MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk7 R and GTI => Mk7 General Area => Topic started by: pudding on April 26, 2019, 04:50:59 pm
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Anyone spotted / following the MCM 7R build videos on Youtube?
Basically bolting on this 500hp kit, along with their Revo branded Alcon brake kit - https://www.onlyrevo.com/blog/how-to-get-500hp-from-your-golf-r/
Incredible how easy it is to get 500 brake these days :surprised:
All of the parts supplied to MCM gratis as well. Revo must have money to burn :grin:
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Awesome have just released a similar vid with a TTRS.
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MCM have 3 million subscribers to You Tube, pretty good advertising for Revo eh!
A mate has that turbo and most of the bits they used on his TTS, goes like stink.
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Yeah it's good advertising revenue for the sake of a few grand in cost price parts :happy2:
It just amazes me how far technology has come in recent years. Getting 500 brake from a VW engine 10-15 years ago was a remortgage job. It's piss easy and relatively cheap now.
Then again, if anyone has seen the Humble Mechanic strip down an EA888 engine.....hmmmm. The venerable EA113 is a simple tank by comparison. What the hell is that rubber belt driven water pump all about?? :thinking:
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I watched that the other day and I couldn't believe how complex that engine is, I was also amazed about the belt driven water pump, madness. :stupid:
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Yep, that engine looks like it will be a pain in the neck with some years and miles on it.
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Have you seen all the JDM vs VW fan boy bickering on MCM's social media about this project? :grin:
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Not seen it, but be interesting to see how long the motor lasts... seen a few letting go at (or before) the 500 mark now... Not as bullet proof as many believe
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Yup. One or two have let go at 400hp, let alone 500 :grin:
The internet is a funny place. A handful of people get away with adding 200+hp to a standard engine for 6-12 months, and that earns it 'bomb proof' status :grin:
Show me a 500hp Golf R that's done 100K miles on stock internals, that hasn't been show queened or only driven to and from the shops, then I'll change my mind :smiley:
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Nice - two new vids to watch :smiley:
Whats the beef about the belt driven water pump?
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It's prone to failure and a b1tch to remove in situ.
I'd bin it personally and fit a Davies Craig electric water pump instead. The gen 3 EA888 is complicated enough without adding more points of failure like that.