Alright...if you guys remember recently on a thread about new VW GTI's, I mentioned that my buddy is about to go for one. Well he took possession of a golf today but not the GTI, he went with a black R32 golf (first i've seen or heard about them). He said there were two at the dealership and after reading the specs on the window sticker he took it for a test drive....came back and totally blew off the GTI that he went there for and cut a deal for the R32. He said with confidence that he thinks it has enough ***** to take me from a roll!! What do you guys think, im totally clueless about these "R32" golfs.

 

Given the mods in under your user name you will slaughter him. The R32's are overpriced and overweight. Victory = yours.

 

im still gonna give a him a shot though...i know the perfect back road for this to go down, if he's good to go i'll post the results tomorrow or saturday.

 

You will crush this car. I recently raced one from a stop and a roll. From a stop, I put 8 to 10 car lengths on him. From a roll, I walked away from him. The R32 is no slouch, but it does not compare with the power of your car. As long as you maintain traction, you will not have a problem.

I am also running a 383sb, but with the miniram. Mine is not supercharged though. I dyno'd at 325rwhp and 370 lbs/ft of torque. Transmission is a beefed up 700R4 and I am running drag radials.

I think I really surpised this guy because my car looks very stock and even sounds stock until I get into it. If I would have been stock (350 TPI), then I do believe the R32 would have walked away from me.

 

R32's are like BOTTOM 14 second cars in the right hands i think

more like a match for a bolt on L98

 

Make sure he leaves his "fast" at home.



http://www.projectfast.com/

I gotta hand it to the advertising geeks. That idea was a winner.

 

i honestly cant think of a stock car that could take you. Maybe some sort of exotic

in answer to your post... he'll disappear in your mirror so quickly there will be a sonic boom.

 

the only cars that have a chance are the Enzo and stuff in that league.... CC8 koenigsegg, mclaren, Bugatti veyron.

whats ur chances of hittin those during the week?

 

At least you saw my advice. In your post about GTI's I said the r32, if you have to get a golf, is the one to grab.

Still, I'm with the moderator on this, overpriced and heavy. But then to each his own.

 

It's a 240 hp, AWD, V6. Cool *** car, doesn't stand a chance against you. Has your friend ever even ridden in your car?

 

Haha, your specs alone scare me. All you have to do is talk about your car and I wouldn't dare think I could beat you, regardless of what car I just picked up stock. I mean come on....614 Horses at the wheels? That's just intense.

 

he says he's good to go tonight so lets see what the R32 has and find out why its overpriced by the Europeans lol! probably won't get a chance to post the results before saturday sometime...im trying to get another guy to swing with us and shoot a little video.

 

Well guys it went down last night!! we got there and got to the point fast because it was kinda cold! I went with my brother and he came with the R32 along with a another guy in a cobalt SS. We lined up and i did like a 6-7 sec. burnout to slightly warm the tires so they hook better on the cold road...he wanted a roll race to begin with so we punched from 35mph and i had an instant 3 cars on him while watching his headlights get smaller by the second lol!! We came back and went again from 40mph and the outcome was worse, i told him to release the hand-brake while driving...needless to say he didn't think that was funny lol! I asked him if he wanted to go from dig and he said NO WAY! He asked his buddy with the cobalt if he wanted a run and he didn't even answer him. So that ended the fun for the night.

 

Man you really need to stop picking on people. I mean really what can beat you a F-50 or Enzo maybe? Why would your friend even bother to run you? Or better yet why didn't he just run the cobolt? That would have been more in his league. You got any vids or track times on your monster?

 

the one and only time i ran the car was with the old P1 setup @ 11psi with no intercooler and it got an 11.7 on 275/40/17 yokohama street tires. Now i got killer heads, cam, shaft mounted valvetrain, stepped up to a D1-SC with 3core IC and hoping for low 10's this summer...already got my E/T streets on a pair of draglites ready to go!

 

Damn man, you got a fricken monster!

Did he actually think he would take you?? Did he know you had a supercharged 383? LOL

 

So he was drag racing a brand new engine?

 

You can properly break in a motor in half an hour.



Anyway, Leeperry, if I can budget the funds I was going to try and squeeze 400hp into the Miata. I think if I could learn to drive it, that much power might be good for somewhere around your old time, but I don't know about your new one. I'll be sure to let you know if I ever get there though. I promise it'd be a little closer than a factory stock R32. lol

 

Stu, all i can say is if you can pull off 400hp in something as light as a miata, you will be feared everywhere! only thing...with that package, i hope you'll be driving the car and not the car driving you lol!

 

Stu, you ever think about getting a 3rd or 4th gen camaro? im not saying you should but i was just curious if you ever thought about it.

 

Most drag engines are broken in that way. They're fired once in the shop to make sure everything is kosher, held at 2k for 20 minutes if it's a solid, then taken straight to the dyno shop where the ever loving **** is beaten out of it. Then straight to the race track.

Personally I wouldn't do that to a street car, but it won't hurt it either. One thing to remember, if something is going to go wrong, would you rather it happen right away or a week later when you're 50 miles from home and can't afford a towtruck? If something is going to go wrong, break in procedure won't change that.

 

Really? I dont know much about engine breakins but it seemes to me like you could do some major damage if you put too much load on it/rev it up too high right away. I thought it all needed to settle, or something. But I can understand why a drag engine would be broken in in the way it is.

 

Stu is right I use to work at a dyno shop rebuilding engines we would change the oil after start up then let them run for about 30 minutes or more. Then rev them to the moon to see how much hp and torque we can muster.

 

So.....youre bragging that you beat a low 14 second with your 10 second car.

Color me not impressed.

 

I believe it was the vw owner who thought he could beat the 10 second car, so it's more like he put a low 14 sec car in it's place.

 

For a drag motor it doesn't matter. Long life is not the goal (the motor will rebuilt so many times in its life for that reason). Maximum power is so you can build, run and go. There is difference for street motors though. Any freshly ringed small block should be "broken in". However, this is really only true for flat tappet motors. Wear patterns need to be established in cam/lifters whereas with hydraulic roller motors the lack of wear doesn't necessitate this. If you want maximum life you really should break them in for 500 miles. This will ensure that the rings are set and that their wear patterns are established. All cylinders are slightly out of round and the break in period allows the rings to conform to the cylinder. Running the motor at peak power without proper break in can damage rings (parts not worn together, slightly out of round at high RPM and cylinder pressure = bad). Today’s manufacturing processes and fuel management systems (serious reduction of "out of roundness" and fuel weash) are so good that car companies are removing their engine break in procedures from the owner’s manual. However, I take that with a grain of salt.

As an example, and I know it is my cliché response, an LS1 motor will on average generate up to 20+ more hp after 7 to 10 thousand miles of use.

 

Got any pictures or videos of your monster to share with us?

Haha i love A Clock Work Orange best book/movie ever!!!

 

Ya man, next time you race anyone they will be reading "Mile High third gens" decal (should you choose to put it on your car). Than they will fear any third gen. Leeperryracing is like a nightmare thats contageous.