Sommaire pour September 2021 de Performance VW

Performance VW|September 2021

BADLY DUBBED

We seem to be doing a lot of reminiscing at the moment, but with our 25th anniversary issue dropping next month (turn to page 98 to see what we have in store for you), I guess that’s acceptable, right? Seeing Bruce Morehouse’s Mk3 on cover this month brought back great memories of the first Dubsport car we featured back in June 1998. Ian Birch’s twinengined lime-green Mk1 dominated the cover (who could forget the South Park-themed issue?) with its twin 16v nitrous-injected engines producing over 400bhp. That was pretty impressive stuff at the time, but when you consider just one of the VR6Ts in Bruce’s car boasts almost three-times that power output, then you’ll appreciate how far things have come and what an absolute animal this Mk3 is. What we…

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Performance VW|September 2021

WHAT'S NEW

VANTASTIC Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles have now officially launched new styling packs for the T6.1. The Sport20 styling packs, available in 12 different specifications on both SWB and LWB versions of the Transporter, include combinations of front and rear bodywork accessories, and a range of alloy wheel options. The entry-level T-Sport20 pack, priced at just over £1,400, includes an ABT front lower spoiler, rear spoiler, matt black side bars, and roof rails. The headline specification, priced at £2,188, includes an ABT front lower spoiler, rear spoiler, side bars, roof rails, 20” matt black alloy wheels and offers-30mm lowering. The accessory kits are available in 14 different colours to match the T6.1 options: from Ascot Grey to Starlight Blue, and Bay Leaf Green to Fortana Red. The T-Sport20 styling packs can also…

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Performance VW|September 2021

GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SCENE

As the blurb on the Players website says this is the weekend where modified cars can be found “disrupting the manicured lawns and tranquillity of Goodwood Motor Circuit”. Hard to believe that the first Players Classic was way back in 2013. It quickly became a must-attend fixture on our calendars. The fact that tuner cars are now welcome at Britain’s premier historic motor racing venue is no mean feat. Slowly but surely public perception of the modified car scene is changing. The creativity, style, ingenuity, and above all else, atmosphere that is evident in Lord March’s backyard over the now two-day event has done wonders for the gravitas and changing face of the movement and that is in no small part due to the careful selection, liaison and hard work…

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Performance VW|September 2021

10 MINUTE TECH ENGINE OILS

PART ONE 1 WHAT DOES ENGINE OIL DO? Although the main task of engine oil is to lubricate things, it also has many more jobs: it cools the engine components; removes deposits and transports them to the oil filter; seals the piston rings; and it protects the metal surfaces from corrosion. 2 WHAT DO THE DIFFERENT GRADES OF OIL MEAN? There are many different grades, and the most common measure to differentiate them still is the viscosity (e.g. 5W-30). However, this is a little outdated these days. In the past, viscosity was the defining factor to keep different oils apart, but today the world of oils has become far more complex, and viscosity is just one of many factors to consider. More important in modern engines, are the specifications issued…

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Performance VW|September 2021

TUNERS' CARS CRAZY GOLF

While nobody can ever accuse the Golf R of not being a rapid machine, this would be a very unsuccessful magazine indeed if the great and the good of Volkswagen owners spent their driving days dreamily contented with what the factory gave them. Thankfully, for many of us, the splendid factory spec is merely a blank canvas on which to paint – and for no one more so than HP Tuners Europe, who, keen to show how clever their software and MPVI2 diagnostic and mapping tools are, has put its money where its corporate mouth is with this build. Over the next few issues you can expect to see exhaust upgrades, wheels, tyres, air filters, styling and even a wrap, and all of that will be detailed in glorious nerdiness…

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Performance VW|September 2021

EVENTSDIARY

JULY 23-25th BUG JAM 34 Santa Pod www.bugjam.com 25th UK RALLYE GOLF SHOW Only Charged Dubs, DN3 1QR www.ukrallyegolfshow.com AUGUST 1st ROLLHARD SHOW Bicester Heritage, OX26 5HA www.rollhard.co.uk 6th VW FESTIVAL Harewood House, Leeds www.vwfestival.co.uk 7th REVAMP Walton-on-Thames www.vamporiginal-uk.com SEPTEMBER 3-5th EDITION 38 Overstone Park www.edition38.com 11th FORGE ACTION DAY Castle Combe www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk 11th THE DRIVERS COLLECTION Sheffield Aero Club www.thedrivercollection.bigcartel.com 19th PLAYERS SHOW North Weald www.players-show.com 19th GRAVITY SHOW NAEC Stoneleigh www.gravityshow.co.uk 18-19th DUBS AT THE GAP Flintstone, Maryland, USA www.dubsatthegap.com 26th 26th OH SO RETRO Margate www.ohsoretro.co.uk 26th WESTSIDE SHOW & SHINE Chalfont St Peter www.westside.org.uk OCTOBER 3rd TRAX Silverstone www.fastcar.co.uk/trax-silverstone 31st WATERDAYS Nagano in central Japan Instagram: @cabriovr Got an event? Let us know! Email us at: pvw.ed@kelsey.co.uk with date, location and website and we’ll attempt to…

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Performance VW|September 2021

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Performance VW|September 2021

SINK THE PINK

Rebellion is a refusal for the obedience of order. Why settle for the accepted norm when you can choose something others won’t abide by? As Alex Freeland once famously penned, “We Want Your Soul.” While the war for our minds and surveillance capitalism monitors our every consumer action, there’s still space to express ourselves through automotive culture and make choices that are truly independent of ‘the system’. There’s no need to buy the latest model, the newest version or the latest release because car culture has always, and will always, revere the retro, celebrate the creative and eulogise the unconventional with a flair for spannering, welding and painting. Take Aaron Hews for example, he ain’t no sheep and he definitely hasn’t followed the flock with his 9N3 GTi. Aside from…

8 min

Performance VW|September 2021

EVERY THING EVERY WHERE

The world has changed, and there’s no turning back. Whereas mankind was once satisfied to have progress drip-fed like a hamster’s water bottle, we now need to have everything, immediately, all at once. Look at how television has evolved thanks to streaming technology: back in the nineties, if there was a series we wanted to watch on one of the five channels we had access to, we’d settle in for a half-hour episode at a set time one evening, then wait a week for the next episode. (And if the phone rang, you’d miss it.) Today? The whole thing’s available to binge in one go. And when your favourite band released a new single, it might have appeared on two CDs, a cassette and a 7”, each with different B-sides,…

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Performance VW|September 2021

KRUSE MISSILES

Driving the Green Hell can be intimidating enough. But would you want to do it in the rain, or at night – or both? Welcome to the mayhem of the Nürburgring 24-hour race… Officially it’s known as the ‘ADAC Total 24h Race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife’. Colloquially, fans just call it N24. For many years, motorsport die-hards have flocked to the legendary circuit in the Eifel mountains, carrying tents and sleeping bags and endless crates of beer, to watch a stellar cast of sporting heroes battling with the world’s scariest toll road, twice around the clock. For the 2021 running of the event, things were a little strange… and not just because of Covid. Yes, the virus did dictate that the volume of spectators permitted was drastically reduced, but a…

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Performance VW|September 2021

MAKING MOVES

NEXT ROUNDS Oulton Park – 17th July Anglesey – 8th August Donnington Park – 20th August. Following Olly’s first outing at Silverstone in the Maximum Networks Volkswagen Racing Cup, the JM-Racing, Samco Sport backed driver was hoping to capitalise on the momentum of a first place finish last time out. Rounds 3 and 4 saw the championship visit Castle Combe. As one of the fastest and most revered tracks in the UK, Castle Combe in Wiltshire provides high speed straights with bumpy technical chicanes. Starting on the back foot, Olly entered qualifying without having completed the practice session on Friday. This meant a limited time for set up, but pace was good and Olly managed to put the MK7 Golf on the front row, lining up next to Jack Depper…

