Abilor
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Albany, NY
Holy Shit. I hope I'm still modding and tearing it up like this guy at 75 and beyond.
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75 year old builds a 600bhp Golf R.
- Thread starter MIKE PP.
- Start date
MIKE PP.
Go Kart Newbie
- Car(s)
- VW Golf R.
He said that the turbo was a Turbo Technics prototype. I thought that they had stopped development of turbo chargers, but apparently not!
RennWerks
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Hither n Yon
If you gents are looking for a hero among my peers -- i.e., septuagenarian gearheads -- IMHO you need look no further than Derek Spratt: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5936526-Building-the-Ultimate-1983-Rabbit-GTI-(vw-mk1).
Nice build but 100's of pages and the only real performance data is with a slipping clutch with slicks. He put the stock wheels and tires back on and there was no clutch slippage AND HE COULDN"T FIGURE OUT WHY? Are you kidding me? Not believing this guy did anything except write checks since he obviously doesn't know how a clutch works or what a high performance clutch is. To top it off, IT'S NOT A MK7.
RennWerks
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Hither n Yon
The Fed, no question, Derek Spratt's obsessed. He's been sorting out his Mk1 GTI for years (four at least by my count). But I posted the link because I'm impressed with the fact that he does the vast majority of his own work. In this regard, if you haven't done so, watch some of his early YouTube films in which he rebuilds the chassis and then paints his car. Several times. Moreover, he's not just a check-writer. Far from it. Half of the stuff he's fooled around over the years he imagined and then fabricated on his own. And, yes, I realize he's a Mk1 builder now linked by me to a Mk7 thread. It's the title of the thread that pulled me in on his behalf. Fellow septuagenarian.
CanadianR
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Kingston ON
Front and back plates are different colours.
Finglonga
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Stafford, UK, Earth, Solar System.
Yep we have white front plates and yellow rear plates.
Not saying it isn't a nice build, my only real complaint is if he installed a proper clutch...
Genegenie
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- North Yorkshire
- Car(s)
- VW Golf
Good on him, I know guys in their 60's who race motorcycles of a weekend and are more than competitive against riders half their age and less 
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"It isn't about how old you are, it's how you are old"....
. "It isn't about how old you are, it's how you are old"
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MonkeyMD
Autocross Champion
veedubfreak
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Denver
Good on him, I know guys in their 60's who race motorcycles of a weekend and are more than competitive against riders half their age and less
"It isn't about how old you are, it's how you are old"
You also tend to have a HELL OF A LOT MORE disposable income in your 60s and 70s than in your 20s-40s.