JoesGTI's MK4 R32...........

[john_o]

as Matt/Ryan has stated already, its crying out for a turbo 

[monte]

Joe that looks just great   Don't go changing it. Its perfect as is.  

EDIT: just do the springs mate 

^^^ Don't listen to him Joe, he doesn't know what he's talking about..  FI FTMFW..

[keith]

Should of said you were up this way Joe, would have come along, am not far from the bridge or the shop centres. Good R 32 there I was got a passenger ride of a mk4 Annie with porker brakes. stopping was immense . It was a guy on ukmkivs

[Syrag64]

                                                                                     

Here is my 'new' .:R32, first impressions are good, low down torque and power is good and it carrys on pulling. Nothing compared to my last beast but with the addition of a super charger  itl be like a foooookin rocket. I also keep finding myself making excuses to go out for a drive  which i didnt really like doing in my mk5 incase it 'broke'  Oh and average round town mpg is 19  motorway sat at 70 will do 32mpg.

Oh dear was it not realiable then? 

Anyway my old car was a MK3 vr6 supercharged and that used to fly and only had 290bhp, a mate had a R32 engine with charger and that had about 400bhp - awesome!!!! 

looking forward to seeing this build project!!!   

[Pablos007]

ARB's made a huge difference to mine, even more than the coilovers. 

Definitely one of the best sounding cars I ever owned!!!   

[joesgti]

ARB's made a huge difference to mine, even more than the coilovers. 

Definitely one of the best sounding cars I ever owned!!!   

that looks awesome, exactly how i want mine!! you have any bits left over?? 

what coilovers did you have? think im going to just put H & R springs on and ARB's 

[Pablos007]

All the modifications went with the car when I sold it in 2007. 

It's a few cars ago but I think it ran a mixture of Bilstein struts and H&R springs.  Best investment was the APR 3" zorst - sounded like a baby Lambo!!!     Also, I had it remapped which gave about a 5bhp gain but raised the rev limit and changed the power delivery - doesn't sound much but it made it soooooo much nicer to drive.  Also fitted a CAI which gave it about 12bhp - did a before and after on the dyno - saw it in other R32's as well so a genuine increase.  19" CHs looked mega but were half inch too wide at the front and they caught a little on lock.

All in all an epic car, loved it to bits.  Only sold it when I bought a Mk5 R32!! 

[joesgti]

cheers for the info! 

[Hedge]

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[FamilyDub]

ARB's made a huge difference to mine, even more than the coilovers. 

Definitely one of the best sounding cars I ever owned!!!   

^^^ That is absolutely georgeous!

[joesgti]

a few parts are in the pipeline 

Piper X VIS intake
Full DE CAT with milltek non res cat back
stubby ariel! 

[matsu]

i thought you were saving up for a house mate!!!!

but such a nice car came a close second the mk5 i chose.
matsu

[JamesBaby]

Seeing these pics of the R32 makes me think I shold consider one of those instead of a MKV....hmmmmm

[joesgti]

Seeing these pics of the R32 makes me think I shold consider one of those instead of a MKV....hmmmmm

The mk5 is an awesome car, the best i have ever owned. But the R is 'special' imo, especially the mk4. You will love either one you get, but since owning the r23, i havnt looked back at my mk5 

[monte]

Seeing these pics of the R32 makes me think I shold consider one of those instead of a MKV....hmmmmm

The mk5 is an awesome car, the best i have ever owned. But the R is 'special' imo, especially the mk4. You will love either one you get, but since owning the r23, i havnt looked back at my mk5 

R23? 

Your car looked great at the pod mate.