Love the sound of these, Shame the performance isn't on par with the soundtrack!
Yeah. Very strange engine. Had a MK4 R32 and a MK5 R32 engine in a Corrado. I thought with the Corrado being 200kg lighter than the donor car it would absolutely fly, but erm, not quite the reality. A realisation hammered home to me when I struggled to get past a Civic Type R
My MK4 was barely any quicker than a MK5 TDI 170 in day to day driving.
A MK5 with DSG is like strawberries and cream though. Works really well because of the bottom end grunt the R32 has.
Comparing to another 3.2 engine, say, the E46 M3.....the R32 is all over it up to 4000rpm, and then from there the Bimmer sprints off into the horizon. If the R32 did up top what it does down below, it would be an epic engine, but the standard intake holds it back so much.