4 min

Performance VW|September 2021

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#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: Supercharger off being serviced, wheels refurbed and new tyres ordered. Wow… Mike Kippen – Photographer Project: ROXY 97_Mk3 Golf GLS Cabriolet Started: Aug, 2019 Comments: Kippen reappeared… and then he was gone again. We'll let him off. He's a busy guy Bryan Mccarthy – Contributor PROJECT: FAMILY FORST 17_MK7_GOLF R Started: Ocy 31, 2016 Comments: Don't go getting any ideas Bryan. You guys already have one family wagon… Elliott Roberts – Editor PROJECT: SOCCER MOM 09_Q5 3.0 TDI Started: Apr 10, 2017 Comments: 'Would you like me to lapdance for you?'…

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Performance VW|September 2021

RELOADED

YEAR:2010 ISSUE: FEBRUARY OWNER: PATRICK HILLE WORDS: TONY SAGGU PHOTOS: OLIVER VERHEIJ They say the good die young and no truer a word has been spoken than when referring to the late, great Patrick Hille who passed away back in 2017. Family man, police man and VW man, Patrick spent much of his adult life in and around the VW scene and ran the extremely popular VW Home website in support of the hobby he loved so dearly. Way back in the February 2010 we finally convinced ‘Pat’ to let us shoot his beloved more-door Mk3 show car for these very pages. While he may have been a very talented photographer, the job of bagging photos of Patrick’s flip-coloured Mk3 lay with his good friend, Dutchman, Oliver Verheij. If ever…

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Performance VW|September 2021

INTRODUCING FLO AIRRIDE BILLET AIR TANKS

You may already know this, you may not, but earlier this year air suspension gurus Air Lift Performance snapped up air tank manufacturer FLO Airride. Why is this important? Well, because it now means the stunningly crafted FLO Airride machined billet air tanks that adorn many a cool-as-fuck truck builds Stateside are now finally available in Europe… and in most cases straight off the shelf. FLO Airride, founded in 2016 by Mike Alexander and Tim Dunaway, has a reputation for excellence within the lowered truck market, specialising in quality air tanks specifically for users of air suspension. Under the move, former FLO Airride-owner Mike Alexander has also moved over to Air Lift Performance as the Group Brand Manager. He shared with us: “I’m very excited to take the FLO brand…

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Performance VW|September 2021

MACHINE LEARNING

Park your nostalgia for a moment and consider this; the 2020s might just be the golden era for performance tuning. Stood on the shoulders of a century of automotive R&D, we’re living in an age where genuinely fast cars are as accessible as they are diverse - from supercar-baiting modern hot hatches to engine-swapped classics and with every shade of grey in between. Just when you think you’ve seen the limits, along comes something to shake your expectations at their foundation. The headline stats behind Bruce Morehouse’s GTI could almost be mistaken for a typo; 12 cylinders, two huge turbochargers, 2,100 horsepower and (quite likely, by the time you read this) at least one world record too. Performance which would have been unachievable a decade ago, and unimaginable when the…

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Performance VW|September 2021

Rare OF THE YEAR

Cast your minds back to the June 2016 issue of PVW when we ran a Mk1 Golf double feature with Ben Searle’s stunning Mars Red example and Richard Stringer’s Florida Blue series 1. The pair had taken wildly different routes when it came to mods and it was cool to see both cars side by side, the mixture of red and blue paintwork adding to that already distinct contrast in cars. Fast forward 6 years and both those cars have since found new owners and reassuringly are still around, Ben taking on another Mk1 project more recently. Richard meanwhile has been kept busy with this mega rare 1975 manufactured Lofoten Green swallowtail! Brought up on a diet of classic cars and motorbikes for as long as he can remember, it…

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Performance VW|September 2021

