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Re: Golf R Demonstrator
« Reply #110 on: 18 January 2010, 00:31 »
i do love ed30's, they look so much better than the normal GTI, keep seeing a white one in leeds, which i think has split bbs rims, and its very low, only seen it on the move so not had a chance to properly look, its very nice

sometimes i think it might be down to the driver too re on the circuit etc, but your car sounds fantastic mate!, loving it  :cool:

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Re: Golf R Demonstrator
« Reply #111 on: 18 January 2010, 07:03 »
You can't actually go to Ford and buy a GGR RS370FR from stock - you have to take it to GGR - who charge you another £3975 + VAT for the privilege.  I read its first drive in Autocar last week.  They only gave it 3/5.

Its back to comparing a tuned car against a stock car.  I'm sure if you were to splash out £4k on the Golf R, you'd have something that would eat the Focus for breakfast.
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Re: Golf R Demonstrator
« Reply #112 on: 18 January 2010, 12:08 »
You can't actually go to Ford and buy a GGR RS370FR from stock - you have to take it to GGR - who charge you another £3975 + VAT for the privilege.  I read its first drive in Autocar last week.  They only gave it 3/5.

Its back to comparing a tuned car against a stock car.  I'm sure if you were to splash out £4k on the Golf R, you'd have something that would eat the Focus for breakfast.

i also read that, did you see the 0-60 time  :grin:

but if you spalsh out 4k on the golf your looking at a 40k car with the extras :shocked: so still alot more than the RS with the extra 4k....

and as time goes by youjust know their will be sooo many more mad mods forthe ford, just as it was with the cossies back in the day, plus i would imagine in years to come the ford will be worth more, cosworths now are worth a hell of alot, series 1 turbos are too!!!  like 10k plus for the right ones

very much doubt a tuned R would eat the RS for breakfast but i can see why you would say that after shelling out 30 odd K on one (if thats yours in your sig it looks SOOOOO much better than the gay blue, very nice car indeed)

im sure both the RS and R are nice cars, to me the golf is the pretentious one out of the two and the ford is the mad asbo in your face monster.supose it depends what you want, over on the RS forums they say exactly what you guys say but only in favour of the ford  :grin:

i like them both, just wish the Golf looked more mean, have you got more pictures of the white one??

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« Reply #113 on: 18 January 2010, 12:11 »
Sounds like we need a hot hatch shootout like happened last year at the Pod :evil:

Magazine feature in Redline perhaps?

None of the ST's even though they were lighter and tuned got anywhere near the ED30's.

This year with RS v's Golf R it would be "interesting" to say the least.

A stock and even GGR340 RS is nowhere near as fast as a tuned ED30 on track, so give the Golf R a tune and put it against an RS and again it would be great to see.

GG have done another tune up i think, sure its close to 400hp, would kill a ed30/R dont you think ?

what proof is their of a ed30 been better than the 340 GG RS on a track Hurdy?  just interested, and what mods to the ed30, i would have a ed30, really like them. just find it really hard to believe a RS or tuned RS is nowhere near as quick :undecided:

Last year there was a GGR340 at SPA. It wasn't as fast as mine :evil:. Also overtook and had a play against a stock RS at the 'ring too. He was with a group of lads I know and he actually said that he'd just spent £25k on the wrong car :grin:
All this was before some more mods to my ED 30 including around another 25bhp, engine mounts and a Quaife ATB diff :cool:

the driver is a BIG factor in this!


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Re: Golf R Demonstrator
« Reply #114 on: 18 January 2010, 12:16 »
Getting another 100hp to the Golf R by chipping & fit an uprated fuel fuel pump, aftermarket downpipe & a complete exhaust system is a walk in the park.
If that is not enough & want to hit the 400hp mark. Get a Garrett GT2871 R turbo kit. This has been done on the Mk.V GTI as well as the Ed30 GTI.
So far I have not heard of any internals failure. If you want insurance on that, you can always get reinforced pistons, conrods &  headstud kit. The Americans produce a lot of these stuff for the Golf.

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Re: Golf R Demonstrator
« Reply #115 on: 18 January 2010, 20:34 »
Sounds like we need a hot hatch shootout like happened last year at the Pod :evil:

Magazine feature in Redline perhaps?

None of the ST's even though they were lighter and tuned got anywhere near the ED30's.

This year with RS v's Golf R it would be "interesting" to say the least.

A stock and even GGR340 RS is nowhere near as fast as a tuned ED30 on track, so give the Golf R a tune and put it against an RS and again it would be great to see.

GG have done another tune up i think, sure its close to 400hp, would kill a ed30/R dont you think ?

what proof is their of a ed30 been better than the 340 GG RS on a track Hurdy?  just interested, and what mods to the ed30, i would have a ed30, really like them. just find it really hard to believe a RS or tuned RS is nowhere near as quick :undecided:

Last year there was a GGR340 at SPA. It wasn't as fast as mine :evil:. Also overtook and had a play against a stock RS at the 'ring too. He was with a group of lads I know and he actually said that he'd just spent £25k on the wrong car :grin:
All this was before some more mods to my ED 30 including around another 25bhp, engine mounts and a Quaife ATB diff :cool:

the driver is a BIG factor in this!



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VeeDubGTI16v

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Re: Golf R Demonstrator
« Reply #116 on: 18 January 2010, 22:00 »
hehe

i heard the focus driver passed his test a week before spa  :lipsrsealed:  :tongue:

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Re: Golf R Demonstrator
« Reply #117 on: 19 January 2010, 01:00 »
hehe

i heard the focus driver passed his test a week before spa  :lipsrsealed:  :tongue:

Nah, he was still on L plates :laugh:
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