Indice dei contenuti per January 2023 in Performance VW

Performance VW|January 2023

BADLY DUBBED

Remember the early days of online forums? Wasn’t it great. Find a niche forum you were interested in, sign up and then go and chat with like-minded people who shared the same weird and wonderful interest as you. Heaven! Sadly, soon after came the online troll. They weren’t quite so great. In fact, until we all learned the best way to deal with them, they could be pretty savage! Since the demise of forums, though, we’ve noticed a massive decline in the amount of people hating online, especially in our ‘scene’. In fact, we’d almost forgotten that was even a thing… until recently. I’m not sure whether Covid is to blame (that’s quite a common excuse these days), if it’s the fact winter is looming and the nights are drawing…

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Performance VW|January 2023

WHAT’S NEW

Got a product, service or offer you want our readers to know about? Email: pvw.ed@kelsey.co.uk with all the details and we’ll make it happen JETTA GLI PERFORMANCE CONCEPT Volkswagen of America recently revealed its Jetta GLI Performance concept at the recent SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Created by its Design Centre in California, the concept was built on a 2022 Jetta GLI Autobahn with six-speed manual, the GLI Performance concept features front and rear fenders that are 0.8 inches wider than stock, all with backside vents. The motorsport-inspired flares are tied together at the profile through larger profile side skirts. A custom front bumper boasts upsized grille intakes, while the rear bodywork sports updated grille inserts and a muscular lower valance that frames the car’s twin-exit sport exhaust. A custom…

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Performance VW|January 2023

COMPLETED IT, MATE

It’s always good to have a rough plan in place when you’re starting out with a project, and building a breath-taking modified vehicle is certainly no exception to this rule. You know what they say: by failing to prepare, you’re ultimately preparing to fail. Of course, we’ve seen countless builds come together on the fly over the years, but there’s something about cars that have been developed to closely follow their owners’ rigid and detailed briefs from day one that gives them a complete and well-thought-out look that’s hard to beat. One man that’s followed this systematic approach with his latest whip is Ireland-based Jack Fanning here, whose stunning Mk5 GTI is packed with killer touches that you just couldn’t execute without a whole heap of prior planning taking place.…

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Performance VW|January 2023

TILL THE COWS COME HOME

"Dude, remember at Dub Dash when…,” Pat says. “Dude, nobody remembers what happened at Dub Dash,” Brad recalls, sarcastically, as everyone busts out laughing. Dub Dash was a huge party disguised as a car show back in the day. “Need another?,” Brad asks, while reaching in the cooler for the perfect local brew worthy of their 20-year friendship built over moments like this. Pat holds the beer can up in the hotel parking lot lights, examining the label like a fine champagne and nods with approval. Like car scene detectives we ask whatever happened to “that guy” or “that one Mk2 everyone had”. It’s funny, Volkswagens don’t die, they just become so & so’s old car. As the night creeps up on us like we weren’t watching our circle dwindles…

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Performance VW|January 2023

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE VW ENTHUSIAST

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Performance VW|January 2023

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Performance VW|January 2023

WHY NOT?

Let’s play a little word association game. We’ll tell you a word and you have to quickly say another that has some sort of connection to it. No, it doesn’t matter if you’re reading this on the bus and other commuters will shoot you funny looks. Ok, let’s start. Chewbacca… Tornado…Fender. If your word associated with the latter happened to be the R32 on these pages, then we’re here to help you look beyond those Berg Cup inspired protuberances to realize this MK4 is far more than meets the metal. Ryan Maretsky, a 32-year-old clean room manufacturer hailing from the eastern end of Long Island, has owned the R32 you see here for a decade. “The first car I purchased with the intent to build was a 2004 GTI,” says…

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Performance VW|January 2023

EUROS ON THE CAPITOL

Back in May last year (I know, we’re a bit late to the party with this one), Scott Sayers of Deutschwurx fame, out of Eldridge, Maryland, decided to throw a little GTG at local Capitol Raceway and Europe on the Capitol was born. With over 180 cars attending the maiden event, it’s safe to say this event was just what the local area needed. And despite an over cast day, thankfully the rain held out till after all awards had been given out. Despite the ‘Euro’ branding, the event was predominantly open to all VW, Audi and Porsche vehicles which were parked in either and air-cooled or water-cooled area. While the main sponsor was Unitronic, plenty of other companies supported the show including Liquimoly, ECS Tuning, Animated Car Audio, Lindsay…

