Performance VWの April 2021 の目次

I’ve built and owned some quite nice cars over the years, but sadly I’ve never owned a garage of my own to house any of them in. Now, I’m not blaming my parents, but I genuinely feel I would be a far more competent weekend mechanic these days had we owned a family home back in the day with a garage where we (my dad and I) could have tinkered around with our cars. I’ve often joked that these days, the reason I’ve never bought a house with a garage attached is because I would then be tempted to start messing around with my cars and trying to learn how to ‘wrench’ on them. At 45, sadly, I feel that ship has sailed… Was I slightly jealous, still, when I…

AIR AND BREATH Big news on the air ride scene, Air Lift recently acquired air tank manufacturer Flo Airride Mfg, which was founded in just 2016 and has a reputation for excellence within the lowered truck market. Air Lift Company will also welcome former Flo Airride-owner Mike Alexander to the Air Lift Performance team as the Air Lift Performance Brand Manager. Alexander has worked for almost two decades within the automotive aftermarket, so this should be a match made in heaven. We look forward to seeing what Air Lift does with the acquisition. It is currently transitioning the production of Flo Airride tanks to their Lansing, Michigan facility. CONTACT: www.airliftperformance.com WHEELS AND THINGS Leighton Vans is proud to unveil its allnew ‘LV-2’ alloy wheel design – created specifically for VW…

Back in October, with the weather deteriorating, winter fast approaching and Covid19 taking full effect, you could say the team behind the GTI Festival had the odds stacked firmly against them. Santa Pod can be a bleak place at the best of times, but on a grim, wet and windy day, well, we can think of better places to be. Thankfully, somebody up there was obviously looking down on them come Sunday the 11th, because the dull, rainy clouds of the previous week made way for blue skies and bright sunshine. So you know what that meant? Well, chances are we were in for something of a treat with dry show cars and quick quarter-mile times! Santa Pod had spent the first half of 2020 becoming Covid secure, meaning they…

JAKE DALE @jake_Dale_ AGE: 24 MODEL: 2011 Volkswagen Scirocco R DSG PURCHASED: In 2019 off my Dad (it was a family car before!) FIRST MOD: I immediately purchased and fitted a full Remus catback system and a Scorpion 200cell sports cat downpipe, followed closely by a set of V-Maxx Coilers FAVOURITE PART: It’s got to be the way it sits. Also how quick and useable it is. Stage 2+ Revo software boasts over 320bhp, more than enough to have fun with! SPENT: Not including the car, upwards of £5k FUTURE PLANS: Definitely some three-piece splits and also I need some wingbacks in my life! NATHAN BIRCHALL AGE: 27 LOCATION: Manchester, UK MODEL: 1995 Mk3 Golf VR6 PURCHASED: Bought it 12 years ago as a stock Storm grey VR6 and turned…

2020 has obviously been a very odd year, with a constantly shifting set of rules making any car show difficult, so the VWDRC were delighted that GTI Festival was going ahead as planned, meaning they could have a round of VWDRC Heads Up! As it was going to be the first and only round of the year, the decision was taken to open the entry up to any VAG car regardless of engine or quarter mile time, just so club members could get out and compete as well as putting on a show for those attending GTI Festival. So, there was quite an array of cars entered, from Jay Folley’s VR6 MK2 Golf, Bruce Harvey’s shaft-snapping MK3 TDI Golf to Rob Carter’s Cossy powered RWD MK1 Passat. Three qualifying rounds…

While Carl Taylor’s ‘Concept 95’ Mk3 Golf (which we revisited last month) took the main cover car slot in October 2009, many will argue Thatcher Shultz Avus silver example was possibly the more worthy car. Carl’s 90’s themed car maybe ‘popped’ more on cover, but there were no gimmicks or silly nicknames where Thatcher’s car was concerned (other than his two bikini-clad friends that tagged along for the photoshoot). Everything here, from the pumped-up body to the force-fed motor meant business! When Thatcher picked up the ’98 GTI during college, it wasn’t exactly the Mk3 beater you might expect a cash strapped student to drive. “It was a fully-build Projektzwo show car,” he revealed. You don’t have to spend long in Mr Shultz’s presence to realise this guy doesn’t do…

Tuning house, Streetec, over in Germany - responsible for the bright yellow Mk8 Golf on August 2020’s cover - has just announced a new suspension range; ultraLOW | Bilstein Inside coilovers, designed for maximum lowering of your vehicle. The kits are based around Bilstein shock absorbers, specifically designed to run super low without compromise. They also feature a two-piece spring system, with preload and a main spring, which comes directly from the race track and guarantees a sufficient spring preload for maximum driving safety at all times. The new range is designed and manufactured in Germany and is apparently available for all VW Golfs, from Mk5 to Mk8, plus all later Audi, SEAT and Skodas, the new VW ID.3 and the T5/T6 Transporter. The Golf kit is available for use…

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Elliott Roberts – Editor PROJECT: GREY PRIDE 90_Golf Rallye Started: Oct 10, 2007 Comments: Did he mention the engine is back in? Might have found a garage to keep it in, too Nick Williams – Photographer PROJECT: ROXY 11_VW T5.1 Kombi DSG Started: Jul 31, 2015 Comments: Hey, Nick… remember when Roxy looked this good? She needs a bit of loving, sir… Jape Tiitinen – Contributor PROJECT: ALL OF THE AVANTS Started: Which one? Comments: My name's Jape and I'm a BBS LM Whore. Jape's owned his share of LMs over time Elliott Roberts – Editor PROJECT: SOCCER MOM 09_Q5 3.0 TDI Started: Apr 10, 2017 Comments: Fire up the quattro! Q5 has been earning its keep during this cold front Tony Taylor – Sub Editor PROJECT: SIX PARTY 06_A6…

1 YEAR AGO APRIL 2020 Wow, it’s a year since Nathan White’s show stopping Bora took cover. Also inside we brought you Sebastian Strasser’s Rocket Bunny-kitted Mk2 VR6, Paul Foster’s timeless Manila green Mk1 16v on bike carbs and Nick Kramarczyk’s retro Mk2 16v on ITBs. We then ran a road test on Ben Pocock’s Golf R estate, headed to Finland to bag Sami Talvitie’s road-race Mk5 R32, then hopped the Atlantic to cover Euro Summit and finally wrapped by checking out Jamie Orr’s latest Road Trip. 5 YEARS AGO APRIL 2016 Five years ago we kicked off things with Tom Klein Gunnewiek’s truly amazing Mk1 Scirocco, followed by Mario Verswyvel’s boosted five-pot Mk2 and Joe Kautz’s stunner of a Mk3 VRT. We weren’t done though, we also checked out…

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 AT AUTOMOTIVE Northcott Road, Netherton, Dudley, West Midlands, DY2 9PR Tel: 01384 243004 Web: www.atautomotive.co.uk Servicing and repairs. Audi specialist 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:…