R32 V 4Motion

what are the fundemental differences mechanically between these 2 cars?? aint bothered about trim and body work. cheers

 

R32 is a 3.2, 4 motion a 2.8.
The running gear is the same.
Not sure about brake setup though.

 

3.2 litre engive v 2.8
241PS v 204PS
236 lb/ft v 199 lb/ft
153mph v 146mph top speed
6.6secs v 7.1secs 0-62mph
17.2mpg v 17.9mpg Urban
32.5mpg v 34.0mpg Extra Urban
24.2mpg v 25.4mpg Combined
62 litre petrol tank v 63 litres

 

not a hell of a lot of difference then.


ill be faster than both.
Edited by: richgit

 

so other than the engine theres not much a turbo and a decent set of FK's wouldnt sort??? hhhmmm very iiinteresting. got to be more in it than that tho surely

 

and me all 3 I hope

I did think that the r32 would be more of a difference than that tbh!

 

I think the interior and general equipment spec will be a lot different - oh and the r32 has a different body with flared arches. VW like to do that for some reason...

 

VW should be ashamed of that 0-60 time...

 

R32 weighs nearly 1500kg's, so that's a respectable time IMO.

 

Its a lot more respectable than some of the lesser MK4 GTIs thats for sure.

 

V6 4MO plus turbo with the left over

 

i have to say if mechanically they are so similar then thats quite dissapointing. chipping the V6 wouldnt leave you too far from the R32. anyone know how well they go with a chip, BHP and performance wise. and possibly with turbo and maybe capacity increase. what with there being anything upto 10k between them price wise it would be a bargin imho

 

True - I don't know how VW dared stick a GTI badge on most of them!

 

A lot of the guys off uk-mkivs have had the AMD stage 2 remap on their R32 which includes Miltek exhaust and are seeing 260-270bhp. 0-60 times are low 6's as well apparently.
Edited by: Golfgirl

 

R32 goes well with APR re-map, eh Golfgirl?

 

So I've heard

 

Yeah but who wants a lard arsed car where they had to increase the engine output just to make it slower than the previously "fastest" VW?

I'm just bitter that now I could possible aspire to buying a newish performance VW there isn't one.
ie. I want a new Corrado VR6.

 

I didn't think *** mph within 2 miles was too bad.

 

But the exclusivity makes up for that. And its not so much about outright power, but the peak torque is substantially lowered in the rpm range on the R32.

 

Drive one before sl*gging it off

Performance figures on paper ain't worth sh1t.