seal the puncture and reinflate the tyre. This is fine if you're dealing with a small nail in the middle of the tread. But if the cause of the deflation is damage to the wheel rim or side wall then there is no option but to call a recovery service. Thankfully, Road Hero has a broad catalogue of 108 different wheel options to ensure…

Looking back at the incredible cars we featured, it’s practically impossible to pinpoint a single vehicle. The one that undoubtedly kicked off PVW was Bini Yousaf’s Mk2. It represented the OEM+/big wheel/lowered stance movement that evolved into the Brit-look. And Bini was a larger-than-life character who loyally supported the mag. That was back in the mid ’90s when the Mk2 ruled the roost. It set the standard for how a modified GTI should look and perform, and still does. However, it was also the dawn of the Mk3 – a much heavier, inelegant replacement that most enthusiasts and purists were struggling to accept. Its awkward proportions made it difficult to modify convincingly. However, I didn’t want the VW scene to get stuck on one or two models, like Land Rover…

If you’ve watched The Good Place on Netflix you’ll appreciate what I mean when I say being asked to pick one stand out feature car from the mag’s 25 year history resulted in an indecisive meltdown Chidi himself would have been proud of. If you’ve no idea who or what a Chidi is, put simply; choosing was quite difficult. Picking one of the myriad top tier, chromed out of its mind and built over a decade Mk1s and Mk2s from the Continent seemed the obvious choice, but fair play if anyone else has managed to whittle that list down to a favourite because I sure couldn’t. In fact, proof as if it were needed of how indecisive I was, this is the second version of this I’ve written; both times…

For 2021 we returned to Goodwood after last year’s event was cancelled due to COVID. In 2019 we won the very highest accolade in our Rheila Golf, the ‘Spirit of Goodwood' award and I was voted Driver of the Event, alongside Petter and Oliver Solberg. A memory that will last forever (name dropper – Ed)! This year we made an abundance of significant changes to our car. After speaking with Volkswagen Motorsport in 2019 we discussed the Oettinger Engine not being in our car. I said I could get more power out of the 8v than the Oettinger had back in 1981 which he gladly set me the challenge. As the car rolled off the trailer at FoS we had just received the final Dyno print out of a whopping…

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From £5.50 each (plus shipping) OCTOBER 2020 Cover Story: Rotiform's Mk7.5 R Inside: 320bhp Skoda Fabia, bagged more-door Mk4, Mk1 Golf R32, Golf R-powered Bug NOVEMBER 2020 Cover Story: 90's Mk3 VR6 Inside: StillStatic Mk7, bagged New Beetle rag, TFSI-power Mk1 Cabby, Mk1 Golf G60 turbo DECEMBER 2020 Cover Story: Mk1 Caddy 1.8T Inside: 500bhp Mk7 Golf R, Mk1 G60, Mk2 Jetta on ITBs, B5 Audi RS4, European road trip JANUARY 2021 Cover Story: Shaved Mk4 1.8T Inside: BMW V8 powered, rear wheel-drive Mk7, bagged Mk1 Cabby, custom Westy Rabbit FEBRUARY 2021 Cover Story: Mk1 Heaven Inside: 2.1 20v Corrado, Stage 3 Mk7 TCR, ID.3 road test, Udderly Euro coverage MARCH 2021 Cover Story: Rieger Scirocco Inside: Bagged Audi TT RS, carbon-clad Audi Q2 on 21s, Mk7 Golf R show…

#TEAMPVW Elliott Roberts @elliottdukeroberts Mike Kippen @mikekippen Daniel Bevis @denialvibes Tony Taylor @teaceeltd James Wallace @jimbowallacey Bryan McCarthy @beardedmugmedia Jamie Orr @xjamiexoe Alex Grant @alexgrant_uk Elliott Roberts – Editor PROJECT: GREY PRIDE 90_Golf Rallye Started: Oct 10, 2007 Comments: Still plenty of tread left on Rallye's original tyres. The should be fine for winter… Mike Kippen – Photographer Project: ROXY 97_Mk3 Golf GLS Cabriolet Started: Aug, 2019 Comments: The Cabby is broken and Mike's got a new job. Thankfully he's got some help to fix it Bryan McCarthy – Contributor PROJECT: FAMILY FORST 17_MK7_GOLF R Started: Ocy 31, 2016 Comments: Rubbin's racing, right, Bryan? Thankfully it was just a scrape on family Atlas… Elliott Roberts – Editor PROJECT: SOCCER MOM 09_Q5 3.0 TDI Started: Apr 10, 2017 Comments: Elliott bids…

A car built by Jamie Simms, photographed by Jamie Lipman and written by Neil Hunt. Could it really be anything other than a monumental success? Subtle was very much order of the day where Tony Rehal’s Mk2 1.8T was concerned back in PVW 2/10. While the car was owned by Tony, it had been created by the king of OEM+, Jamie Simms who himself has had numerous cars featured in PVW in the past. Initially, the car may have looked like one of the many other Mk2 Golfs we’ve seen on BBS splits over the years, but you only needed to take a closer look at the fit and finish to appreciate this car was in a league of its own. In fact, out of the hundreds of Mk2s we’ve…

1 YEAR AGO OCTOBER 2020 A year ago saw a Rotiform cover takeover thanks to Jason ‘Luigi’ Whipple’s Mk7.5 R. Watch out for those bananas, Jase! Inside we snagged a 320bhp S3-powered Skoda Fabia, a bagged more-door Mk4 from Spain, a Golf R-powered Newer Beetle, plus Chris Laing’s stunning R32-powered Mk1 Golf. We wrapped with more 1980’s Wörthersee and the reintroduction of our old favourite, Readers’ Rides. 5 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 2016 Hard to believe it’s five years since we were celebrating the mag’s 20th birthday and what an issue it was. Kim Cowden’s Mk1 faced the cover alongside RS Tuning’s wide-body R8, a W8-powered K70, Cup-kitted Beetle show car and magazine veteran Roy Koenen’s RR-RS-powered Mk6 Golf R. Inside the madness continued with an 11-page PVW retrospective, we revised…

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