turbojzrr
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Car(s)
- '19 Golf R
Thanks for checking out my build thread. New to these forums, I have a 2019 R with 5k miles in the San Fransisco Bay Area.
I'm a turbo car guy and have owned an R32 GTR's and 6 Nissan 240sx with various engine swaps. I also currently have 2 RR bikes (CBR600RR and CBR 1000RR) and hence my handle. My daily driver right now is a 2009 JCW Mini (turbo) and I bought my Golf to replace it to enjoy daily but the golf is way too nice and clean for me to drive it every day so I kept it for good times only. It has still not seen rain after 5k miles and one year of ownership.
This is my first ever VW and it came as a result of growing up and not wanting to drive to work and be seen by co-workers with the likes of the Civic Type R. It also helped that the Golf's got ranked top 10 in many magazines which prompted me to go in for a test drive. I ended up falling in love with the car and justified it logically with the VW 6 yr 72k mile warranty.
Why I'm modding and tracking this Golf:
I found it interesting that Randy Pobst from Motor Trend posted a 1 second quicker time-attack lap time than a 2019 Subaru STI RA at Laguna Seca. At the same time, our local track day / time attack organizers (www.speedsf.com) ranked the Golf R a full class below the STI and in the same class as an ND Miata. This makes it severely underrated in my books.
There hasn't been anyone who've won a time attack with VW's in any class for as far back as I can see on speedsf.com and I am hoping to make good on that poor rating and try to win in my class and represent.
These are my current mods:
Brakes:
- Front EBC Bluestuff Pads
- RS3 brake ducks (slapped on with no modifications, so far so good, not hitting drive shaft or brake caliper even on full turn!!)
- Motul 660 fluids
Cornering:
- H&R 25mm RSB
- SuperPro ball joint RSB end-links
Engine:
- No mods
Mods Not Yet Installed:
- TC105x 18" wheels
- Michelin 235/40/18 Cup 2's
- EBC blues for rear
All I'm going for right now is track reliability and keeping my car fast but within the S5 class according to SpeedSF's class calculator
I live in a condo so its really difficult to mod my car but so far so good.
RS3 Ducts with no mods on 2019 R, it fits like it was meant to be!
My next planned purchase is the Clubsport steering knuckles to add an additional 0.8 degree of camber to the car to improve front end grip without adding NVH. I have no other mod plans for the time being.
I'm very new to VW's so any suggestions on how I can go faster without additional performance points added would be much appreciated! I'm also looking for trustworthy shops in the Bay Area so those recommendations would be great as well.
I'm a turbo car guy and have owned an R32 GTR's and 6 Nissan 240sx with various engine swaps. I also currently have 2 RR bikes (CBR600RR and CBR 1000RR) and hence my handle. My daily driver right now is a 2009 JCW Mini (turbo) and I bought my Golf to replace it to enjoy daily but the golf is way too nice and clean for me to drive it every day so I kept it for good times only. It has still not seen rain after 5k miles and one year of ownership.
This is my first ever VW and it came as a result of growing up and not wanting to drive to work and be seen by co-workers with the likes of the Civic Type R. It also helped that the Golf's got ranked top 10 in many magazines which prompted me to go in for a test drive. I ended up falling in love with the car and justified it logically with the VW 6 yr 72k mile warranty.
Why I'm modding and tracking this Golf:
I found it interesting that Randy Pobst from Motor Trend posted a 1 second quicker time-attack lap time than a 2019 Subaru STI RA at Laguna Seca. At the same time, our local track day / time attack organizers (www.speedsf.com) ranked the Golf R a full class below the STI and in the same class as an ND Miata. This makes it severely underrated in my books.
There hasn't been anyone who've won a time attack with VW's in any class for as far back as I can see on speedsf.com and I am hoping to make good on that poor rating and try to win in my class and represent.
These are my current mods:
Brakes:
- Front EBC Bluestuff Pads
- RS3 brake ducks (slapped on with no modifications, so far so good, not hitting drive shaft or brake caliper even on full turn!!)
- Motul 660 fluids
Cornering:
- H&R 25mm RSB
- SuperPro ball joint RSB end-links
Engine:
- No mods
Mods Not Yet Installed:
- TC105x 18" wheels
- Michelin 235/40/18 Cup 2's
- EBC blues for rear
All I'm going for right now is track reliability and keeping my car fast but within the S5 class according to SpeedSF's class calculator
I live in a condo so its really difficult to mod my car but so far so good.
RS3 Ducts with no mods on 2019 R, it fits like it was meant to be!
My next planned purchase is the Clubsport steering knuckles to add an additional 0.8 degree of camber to the car to improve front end grip without adding NVH. I have no other mod plans for the time being.
I'm very new to VW's so any suggestions on how I can go faster without additional performance points added would be much appreciated! I'm also looking for trustworthy shops in the Bay Area so those recommendations would be great as well.
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