The title of this article goes against everything that has been written and studied about automotive engineering. Who delivers 736 hp to the front wheels of a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1? Or any other car?
Man and machine. If there is an infernal relationship, a story with diabolical contours, world conspiracies and epic challenges to be told, there is often a Man and a machine, whatever it may be, in between. Man has an inexplicable eagerness to conquer the moment of overcoming, that second, thousandth or even simply the idea that he has crossed a barrier or obstacle. This is an achievement that can involve being able to touch a ball more than your friend, holding out longer without breathing or being the fastest man in the world. The challenge is constant, in everything. This is what has made Man grow, overcoming himself, reinventing obstacles and erecting statues along the way.
The owner of this German veteran, a Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1, is no exception to the rule and has decided to join the list of those looking for a good challenge and, consequently, the pleasure of overcoming such a challenge. Here in the newsroom, we try to reproduce the moment when the owner of this Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1 made the decision to go ahead with this project: In short, he decided that the 110 horses that originally galloped under the bonnet of his old Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1 were insufficient. What is the solution? Spreading some magic powders here and there to increase performance? “Hmmm…no, that's not that funny” he thought. “What I really want is to burn tires, rip asphalt off the road and break stone roads into a thousand pieces. Basically, to spread terror”.
The truth is that the original 1.6 of this Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1 was to serve as a vacuum cleaner or lawnmower of another dissatisfied with power and gave way to a VW 2.0 16v engine, which was nothing more, nothing less, equipped with a Garrett GTX3582R turbine, one of the modification meccas. The gearbox is now 6-speed and the tachometer remains in power up to 8,800 rpm. Then yes, a few powders here and there, a good dose of ethanol with additives and that's it! – there are 736 horses thrown onto the front wheels of this Volskwagen Golf GTI Mk1 that take it, for example, from 100 to 200 km/h in 5 seconds…numbers worthy of bursting eye veins. We condemn the carrying out of tests on public roads:
Text: Diogo Teixeira
Source: Jalopnik