bob r

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I was very suprised at the acceleration of an R32 I had an encounter with the other day.

My RB5 is producing almost 330 horses and it does feel seriously quick every time I put my foot down, but the R32 was alot quicker than I expected.
From sat behind the R32 from a standing start, by 3rd gear I had just nosed infront. Shouldn't I have been gone?

Are the R32's 246bhp and 4 wheel drive?

scoobynewbie72

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my mate has a Polo gti mapped to about 200 bhp and he eats them for breakfast all day long either at pod or on the track so i dont rate them, they sound good

wrighty338

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r32 - 241bhp + big heavy car arnt they?

movi-star

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Chances are the R32 was modified/remapped. I have a similar powered Classic and I had to keep backing off when "following" a 57 plate one recently

banny sti

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What was the number plate on the R32?

Banny

john banks

A 340 BHP MY00 UK Turbo I mapped simply drove away from an R32 with both under full acceleration. He also did a 12.1 sec quarter mile in it at about 115/116 mph.

The R32 was tuned or we have had inflation of power figures over the last few years

slipstream_uk

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My mate had a R32 chipped, bloody quick cars when tweaked. On a straight line upto 3rd gear both cars where equal, then the scoob pulls away. On the twisties the scoob just left it in its rear view.

Semper

They're an N/A car...max tuning/exhaust will do is like 20bhp/20 torques. No big shakes for a 300+bhp impreza.

Tuning Parts for VW Golf Mk5 R32 (2005 -) from AmD Technik
Performance ECU Tuning Software by Revo Technik

banny sti

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Unless it was supercharged

bob r

iTrader: (46)

I didn't take note.

bob r

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I my defence I didn't get off to a good start as I was sat behind it and had I launched more aggressively then I would have probably took off his back bumper.

RyanSTI

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na i rinsed one dry on the way back from the pod one day. pretty slow cars tbh.

Aztec Performance Ltd

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Its always harder from behind as you will have to wait for the other car to move first. If you were ahead in third, you managed to come from behind with a later start, which isn't too bad. Side by side it would have been more comprehensive.

You could always fit a bigger turbo

wrighty338

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you wana map mine ?

Ows

not when their turbocharged! we have a local one hear nobody realy touches him, iv had a go at him but id only had the scooby a week and was still geting used to it. that thing is nuts!

john banks

No thanks wrighty338, I've moved to the Dark Side, they make oodles of power with few mods and don't seem to break. I've forgotten how to map Subarus now.

Lennard

Exactly, plus depending on what turbo you are running... there's turbo lag as well when chasing off the line which a N/A or supercharged car doesn't have to deal with.

Saying that, the R32 is a heavier car than a classic, 1600KG compared to the classic which hovers around 1250KG.

Basically unless it has a nice supercharger/turbo kit... you should of trashed it, even if he spent mucho bucks tuning it to be N/A

El Cat

veedubs seem to like like to be supercharged
a mate of mine had a supercharged MK gti golf and that was so rapid
too much power as wheelspan in 3rd so easlily
if that bad boy was supercharged then it could have even had the same sort of power as you and no lag like a turbocharged car
i thought i was being out done up a hill one day buy a 106+ GTI only to here him dumping off, damn thing was turbo charged
found out later on that the guy who had it was running 197bhp on the rollers in the little go kart!

masterbates1

Volkswagen Golf R32 (05 on) - Facts & Figures - Parker's

The r32 eeerrrrmmm beat them in my classic when standard.
330 RB5 should have left it dead. Or must have been a 400+ bhp version

Ant

my mate has a polo g40 tuned by jabba sport that could suprise a few people on here I'd imagine

New_scooby_04

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Golf R32 165.5 bhp/tonne = less than a std UK classic.

340 bhp classic impreza about 270 bhp per tonne.

Shouldn't have too many problems!

wiley

iTrader: (63)

love the looks and performance of a r32. best golf imo, very tunable too
wiley

cossie-nutter

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I have a family work horse 2002 VW passat estate tdi SE130 running 170bhp with 425lbft remap and that surprises alot of people!

Semper

I don't understand how you can say that they're very tuneable? They're a naturally-aspirated engine. No turbo. Fair enough you can whack a turbo or SC on, but hardly makes them very tuneable.

cossie-nutter: Who on earth did your remap? Just a remap? Revo showing 210 to 280 ft/lb Performance ECU Tuning Software by Revo Technik, AMD about the same. Only Jabba left and doubt they can squeeze an extra 150ft/lb out of a map!

Ows

naaa i think its the second best golf, 1st place gose to the mk2 rallye i think,