2010 Volkswagen Golf .R DSG Run
- Horsepower: 270 bhp / 201 KW @ 6000 rpm
- Torque: 350 Nm / 258 ft lbs @ 2500 rpm
- Approx 5.8 Secs 0-100km/h (w/o Launch Control)
Listen to the R-defined DSG Burp/Farts!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
VW Golf “R” receives 310-362HP with B&B Power Boost
"The craziest Golf from Volkswagen just got better!"
German tuning specialist, B&B, is turning the up wick on the most potent series-production Golf ever made, the new 270HP all-wheel drive Golf R, with the launch of a performance package that includes powertain and chassis upgrades.
The engine mods come in three different stages, with the first bumping output from 270 horsepower to 310HP, the second to 324HP and the third to a hefty 362HP.
The most powerful kit features a larger turbocharger, a sports exhaust system with a different downpipe and a racing catalyst, reprogrammed ECU, a revised air intake system and a new intercooler.
B&B claims that the 362HP Golf R sprints from standstill to 100km/h (62mph) in just 4.8 seconds and maxes out at 280km/h or 174 mph.
The tuning firm also offers a special 8-caliper high-performance braking system, an adjustable coilover suspension with new springs that lower the vehicle's ride height and a set of black-colored alloy wheels in sizes 19'' and 20''.
More pictures:
German tuning specialist, B&B, is turning the up wick on the most potent series-production Golf ever made, the new 270HP all-wheel drive Golf R, with the launch of a performance package that includes powertain and chassis upgrades.
The engine mods come in three different stages, with the first bumping output from 270 horsepower to 310HP, the second to 324HP and the third to a hefty 362HP.
The most powerful kit features a larger turbocharger, a sports exhaust system with a different downpipe and a racing catalyst, reprogrammed ECU, a revised air intake system and a new intercooler.
B&B claims that the 362HP Golf R sprints from standstill to 100km/h (62mph) in just 4.8 seconds and maxes out at 280km/h or 174 mph.
The tuning firm also offers a special 8-caliper high-performance braking system, an adjustable coilover suspension with new springs that lower the vehicle's ride height and a set of black-colored alloy wheels in sizes 19'' and 20''.
More pictures:
Majlis Bersanding : Fadhli & Hajah Nordianna
Sorry for the late post. So check this out, on 31st January 2010, the club had their convoy event for LOG's Wedding event. The meet-up point was at Hua Ho Tutong, just few minutes away from the groom's place.
After the groom's occasion is done, the club were set for the convoy to Huaho Manggis.
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The whole family members of VAG Club Brunei would like to say our heartiest Congratulations on your wedding and your wife. May Allah bless the both of you. Moga sempurna dan berkat sampai ke akhir hayat.
Amin!
After the groom's occasion is done, the club were set for the convoy to Huaho Manggis.
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The whole family members of VAG Club Brunei would like to say our heartiest Congratulations on your wedding and your wife. May Allah bless the both of you. Moga sempurna dan berkat sampai ke akhir hayat.
Amin!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Jemputan Majlis Perkahwinan: Fadhli & Nordianna
To all (V)olkswagen (A)udi Group Family Members and friends, please be informed as of our club member "LOG", is inviting us all to his Wedding Ceremony.
When: Sunday
Date: 15 Safar 1431H / 31st January 2010M
Place: No 615, Lot 10049, Kampong Keriam, Tutong TB1141
The members are required to meet up first at Hua Ho Tutong (As of meeting the other day) @ 10.30 AM, where once all turns up.. we will be having the convoy cruise to his house.
The departure of the Bridegroom @ 1.00PM, we will be having another convoy to the Hua Ho Manggis Ballroom, 4th floor, Bangunan Manggis Mall, Jalan Muara.
All members are invited to come. Inform me if you're unable to come. New members alike who would like to join the club on the day are also welcomed.
See you guys there!
When: Sunday
Date: 15 Safar 1431H / 31st January 2010M
Place: No 615, Lot 10049, Kampong Keriam, Tutong TB1141
The members are required to meet up first at Hua Ho Tutong (As of meeting the other day) @ 10.30 AM, where once all turns up.. we will be having the convoy cruise to his house.
The departure of the Bridegroom @ 1.00PM, we will be having another convoy to the Hua Ho Manggis Ballroom, 4th floor, Bangunan Manggis Mall, Jalan Muara.
All members are invited to come. Inform me if you're unable to come. New members alike who would like to join the club on the day are also welcomed.
See you guys there!
R-E-P-R-E-S-E-N-T APR Style
So either you wanna show someone that you've done something under the hood, or just to appreciate the money you spent on having to get those APR Tagged goodies, now APR does something for you just that.
* DUNN DUNN DUNN *
"So, we just got a few rough prototypes of our new badge. Production badges will be all perfectly aligned for peel-off, stick-on ease. It's a completely modular design that works as APR all the way to APR Stage III+. OEM Fit and finish... Letter sizes are the same as the MKV."
You can even arrange them in any way you want it to look, well.. really!
A neat finish for those you APR tuned heads! Stay tuned from APR once they released these.
* DUNN DUNN DUNN *
"So, we just got a few rough prototypes of our new badge. Production badges will be all perfectly aligned for peel-off, stick-on ease. It's a completely modular design that works as APR all the way to APR Stage III+. OEM Fit and finish... Letter sizes are the same as the MKV."