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Performance VW|January 2023

A NEW L’OE

L’OE SHOW 2023 For 2023, we heard Jamie is looking to expand the L'oe Show downtown presence and offer a reverse USA to Wöthersee program to those in Europe who want to bring their vehicles abroad to the United States. Pottstown is close to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, within driving distance from New York City and only 4300 km from Lake Worth, Austria. L'oe Show has a great upward trajectory and is an event to add to the VAG show bucket list. Stay tuned to @loeshowofficial for more information about next year’s show. The L'oe Show was the breakout US VAG car show event of 2021. Jamie Orr, after years of describing an ideal show/venue, finally put dreams into action and filled the struggling Coventry Mall in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and built the…

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Performance VW|January 2023

GAP YEAH!

Flintstone, Maryland – In 1965, American folk rock band the Byrds released their version of “Turn! Turn! Turn!” in which there’s a purposeful, lyrical lament about seasonality and time marching on. Many car aficionados see the same inevitability through the show season, mornings get colder, the sun’s shadows get longer and longer. But before thoughts turn to the inevitable winter punch lists, tear downs, parts orders and winterizing, there’s one last show circled on the calendar – the perfect bookend to the season – Dubs at the Gap. The show is the proverbial autumn – an opportunity to reflect and be thankful for the year’s bounty as one last flash of splendour allows participants to indulge in what they love. It’s a relaxed atmosphere, an opportunity for enthusiasts to take…

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Performance VW|January 2023

REWIND

1 YEAR AGO JANUARY 2022 Wow, what an issue. A Super Bug inspired by the car in Gran Turismo and a Tesla-swapped Mk2 GTI sleeper. If this is the future of car modding then I don’t think we need to worry. Inside, we featured a Stage 2 bagged Audi S3 and Jamie Orr’s Atlas GT concept Enthusiast Build. We also looked at contenders for our Car of the Year competition, checked out HP Tuner’s Mk7 R’s body mods and brought you coverage from L’oe Show and Dubs at the Gap across the water. 5 YEARS AGO JANUARY 2018 How can it be five years since David Lee’s RS3-powered 640bhp Golf R took cover, followed closely by Karl Ellis’s 755bhp all-wheel-drive Mk2 Golf. Carrying on the performance tip we had Darkside’s 437bhp…

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Performance VW|January 2023

BIG IN JAPAN

Regular readers may recognise the name, Minoru Matsunaga, for we featured his awesome Mk3 Cabrio in our Readers’ Rides pages last year. A hardcore water-cooled VW fan (and an OG PVW reader, too), come 2020 Minoru took it upon himself to launch his first water-cooled VW meeting, called Water Days. Sadly, the global pandemic hit pretty soon after, and those plans were put on hold until 2021, but that initial event proved such a success with friends that it didn’t take Minoru much persuasion to repeat proceedings in 2022. Now, Minoru is quick to point out that this isn’t a show but rather an enthusiast meeting. So, there is no Show ’n’ Shine, no trophies and no trade stands (other than a small one from his friend selling VW-related stickers).…

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Performance VW|January 2023

EVENTS DIARY 2023

got an event? Let us know! Email us at: pvw.ed@kelsey.co.uk with the date, location and website and we’ll get it on these pages! JANUARY 12-15th AUTOSPORT INTERNATIONAL NEC, Birmingham www.autosportinternational.com FEBRUARY 3-5th VDUB CAMP FEST Warmbaths, A Forever Resort, S.Africa www.vdubfestival.com 3-4th EUROTRIPPER 10 Fort Myers, FL, USA www.eurotrippershow.com 24-26 THE LONDON CLASSIC CAR SHOW Olympia, London www.theclassiccarshowuk.com MARCH 12th ULTIMATE DUBS Telford International Centre www.ultimate-dubs.co.uk 18-19th VOLKSWORLD SHOW Sandown Park, Surrey www.volksworldshows.com 26th THE FAST SHOW Santa Pod Raceway www.santapod.co.uk APRIL 1-2nd DUBSHED Eikon Centre, Lisburn, BT27 5RF www.dubshed.com 15-16th OFFSET SHOW Royal Cornwall Events Centre www.wgnuk.com 15-16th GR8 CAR SHOW Kortrijk Xpo, Belgium www.gr8mag.be 16th ELSECAR AT THE RACES Doncaster Racecourse www.elsecarattheraces.com 23rd GTI SPRING FEST Santa Pod Raceway www.santapod.co.uk 30th THE DRIVERS COLLECTION Magna Science & Adventure Centre…