BACK ISSUES

From £5.50 each (plus shipping) Cover Story: Ultimate Mk5 GTI Inside: Static Mk7 Clubsport, 800hp Mk2 VR6T, 581bhp SEAT Ibiza, BMW-power Beetle pick-up Cover Story: Shaved Mk4 1.8T Inside: BMW V8 powered, rear wheel-drive Mk7, bagged Mk1 Cabby, custom Westy Rabbit Cover Story: Mk1 Golf 1.8T Inside: 626bhp all wheel-drive Bora, home grown Mk2 pairing, Mk2 lockdown resto project Cover Story: Rotiform's Mk7.5 R Inside: 320bhp Skoda Fabia, bagged more-door Mk4, Mk1 Golf R32, Golf R-powered Bug Cover Story: Mk1 Heaven Inside: 2.1 20v Corrado, Stage 3 Mk7 TCR, ID.3 road test, Udderly Euro coverage Cover Story: Mk3 R32 turbo Inside: 400bhp Corrado 1.8T, new-wave 2k Caddy and ABF 16v-swapped Mk1 Caddy Cover Story: 90's Mk3 VR6 Inside: StillStatic Mk7, bagged New Beetle rag, TFSI-power Mk1 Cabby, Mk1 Golf G60…

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Performance VW|September 2021

RUBBER UP

There’s something satisfying about sorting out things with your car that don’t necessarily ‘need’ sorting. It’s one thing to fix a problem – say, if all the oil falls out or bits of the car start exploding – and it’s another to modify parts or swap in upgraded alternatives. With all of that stuff going on, it’s perhaps not always a very stimulating notion to take care of the mundane stuff like servicing, or renewing consumables with standard-spec bits. After all, you end up throwing a chunk of cash at the car and it comes back feeling fundamentally the same. Obviously we all need to keep on top of such matters, but it’s not very exciting. Well, maybe not to most people. But I have to say, I’m a bit…

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Performance VW|September 2021

REWIND

1 YEAR AGO SEPTEMBER 2020 It’s already a year since Neil Montgomery’s Mk5 GTI graced cover, followed closely inside by a BMW-powered, rear-wheel drive Beetle pick-up, an 800whp Mk2 Golf VR6T, a 581bhp SEAT Cupra set for 200mph and a stunning static Mk7 GTI Clubsport. We also looked back at Wörthersee in the 1980s and headed to Autoglym who showed us how to prep our cars for show season. 5 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 2016 It’s five years ago already since we featured Jack Bodenham’s Mk6 GTI on cover, while inside there were stories on Matt Yates’ two-door Mk1 Jetta G60, a twinturbo R36-powered Mk5, motorsport-inspired Mk7 GTI, Nick Burkett’s Mk2 1.8T, Rich Lawson’s 16v G60 Golf Rally, George Daskalakis’ Mk1 Scirocco and we also road tested Milltek’s Audi TT-S. We…

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Performance VW|September 2021

SPECIALIST

AMD TUNING Unit 6, Cliffside Trade Park, Motherwell Way, West Thurrock, Essex, RM20 3LE Tel: 01708 861827 Web: www.amdessex.com VAG tuner, performance parts, styling, fitting, servicing, rolling road, software specialist APR MOTORSPORT Awesome GTI, Unit 1 Siemens Road, Manchester, M44 5AH Tel: 0333 240 6823 Web: www.goapr.co.uk VW Group OE supplier and motorsport company that develops and distributes VAG and Porsche ECU upgrades for petrol and diesel engines. Turbo, exhaust, intercooler, brake and fuel pump upgrades through its UK European HQ AUTOGLYM Letchworth, Herts Tel: 0845 130 4536 Web: www.autoglym.com Car cleaning products, car care products, car valeting, car detailing AUTOLOGIC Autologic House, London Road, Wheatley, Oxon, OX33 1JH Tel: 0845 338 1992 Email: info@diagnos.co.uk Web: www.diagnos.co.uk Independent vehicle diagnostics AUTOPART WHEEL AND TYRE Prestige House, Sopwith Crescent, Wickford, Essex,…

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