Year: 2013
Make: Volkswagen
Model: Golf R
Price: $49000
Mileage: 17200
Color: Rising Blue
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (State): GA
Transmission: Manual
Drivetrain: 4WD & AWD

Time has come for a new project, so I'm selling my current toy.

Always garage kept. Non-smoker. Could be a show car, or could be driven daily. Car would be happy either way.

Engine was swapped at 900 miles. There are 16K miles on the swap, never had any issues.

Innovative Motorsports did all of the wiring and motor swap hardware stuff. United Motorsport has done all of the software for the car.

Full Build Sheet:
Engine:
2.5L 5-Cylinder
Precision Turbo 5858 BB T4
Precision 39mm Waste gate
Forge Super DV
IE Rods
JE Pistons 8:5:1
ARP head bolts
HEP Intake Manifold
BSH Motor mounts
Motor Balanced
Custom IMS return fuel system

Intake:
Custom in-house 3.5" intake piping
Custom in-house 3.5" charge Piping
Garret 700HP Core

Exhaust:
Custom in-house exhaust manifold
Custom in-house 3.5" full exhaust
Custom Stage 4 South bend Endurance clutch & single mass flywheel

Software:
ME17 MAF-less ECU
United Motorsport Custom Tuning

Suspension & Chassis:
KW Clubsports
Unibrace uB and xB bracing

Brakes:
Forge Motorsport 356mm 6-piston big brake kit

Wheels & Tires
Nuespeed RSe14 19x8 et45
Michelin Pilot Super Sport 225/35/19

Interior:
Euro Motorsport Recaro Seats

Exterior:
OEM Euro LED Tail Lights.

The car is very reliable, it has been driven long distances and hard without any issues. It could easily serve as a daily driver if you so wanted. As it stands now, the car has only seen rain a handful of times and never seen the snow. The paint is in perfect condition, not a single swirl on it anywhere.

I will not part the car out, it will be sold as a whole.

Considering trades ... 964 911 + cash on buyer's end.

UPDATE Feb 2015:
IMS has just gone through the entire car:

• head was built
• new clutch installed
• transmission checked (looks great! no metal shavings, no shaft play)
• new custom exhaust (sounds epic)
• hot side of the turbo housing, headers, and down pipe we ceramic coated and heat wrapped.
• UM updated the tune to their latest version, now with adjustable launch control and no lift shift.

Car is 100% in good health and ready for many more miles - buy with confidence.
Car is now located in Georgia.

Pictures:
Everything all together and heat wrapped. Dirty from testing:


And now for some glamour shots:










And a video:

 

Is the motor out of a TT-RS or a Rabbit motor with upgraded internals?

 

Nice car - the pic on the dirt looks like it's a little toy.

GLWS.

 

Great question: It's the standard VW 2.5L 5-cylinder with upgraded internals. We weighed the pros and cons of going with a TT-RS engine. At the end of the day, this fuel system and internal setup on this car is capable of 900awhp with a larger turbo. Something you simply can't do on the direct injection fueling system on the TT-RS engine without additional injectors and some kind of extra ECU to run them.

That, plus the carbon build up issue people see with DI after 30K miles was not something I wanted to deal with. Thus, using the VW engine rather than the Audi version.

Thank you!

 

Up top. Happy Monday!

 

Just changed the oil. I try and have it don every 2K miles.

 

Did I read it right... Potential for 900awhp?

 

Yup, if you want to go for a bigger turbo, you can get a ton of power out of these engines.

 

Monday again it seems...

 

Feedback from the buyer of my 1 of 1 .:R36 project car:

"Believe everything that this man tells you about his build. I bought his last insane idea dubbed the R36. The facts were all accurate and the build quality is incredible. Props to Tom and Jeff and all the others at IMS involved in its creation. I drive it hard everyday and I'm so pleased I bought it. It turns heads everywhere. I have put 15K miles on it since last fall when I bought it and the only issue I have had that required real attention was a loose rear axle bolt and a weld breaking on the exhaust down pipe. I cant really complain though, its a car and **** breaks. If your the guy that buys it you wont regret it, I might just have to find a way to go FI with my R36 to keep up. If anyone is interested in seeing the R36 feel free to PM me or come see the car at Garnet VW where I work. GLWS Jesse"

Feedback can be found here

 

happy holidays!

 

Bump!

 

Found my next project! Car has to go! Massive price drop.

 

GLWS Jessie. The ride looks great and seems to be priced right for the mods to be sure. Any dyno plots available?

 

Thanks Brett.

Not put it on the dyno at this point.