Table of contents for August 2023 in Performance VW

ROTIFORM ROTISPEC AVS Rotiform recently launched the brand new Rotiform RotiSpec AVS Forged wheel and, well, we fell in love instantly. Predominantly produced for Audi’s RS6 and RS7 models the RotiSpec AVS is an off-the-shelf and 'in stock' forged monoblock wheel that features a concave 6-spoke design. The wheel comes in a 10.5x22” size and launch finishes include Gloss Black, Gloss Silver, and Brushed Silver. Want to set you Audi RS model apart from the rest but retain an OEM look? Then we can’t think of a better wheel to do this. PRICE: £684.00 (per wheel) CONTACT: www.rotiform.com RACINGLINE CARBON BATTERY BRACKET RacingLine recently launched this mounting bracket to suit the 2.0 TSI 'gen.4' MQB EVO cars with the rear-mounted battery in boot/trunk such as Audi S3 8Y (US market),…

While the longterm goal to electrify everything seems to have sent their RSVP in late for the automotive nuptials of Needs and Wants, the eventual walk down the aisle is inevitable. There just aren’t enough drunk Uncle Chucks to stand up and slur their objections and stop the proceedings. That’s why a good portion of the enthusiast collective are turning towards other relationships to satisfy their own desires. Enter the barn find, a long forgotten relic of an earlier era relegated to spend the rest of its carbon life behind closed doors. While this MK1, perpetually sleeping under a hay blanket prior to its awakening, may just seem like a quick polish, suspension and wheels job, it’s far more than that as Scott Morton tells us. The 45-year-old logistics pro…

The affectionate referral to Kent as the ‘Garden of England’ was first coined by the Tudor King, Henry VIII after wolfing down a bowl of local cherries. Suitably impressed, he ordered the plantation of more in the fertile South Eastern English county. The forty-seven-year-old owner of this prize-winning Golf, Dan Wright, hails from the county town of Maidstone. Ironically enough, he took time out from renovating his own garden to talk to us about his latest passion project. Dan started his automotive journey at the tender age of 17 with a 1985 Mk3 Escort that he bought from his sister. “She had a small prang and took the car to the painters to get one side sprayed. As she entered their yard, she managed to clip a wall. This resulted…

Nostalgia never goes out of style. Of course, we’ve all heard that saying, but how does it manifest when building a car? Period-correct pieces? A play on a viral build? An homage to the classic Mk1 on pristine BBS RSs? Being unique isn’t easy. Being different is hard enough, that’s why I’m so impressed with the variety at Euro District this year. Back for lucky #7, Euro District was held on October 8th in Jeffersonville Indiana attracting attendees from no less than 23 states. Like the Friday before a holiday weekend, the air feels festive. The vibe is major as the private “Back Lot” fills with attendees claiming their spot for much of the weekend. Like sardines, we cram into hotel shuttles Friday morning and cross the river to explore…

Claiming that using a specific oil in the engine of a car will result in it going faster isn’t quite what specialists such as LIQUI MOLY want to promote. Instead, they are more concerned about ensuring an engine and its drivetrain (gearbox and differential) can operate at their optimum level of performance whilst at the same time, minimizing internal wear. What this also results in is the lowest fuel consumption and potentially the lowest emissions. We put the following nine questions to the experts at LIQUI MOLY in an attempt to dissect how they manage to ensure their oils for the engine, gearbox and differential can help to reduce wear and ensure the moving components, within, run at their optimum output. So if you want to know more about Molybdenum…

Popularity can be a double-edged sword in the modified game. Take the Mk2 Golf as an example; after 40 years as a staple part of the Volkswagen scene you’d be spoilt for choice when it comes to parts and advice, but with the flipside that you’d also have to dig a lot deeper for fresh ideas in the first place. There’s still plenty of untapped potential among the subtlest blends of new tech and classic influences, of course, but sometimes it pays to rip up the rules completely. “If I was building a Mk2 for myself, then it wouldn’t be far off what we’ve done here,” smiles Tom Clarke, clearly buzzing at the slightly overdue end result of his most recent automotive brainstorming session. “There are loads of Mk2s…

The first thing the friendly chap on the gate said was, “You know we’ve got Porsche, BMW and Merc this year as well, right?” Turns out the once VW only stalwarts at Edition 38 have adapted and evolved to widen their once staunch policy for Wolfsburg metal to a more diverse Teutonic audience, and it’s no bad thing in our humble opinion. Like many car shows nowadays automotive culture has gradually become an all-encompassing blend of different manufacturers, styles and tastes. There’s no point standing still if you want to keep pace with the front runners, and as Youtube and online automotive media becomes a less niche and more inclusive place in order to generate the content needed to keep those without any attention span entertained, it’s nice to see…

If you’ve ever tuned a car before, chances are you’ll know what a limited slip differential is. Although a vital part of any car, differentials have been around for over 4000 years, and are actually an ancient Chinese invention. The use of a diff is to allow power to transfer from the input: the engine or propshaft, to the outputs: the driveshafts to the wheels, while also allowing the outputs to move independently of each other. If both wheels always turned at the same speed the inside wheel would drag, or conversely the outside wheel would spin, during cornering, which affects the handling and comfort. The disadvantage of a conventional diff is that because the outputs have the ability to move independently of each other, the power tends to transfer…

If a camper van really is a reflection of the owner, then John George Randell is smooth to look at, but with a very colourful personality. His 2010 T5.1 has been given a complete transformation, quite the change from the panel van he bought from some dude in Bristol! More commonly known as just Randell (a bit like one of those fancy Brazilian footballers), the 48-year-old Company Director from Northampton has put together a pretty special van, but the journey wasn’t as smooth as the end result. The van itself was in excellent condition when he collected it just over seven years ago. “To be honest, I didn’t really want black,” he says. “The thing is, it had everything else we wanted and was a really high spec, so we…

Imagine if your day job involved choosing what cool car you wanted to build next. Paul Medhurst and Mark Fulton at Type 2 Detectives are two such lucky guys, although they’ve had to put a lot of effort into building a business that has earned them the right to create fun build after fun build. And let’s not be coy, each one of them is also a business decision, they’re not simply building their own private collection. The fact that fashions regularly seem to re-surface some 20-30 years after they were first popular is a phenomenon that puzzles many. Is it a response by a fresh generation of people donning a nostalgic pair of rose-tinted spectacles? Or is it more about there being a finite number of ideas in the…

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