RinDiesel
 

Hey guys,

Due to the fact that my best pal/housemate joined this forum (Magnetron), I figured I'd join as well since I havent been on a forum in a long time.

My previous car has a long history and its own wonderful story, filled with heartache, adventures and raging boners:

-Owned for 6 years and 29 days
-Driven over 160,000km's
-Consumed over 11,428 liters/17,142 euro of fuel
-Seen England,France,Holland,Germany,Belgium,Luxembourg
-Been parked outside of 4 places of residence
-Its survived 2 girlfriends (and 2 break ups!)
-4 different race tracks (Zandvoort, Assen, Zolder, Nurburgring)
-4 sets of brake disks (the first 3 kept on cracking due to heat and pressure)
-3 different engines
-2 complete rewirings of the motor to ECU
-1 clutch
-1 2nd place trophy from RSZ Zolder License Weekend
-1 FIA EU Racing License received



After ALL that, I have moved on to something bigger, better and thirstier:



My Supercharged R32 Race/Street Car.


Needless to say, I'm still in love with her after 2+ years of ownership.

The car is used as a daily and as my race car in the DNRT (Dutch National Racing Team) and puts out about 300hp and 400nm of torque.

I am one of the youngest people competing in the sports class in the DNRT, one of the only people who are doing it without sponsorship (so, paying it all out of my own pocket) and I believe the only person doing it with a daily driven 'road car'.

The car is 100% street legal, with Catalytic Converters and RDW paperwork included.

The car itself began as a regular 1999 Golf 4, TDI..but my friend (and previous owner) Ruud transformed it from this:




Welded in an R32 Chassis and Motor:







To this:







Technichal highlights:

Engine
3.2L 24v Motor
Vortech v9 Supercharger
Intercooled
EIP exhaust
TVS Engineering Programmed ECU
7200 RPM Redline (in all gears)

Suspension:
KW V3 Custom suspension
(Car was weighed and springs/dampers were made specifically for this car)
Adjustable camber plates, front
Powerflex rubbers

Other:
OMP Rollcage
Plastic rear windows
Sparco Racing Seat (for driver)
Sabelt XL Racing Seat (for passenger)


The car itself is wonderful to drive and is very user-friendly (see video below or Click Here ...oversteer is easy to handle at 4:36 for example)




Hope to have a good time here with you guys and who knows: Maybe see some of you out there in the wild we know as NL

Wow! Never seen such a 'half car transplant' before!

Big welcome here! Love the daily racer!

Wauw!! respect!

Buddyy!

yeah, cool that you joined the forum man :) maybe a cool one to start an international thread also! can't wait to hear the sound again tomorrow! after 5 months!

Nice, love the sound in the movie, looks like a realy fast car on track!

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Thanks all!
Nice of you all to make me feel so welcome on the forum :wuv:

Hey Sjon :D
Ik kan helaas geen Nederlands, behalve deze zin.

Good to see you again on yet another forum!

Unfortunately, no DNRT date set yet. I want to do a few things to the car first, to make sure it can survive and do a bit better.
Perhaps time to look at Jeroen nicely?

And Magentron, an international thread- Good iDeer!
I drove your car yesterday...the thing started RIGHT up.
Impressive after 4+months of not running.

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great :thumbup:
Lotus at 2.10? :redface: Smoking tires

Indeed!
Its a nice feeling knowing that I managed to catch up to and out-brake a Lotus on a track :)


haha good point: Any Jeroen who can help my car become lighter and "more gooder" :P

p.s. where on this site would be the best place to post and maintain a build thread?