Indholdsfortegnelse for December 2023 i Performance VW

INTEGRATED ENGINEERING 2.9T TURBO INLET PIPE As we went to press Integrated Engineering announced its new Turbo Inlet Pipe for the Audi B9/B9.5 RS5 & RS4. This upgrade to IE’s existing carbon air intake provides a complete high-flow system from the filter to the turbochargers with impressive flow gains of up to 39.27% over the stock inlet! The premium aircraft-grade aluminium casting and massive 3.2" effective inner diameter fills the engine bay with a stylish look. Ditch your restrictive stock turbo inlet and let your twin-turbo 2.9T breathe free! PRICE: £167.94 CONTACT: performancebyie.co.uk GEPFEFFERT Mk7 GTI COILOVERS StillStatic is pleased to announce it is now the official importer of Gepfeffert suspension in the UK. The suspension is produced exclusively for Gepfeffert by KW in Germany and is based around a…

Back in the early days of old school hip hop there was a man, a man by the name of Melly Mel who was and still is a legend and a pioneer in the music genre. Fast forward many years to today and we have a different man, but one of the same stature as a pioneer and a legend on the VW scene, with the same name as the hip hop pillar. He goes by the nickname of Melly Mel! Enter Mr. Melis Julevic, a 39-year-old Building Engineer from Hamilton, New Jersey, with a passion for VWs that we can all appreciate! I’ve got to say that I am feeling a bit of period correctness with the golden age of hip hop mentioned with Mel’s 1992 GTI you see…

We can think of 2276 good reasons to build a UK Cal Look car, but we’d probably never come up with the one that set Mark Houghton on the road to this hard-as-nails ‘56. It was all his friend’s fault! “It’s true,” he laughs. If you’ve ever spent a moment perving over the UK Cal Look Register page on social media, chances are high you will have come across Joel Johnson’s green 56 Oval, Cal Looker. Mark and Joel are the archetypal ‘best friends for life.’ Their mum’s were friends before them. They went to the same schools, grew up in the same area of Bromsgrove and in their late teens got their first Beetles together. With both approaching the mid century in a couple of years time, there has…

When it came to kitting out the back of our Caddy, Midge, Jules and myself attempted to put our heads together and come up with a suitable idea that would keep our sponsor, TengTools happy, work with our Race Support theme and be realistic to achieve on our ‘sensible’ budget. In reality, Midge came up with an idea and ran with it… To be fair to Midge, he was the guy in charge of making this idea a reality, so Jules and I didn’t put up too much of a fight. The long and short of Midge’s idea was to have a huge chest-type tool box visible when you opened the rear doors, perhaps with a couple of cubby holes above it, to house power tools etc. In the centre…

Since the magazine’s launch back in 1996, it’s safe to say we’ve featured some very special Mk1 Golfs in these pages. From Big Ron’s legendary Mk1 VR6 in Holland, to Danny Allen’s bright orange 16v from these very shores, there have been some absolutely mind-blowing creations over the years. If we had to pick just one though - the greatest of all time - then that title would undoubtably have to go to this rather special Mercedes Brilliant Silver example. We first featured German, Marco Haeger’s unmistakable Mk1 way back in PVW 2/99 after spotting it at the previous year’s GTI Treffen in Baarlo, Holland. Quite frankly, nobody - including ourselves - had ever seen anything quite like it! We later revisited the car in 2005 for the cover feature…

As most of you will be aware, CarFest is the brainchild of presenter and petrolhead, Chris Evans. Taking place at Laverstoke Park Farm, the festival features an incredible combination of cars, food, live music and family entertainment. This year, once again CarFest transformed into a vibrant hub of festivities, all in the spirit of contributing to UK children’s charities. Over 30,000 attendees flocked to the festival each day, marking its most significant turnout since the pandemic. At the heart of CarFest, is the festival’s commitment to donate a percentage of the ticket price and any profits to UK children’s charities BBC Children in Need, Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, Rainbow Trust, Starlight Children’s Foundation, Teenage Cancer Trust, Young Epilepsy, Hampshire-based charity Naomi House & Jacksplace and also mental health charity My…

Let’s face it, Vanworx has become a renowned manufacturer in the VW scene from relatively small beginnings. Dave Garnsworthy set out to bring a product to the market that was more bespoke than the offerings from VW but with a very high-end fit and finish. Over the years, he’s done just that and was one of the pioneers putting together packages for their customer base, rather than a randomised set of parts being fitted to each van. This has meant they could streamline their processes and achieve massive growth as a result. Any company worth its salt in any marketplace always has an eye on growth and part of this is knowing when to keep putting development budget into the same product, or knowing when to pivot and diversify into…

It may be hard to believe, but while most vehicles have a brake assembly for each wheel, not all brakes are equal and the vast majority of your stopping power will be from the front – up to 80 percent of it. It’s worth remembering that some cars still even use old-skool drum brakes on the rear and upgrading those can be very expensive. Rear disc conversions aren’t exactly a job for the faint-hearted either. That’s why most aftermarket options deal with upgrading the front system. Luckily it’s the front end that needs help the most! HOW DISC BRAKES WORK There are three main parts to your braking system; the caliper assembly, the disc (or, in Americano, the rotor) and the pads. These all need to work in harmony to…

With the scene thankfully moving more towards performance enhancements and upgrades, it goes without saying that Big Brake Kits (BBK) are all the rage these days. The trouble is, finding the correct upgrade for your vehicle, taking into account the power gains you have, has always been a bit of a minefield. Well, it has until SF-Tuning burst onto the scene in 2017. With over 25 years of experience between them, the SF team is dedicated to creating a custom brake package to suit your specific car. And with a six month warranty on every big brake kit sold, the team also offers you peace of mind, too. Not only does SF-Tuning supply its own, big brake kits using hand-picked components from the best brands around, it also sells complete…

Historically seen as the unloved chapter in the Golf’s early history, it’s taken until recently for the Mk3 to find its feet as a modern classic, and Luke Cartwright’s dedication to the cause is a bit of a rarity. The steps towards what you see here have been consistent – it’s his third Mk3 – but they haven’t been entirely smooth. His first was wrecked after a week, the second scrapped after a catastrophic MOT failure and the third one hasn’t gone to plan either. All things considered, we reckon that’s for the best. “I’m more of a German car fan than a Mk3 fan,” he laughs. “I’ve always said I’ll own a Porsche one day, but as close as I’ve got to that is a 23-year-old Golf painted in…

Exactly 48 years after the world debut of the Mk1 Golf GTI at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1975, Volkswagen chose this year’s IAA Mobility event in Munich (September 5-9) to preview the future new GTI - the ID GTI Concept. But it’s a new GTI with a very big difference. After eight generations of models with high-performance internal combustion engines, we can confirm that the new VW ‘hot hatch’ will have a pure electric drivetrain. Inevitably many traditional GTI enthusiasts, most of whom have grown up with the model through the years, will have their reservations. Indeed, some have been outraged that Volkswagen could even consider using a GTI badge along with an electric motor, while others have been more pragmatic, recognising that the latest technology has to be…

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