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Performance VW|January 2023

WESTERNMASS WATERWORKS CLOCKS

Covid was a pretty rough period for most of us, but there were some positives to come out of it, too. For old-skool VW fan, Nick Kramarczyk (whose own Mk2 Golf was featured back in PVW 4/00), having just finished building his wife’s Mk2 Golf, he began messing around with wood working to amuse himself during those long periods at home and then came up with the great idea of converting old Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3 Golf tachos and speedometers into working clocks for your home. “I was really bored and had seen something similar to these on Instagram a while back and kind of wanted to take that idea to another level,” Nick told us. “I’ve been making all sorts of things over the past couple years, but the…

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Performance VW|January 2023

MADE TO MEASURE

As much a perk of its diminutive landmass as its long history of building, customising and racing almost anything with an engine, the UK is hard to beat if you’re looking for engineering expertise on your doorstep. It’s a talent pool deep enough that there’s no shame in cherry-picking world-class names to bring your project to life, but that also makes it doubly impressive when something home-brewed muscles in on the best in the business. Especially when, like JP van der Horst, that expertise isn’t rooted in an automotive background, let alone sheltered by a garage. “I’ve always liked retro cars, but the mechanical side came later,” he tells us. “Most of what I had was newer – I’d buy them, clean them up, get bored and swap them –…

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Performance VW|January 2023

MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION

If we had a pound for every time someone asked us how to get into the mag, we would be laughing all the way to the bank. Sadly we don’t but on a happier note, nothing raises the spirits more than a Goldilocks spec Mk1 (you know, “This Golf is just right” said Goldilocks excitedly). A Mars Red GTI is a strong, iconic starting place for a build but this feature shows how, sometimes, it’s about knowing when to stop rather than pushing the boundaries. Derbyshire-based William Hague (no, not that one, this guy is only 27) is more used to modern metal with a day job as a car sales executive. In his personal life, he is a VAG man through and through, starting his driving career in a…

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Performance VW|January 2023

BACK ISSUES

From £5.50 each (plus shipping) FEB 2022 Cover Story: Euro-look Mk2 Inside: Golf R-powered Caddy van, 300bhp Grandad-spec Mk2, Auto Finesse’s latest Caddy MARCH 2022 Cover Story: Custom Mk5 E30 Inside: Home-grown Polo G40, Mk6 VR6T 4x4, Mk1 Driver twin-carb'd 16v, plus New Polo GTI APRIL 2022 Cover Story: Euro-look Mk2 G60 Inside: 350bhp 1.8T Mk1 Cabby, Mk1 Golf VR6, bagged and tuned Mk7 Golf GTI… MAY 2022 Cover Story: Modified Mk8 GTI Inside: Rear-wheel-drive Mk8 race car, Mk8 tuning guide, Mk8 Clubsport tested, Mk1 Golf 1.8T JUNE 2022 Cover Story: Mk1 Oettinger 16v Inside: Pair of sensibly tuned Mk7 Clubsports, OEM+ Jetta, bagged R36, 510bhp Mk7 JULY 2022 Cover Story: Berg Cup Mk1 Inside: Big turbo 1.8T Mk4, track-ready Lupo GTI, built Polo GTI, Jamie Orr’s latest build AUGUST…

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Performance VW|January 2023

Tom V Dale HOLY MOLY

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Is it bad it made us feel quite happy when Tom admitted progress had been a bit slower this month with his Mk2 Golf project? It’s not that we don’t like to see the car progressing or wish for Tom to not reach his debut deadline of Ultimate Dubs in March, but it just makes us feel a little bit inferior seeing the car come on so well each month when our own projects are all currently standing still. While Tom isn’t exactly getting his hands dirty with the build, he is project managing the whole thing pretty damn well. This month, Matt at Reflex has finally finished welding up all the unwanted holes in the engine bay and bulkhead. Yes, all 55 of them (not that…

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Performance VW|January 2023

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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