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All Things Mk7 R and GTI => Mk7 General Area => Topic started by: pudding on April 26, 2019, 04:50:59 pm

Title: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: pudding on April 26, 2019, 04:50:59 pm
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:
Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: bobby_fodge on April 26, 2019, 05:22:30 pm
Awesome have just released a similar vid with a TTRS.
Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: GVK on April 26, 2019, 07:23:06 pm
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.
Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: pudding on April 27, 2019, 01:18:07 am
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:

Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: Octoparrot on April 27, 2019, 08:35:54 pm
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:
Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: pudding on April 29, 2019, 03:05:35 pm
Yep, that engine looks like it will be a pain in the neck with some years and miles on it.

Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: GVK on May 02, 2019, 08:15:19 pm
Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: pudding on May 08, 2019, 10:46:16 am
Have you seen all the JDM vs VW fan boy bickering on MCM's social media about this project?  :grin:


Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: Dan_FR on May 08, 2019, 12:36:42 pm
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
Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: pudding on May 08, 2019, 02:25:00 pm
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:
Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: Pesky jones on May 08, 2019, 04:53:15 pm
Nice - two new vids to watch  :smiley:

Whats the beef about the belt driven water pump?
Title: Re: Mighty Car Mods
Post by: pudding on May 10, 2019, 10:04:37 am
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.