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Offline golfyste

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Re: Mk4 aerodynamics?
« Reply #10 on: 23 February 2012, 23:13 »
Careful lol. I love my mk3, Treated it to heated seats and alloy respray this week. amongst other things must have spent £400 on it this week alone, luckily it's pay day tomorrow  :evil:

But personal preference and all that crap etc lol

.....sorry  :laugh:
Never said I don't like them.....just prefer the others  :grin: ha
Yeah I had a bit of a spending spree the last month or two......and still got my coilovers to get haha


R-tech custom remap - k04-001- 250bhp/311ftlb  :grin:

"Project track car" has begun :grin:

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=247202.0

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Re: Mk4 aerodynamics?
« Reply #11 on: 23 February 2012, 23:14 »
Yeah  :grin:

I'm going to be poor this month, no major spending on stuff i want just cos i want it.

Definatly going to have to put pics up, as i haven't put any up since i bought it 8 months ago from rumlad on here

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Re: Mk4 aerodynamics?
« Reply #12 on: 23 February 2012, 23:19 »
bumpers of the faster higher speck cars have a tendancy to be LESS aerodynmic

sacrifices are made to make it Look fast and mean and stuff.   as it's a hot hatch not a racecar.    on the bog std base cars there more fussed with economy so if an easy gain is had from aero they take it.  on the more powerfull models economy isn't quite so high up the list so things that look cool but bugger up the aeros aer allowed
all the VW's have gone bar 1.

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Re: Mk4 aerodynamics?
« Reply #13 on: 23 February 2012, 23:20 »
^^^^ how dare you put 1 2 and 3 in the same sentance!  :shocked:  :grin:

Mk1s are so anti drag coefficient that VW had to put a big chin spoiler on the front valance to help keep its nose a little closer to the ground post 100mph. Certainly not there to make it go faster.  I would imagine with various modern cars including the mk4, drag is a heavily tested factor but with the R32 it had to look meaner/sportier than lower models, so they would have least made sure the front of it was no less efficient than a standard front but doubt it's designed to make it go faster.

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Re: Mk4 aerodynamics?
« Reply #14 on: 23 February 2012, 23:20 »
bumpers of the faster higher speck cars have a tendancy to be LESS aerodynmic

sacrifices are made to make it Look fast and mean and stuff.   as it's a hot hatch not a racecar.    on the bog std base cars there more fussed with economy so if an easy gain is had from aero they take it.  on the more powerfull models economy isn't quite so high up the list so things that look cool but bugger up the aeros aer allowed

That's help covered and i definatly did sarcasm, so we living up to the forums tag line lol

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Re: Mk4 aerodynamics?
« Reply #15 on: 23 February 2012, 23:21 »
^^^^ how dare you put 1 2 and 3 in the same sentance!  :shocked:  :grin:

Mk1s are so anti drag coefficient that VW had to put a big chin spoiler on the front valance to help keep its nose a little closer to the ground post 100mph. Certainly not there to make it go faster.  I would imagine with various modern cars including the mk4, drag is a heavily tested factor but with the R32 it had to look meaner/sportier than lower models, so they would have least made sure the front of it was no less efficient than a standard front but doubt it's designed to make it go faster.

Thanks, knew someone would  :grin:

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Re: Mk4 aerodynamics?
« Reply #16 on: 23 February 2012, 23:49 »
I may have resisted if you hadn't mentioned it.  :grin: