Indholdsfortegnelse for September 2023 i Performance VW

Having contributed to the magazine for well over two decades now (I know, I don’t look old enough), people often ask me, ‘haven’t you seen it all done before?,’ followed by, ‘Are people really still coming up with new and unique ways to modify their Volkswagens?’ Well, the simply answer is, of course, no, and, er, yes! Take this month’s cover car, for example. Sure, we’ve seen 1000+bhp feature cars in the past, but Tom Parker - it’s creator - assures us his 1100bhp Mk7 R can, and does, get used as a daily driver. Now that’s a first for PVW! Okay, so the fully-forged Audi RS3 2.5-litre engine has cost in excess of £10k to build, but driven sensibly (assumably off boost) the car is bolted together - and…

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Here’s the story behind what is surely set to become one of the most recognised Bay Windows in the world. Considering there were nearly three million built, that’s a pretty bold statement, but we have evidence. A simple behind-the-scenes shot from this very photoshoot leaked out onto the internet and, for a couple of weeks at least, its owner, Tom Goldsmith, got to experience life as a Kardashian. Please don’t ask which one. “It was mad,” he says. “I had people from all over the world messaging me about it and asking all sorts of questions about how I’d done it. The funniest thing was that so many people thought it was Photoshopped, or that it was just a very detailed model.” I personally had to comment on the Facebook…

There are some things in the car world you just take for granted. Gearboxes are the perfect example. Every driver understands how to use them and most car enthusiasts understand what gear to be in for best performance in a given situation. But how many people can actually explain what a gearbox does? Not many, we bet. But that’s perfectly understandable, as not only is it quite a hard thing to understand. But on the face of it, understanding gearboxes doesn’t seem to be any big advantage to even the most ardent car tuning fan. In reality though, the right choice of gearbox – and we don’t just mean automatic, manual, or the number of gears it has – can have a dramatic transformation on the way your car performs.…

The four-figure horsepower club remains an exclusive one, but membership isn’t the headache it once was. Back at the turn of the Millennium and the dawn of blown VR6s and high-power 1.8Ts, hypercar-worrying horsepower in Volkswagen usually meant finding space for a couple of engines and removing pretty much everything that wasn’t mission critical. Today, Tom Parker’s boundary-breaking 1,100hp Mk7 is living, fire-breathing proof that it doesn’t have to be that way anymore. “I drive the car every day, and I couldn’t ask for a more perfect daily,” he tells us. “It’s basically a road-legal racecar, but with all the creature comforts inside. The idea was to build something a bit like an Audi RS6 – big power when you want it but without losing the luxuries – but in…

Having started his driving days at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta, it didn’t take Marc Herbrik long to hop over to the VW way of life. “The Fiesta failed after only a few months use, so I bought a Jetta 16v instead and never looked back,” the 37-year-old told us. With 129hp, the Jetta wasn’t just far quicker than the Ford, the build quality was far superior, too. It’s safe to say Marc was well and truly hooked on Wolfburg’s finest at this stage… Following the Jetta came a string of VW projects including a Mk2 16v turbo, which used a KR lump with RS2 hardware. Next up was a Golf Syncro, which also had a 16v turbo but this time a full 4Motion drivetrain. Sadly, that car was…

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Tadek Czaban hails from Luban, Poland. The first car he owned was a Polski Fiat 126p that will be familiar to our Polish readers. The VW story started incredibly early for Tadek though, as a family friend let him drive a Mk1 Golf on his meadow and the young petrolhead was instantly hooked. Tadek explained that as a technical school student, he would find himself daydreaming about Sciroccos and Corrados. The VW dream was finally realised when he bought his Mk3 Golf. The modifying bug took hold and the slammed red beauty had a spec that included a hidden loom, white Hella taillights, 16" Borbet Ts, custom leather upholstery, roll cage, premium audio, a Taid Silberpfeil airbag steering wheel, bad boy bonnet, and US tailgate and bumpers. The handsome Mk3…

We all know Volkswagens are more than just a car or a van. Once they get under your skin there’s no escaping. Even if you take a break for a while, something somewhere will pull you back in. Scot Player was a died-in-the-wool BMW man. He even had his E30 featured in Performance BMW magazine. He’s 44 now and has had the E30 since he was 18-years-old. As you can imagine, it isn’t going anywhere soon but Scot’s social calendar doesn’t have that much room left for BMW since he bought this 2013 T5.1 six years ago. “I actually got it just to carry my dogs,” he says. “You could say things got out of hand!” In terms of understatement of the year award, we have a strong contender here.…

JULY 21-23rd BUG JAM Santa Pod Raceway www.bugjam.co.uk 21-23rd MODIFIED NATIONALS Lincolnshire Showground, LN2 2NA www.modifiednationals.co.uk 23rd THE REUNION SHOW 2023 Staffordshire Showground www.maxpowerreunion.co.uk 28-30th DUBTOBERFEST Cheltenham Racecourse www.dubtoberfest.co.uk AUGUST 4-6th ULTIMATE STREET CAR Santa Pod Raceway www.santapod.co.uk 6th TATTON PARK Tatton Park, WA16 6QN 18-20th WEEKEND AT JAYS Bath and West Showground www.weekendatjays.com 20th STANCE FEVER Newbury Showground, RG18 9QZ www.stancefever.com 25-27th CAR FEST Laverstoke Park Farm, Hampshire www.carfest.org 25-27th SILVERSTONE FESTIVAL Silverstone Circuit, Northants www.silverstone.co.uk/events 26-27th GRAVITY NEC, Birmingham www.gravityshow.co.uk 27th GOT THE DROP Waterside Campus, Northampton www.still-static.com 27th EUROBUILT Vermont St Fairgrounds, VT, USA www.eurobuiltvt.com SEPTEMBER 31st August - September 3rd L’OE SHOW Pottstown, PA, USA www.loeshow.com 1-3rd VW ACTION Santa Pod Raceway www.santapod.co.uk 1-3rd VANWEST CHILL OUT Redruth Paddocks, Cheddar Gorge www.vanwest.co.uk 2nd FORGE ACTION DAY…