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Jet Li
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by Jet Li »
19 Golf 7R - Colab DP
09 Audi S3 - APR DP
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kingr
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by kingr »
Really cool find !!
Kurt #3337
Current:
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80" VW Mk1 2 Door Golf 8vt project 192wkw/314nm, 13,3s@173kph Kby Drags
Ex: 07" G5 GTi, 13" ST180, 03" Mk4 2 door 1.8T Stage 2, 07" Velo 1.6, 83" Mk1 GT 2.0 8v MP9, 87" Mk1 1.6 CitiSport, 88" Mk2 2.0 16v, 83" Mk1 GT 1.6 + 40 webers
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Kyle
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by Kyle »
Ah the car mag days
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Titleists
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by Titleists »
Why am I under the impression that it had 140kW?
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Jet Li
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by Jet Li »
Titleists wrote:Why am I under the impression that it had 140kW?
You are referring to the 2.9 which indeed was 140KW.
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ALRoN73
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by ALRoN73 »
That top end doe

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Titleists
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by Titleists »
Jet Li wrote:Titleists wrote:Why am I under the impression that it had 140kW?
You are referring to the 2.9 which indeed was 140KW.
Why am I under the impression that it was always 2.8? When was it changed?
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Solo786
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by Solo786 »
Late spec Corrado was 2.9 12v and 140kw
Our Golfs were always 2.8 12v 128kw
Later model sharans were 2.8 24v 141 kw
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ruthless roy
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by ruthless roy »
R279 for the metallic paint option? Damn...Would have been a no brainer back then
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smoothscott
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by smoothscott »
R112k list price...still won't be able to afford 22 years later...