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Lovely .:R Robin, the milteks do sound impressive on them :thumbsup:
Any other plans? Bora vents? Did it come with the VW cd changer? I think i may have one lying around if you're interested?
Some mk5 interiors are nicer than the mk4's - actually only the buckets tbh. What were VW thinking when they designed the cloth or leather seats on the mk5 GTi's The layout of the cabin is horrible too..
mk1, 2 and 4's ftw
The Golf always looks best in a 3 door imo, but that looks absolutely mint Robin(especially those door shuts). If I could turn the clock back 6 months I think I'd go for an SB/5 door. I miss the extra doors my Leon had tbh.
Good luck with it!
Found it
this takes a good minute+ to download so stick with it.
Its in German but look at the pictures and you can see the problem with burnt oil and tensioners....
http://www.a3quattro.de/pdf/Bericht_VR6_3-2_Kettentrieb_onlineVers.pdf
My mrs has a mkiv 2.8 4motion 5 door and it's way better on fuel than the r32 she had before.. Gotta be honest tho, thinking seriously about forced induction for it, which might have some effect on economy! Never been a fan of how understeery (is that a real word!?) the r32 was due to that massive dead horse of an engine nailed to the grill, think the 2.8 might be slightly better from that point of view (tho that might be all in my head!). I know the 2.8 is a lil lighter..
Either way it's a cool shopping cart for her, and helps keep the sticky fingers out of my A3 BE!!
Your probably right dude, at the time I had a TT and it had many many mods, in terms of handling : H&R ARB's, Eibach coilys, powerflex bushes, engine mounts, and performance HALDEX.. whereas our r32 had none of these, so I guess it wasn't really a fair call!Its in your head :- The V6 is one of the lightest and most compact 6's ever made. Remember the 5 pot RS lump is heavier and thats in the TTRS and the RS3
I think you will find that the V6 being quattro with the battery in the boot etc is actually much better balanced than the FWD 2.0 tfsi and 2.0d
So paddy, do you reckon the 2.0TFSI is better balanced than the 3.2 out of curiousity?Its in your head :- The V6 is one of the lightest and most compact 6's ever made. Remember the 5 pot RS lump is heavier and thats in the TTRS and the RS3
I think you will find that the V6 being quattro with the battery in the boot etc is actually much better balanced than the FWD 2.0 tfsi and 2.0d
you gotta point there mate.... maybe i won't turbo hers lol it's nearly 10yrs old! (and her driving is shocking anyway)Yea....A turbo kit on a 8 year old engine will be fine
I can't disagree with anything you've said there mate.. i've a feeling that the v6's would win out on track tho as they have a far better midrange, it ain't always about peak horses.. the torque even her 2.8 produces means it's quicker on 0-62 and couple mph faster top end than my 2.0tfsi quattro! a fact I will never tell her lolWell there is not a huge amount in it in stock form. I looked into it a while back when the guys at VAGOC who mostly run TTRS's were taking the Pee out of my old front end heavy 3.2.
I did find that the RS 5 pot was heavier which shut them up
The 2.0tfsi quattro is slightly better than the 3.2 but the 2.0tfsi FWD is worse. The Quattro adds weight to the back which helps the balance. The 2.0tfsi 4 pot is a lighter engine without a doubt but you have to add turbo and intercooler rad as well as battery etc to it up front to be fair which the 3.2 dosnt have.
My feeling is its what you are used to really, neither cars are particularly good at handling but i think it would take a track day to separate them but even then the 3.2 is going to shove out 30-40bhp more so who knows.As you say they are both just shopping trolleys and neither are built for out and out performance anyway.
Old post but thought this thread might be of interest to some 3.2 owners (pictures of myself and 2 mates changing the chains on the R32 on the driveway!)
Good read, can you confirm what year the part number changed?
Was there any visible differences between chains? Like a makers stamp on the links.