You can even arrange them in any way you want it to look, well.. really!
A neat finish for those you APR tuned heads! Stay tuned from APR once they released these.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Featured Ride Member: Scirocco With Attitude
Looks like the featured member ride from awhile ago finally posted up (here).
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"The love for hatchback cars will never end especially for a hatchback like this on the line. The Volkswagen’s Sports hatch, the VW Scirocco is a wicked head-turner. ... "
Congrats to the owner for getting another Volkswagen featured on Brunei Carzine. Previously, Zani's CW Mk.6 Volkswagen GTI (here), then the "Red Rocket" Tornado Red Mk.5 Volkswagen GTI was featured too (here).
Oh, and make sure to watch the video in full HD. ;)
Source: Brunei Carzine (Video edited by Hj Aman & Khairi, Photos taken by Khairi)
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"The love for hatchback cars will never end especially for a hatchback like this on the line. The Volkswagen’s Sports hatch, the VW Scirocco is a wicked head-turner. ... "
Congrats to the owner for getting another Volkswagen featured on Brunei Carzine. Previously, Zani's CW Mk.6 Volkswagen GTI (here), then the "Red Rocket" Tornado Red Mk.5 Volkswagen GTI was featured too (here).
Oh, and make sure to watch the video in full HD. ;)
Source: Brunei Carzine (Video edited by Hj Aman & Khairi, Photos taken by Khairi)
Iroctinger: Scirocco with Attitude
Check this video out, videography by Brunei Carzine Crew:
Superbly awesome take guys! Alot of awesome shots there. It does tell how sexy the Scirocco is with the Full Oettinger Body kits. :)
Superbly awesome take guys! Alot of awesome shots there. It does tell how sexy the Scirocco is with the Full Oettinger Body kits. :)
Saturday, January 23, 2010
The truth about Lighting Systems
Another technical article heads up: Now I seriously do hope that this article might get the hottest talk around the car enthusiasts here in Brunei because I seriously do think that most of us here are having a lot of misconception about car lighting.
Yes we all know HID lighting, Projectors, Reflectors and all those jargon coming out from their mouth thinking they know what they're talking about. But what do we actually know about these stuffs? Do you seriously think:
- Kelvin Temps = Brighter the lights? (I.e. 4300k, 6000k, etc)
- HID Aftermarket kits in reflector type headlamps are legal?
- HID Aftermarket kits in reflector type foglamps are legal?
- Just changing your headlamps to aftermarket projector headlamps would solve the glare problem?
If you answered any one of it "yes", then you're at the right place here. Read on carefully. There's more to it!
For your info, lights that are produced from your car headlamps are not just "lights" dispersed everywhere or the road by whole. So no wonder you thought, "Eh, mun kereta ku pakai HID, sampai ke hujung wah tarang nya".
Well, you're wrong and being inconsiderate to other motorists: You're blinding them with your HID and endangering the chances of having an accident due to temporarily blindness!
They're projected in either LHD/RHD Pattern (depending on the country) so that the light wouldn't blind oncoming traffic! In most Asia region (And UK), we use the Left Hand Drive, so light must project in a beam where the Left side is brighter than the Right side like so:
Imagine that type of luminance projecting the light to the road, now can you understand why does most OEM Headlamps does not blind the other drivers? The light pattern produced from your car headlamps does not allow light going over the horizontal cutoff line.
Now why lamps fitted with HID Aftermarket kits blinds oncoming traffic, despite having the right "Cut-off" pattern? Well, there's just more than the "Cut-off" pattern ladies and gentlemen. Headlamp type, bulb position and the bulb colors all have their role.
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HID Colors:
You may be confused about which color to choose for your HID conversion kit. The color of the output is determined by the temperature. The lower the temperature (usually around 4300k or so) is the whitest and brightest. As you increase the temperature the color scales as well.
At 6000k you have a light blue, 8000k a deeper blue, 10,000k starts to turns blue/purple and 12,000k starts to turn to purple. I recommend anything between 4300k-8000k to look the best but also be extremely bright.
4300K Pure White
4300K has an approximately 3200lm output, which is more than 3x the light output of the traditional halogen light and is the color temperature with the most output. The light appears fairly white, and has light yellowish hue when reflected off the road identical to the OEM HID equipped vehicles. This color is for people who are looking for pure performance while improving the looks of their headlights. It is ideal for people who does a lot of back road or canyon driving and need the optimal visibility.
6000K Diamond White
6000K has an approximately 2800lm output, which is 3x the light output of the traditional halogen light and slightly less light output compared to the 5000K. Although it has a bit lesser light output, it emits pure white light with very slight and barely noticeable tint of blue and purple.
8000K Iceberg Blue
8000K has an approximately 2550lm output, which is about 3x the light output of the traditional halogen light and slightly less light output compared to the 6000K. While it has a bit lesser light output, it emits a more blue lighting than the 6000K
10000K Brilliant Blue
10000K has an approximately 2200lm output, which is more than 2x the light output of the traditional halogen light. 10000K produces a deep blue light output approaching violet and the blue is noticeably deeper than the 8000K.
12000K Exotic Violet/Purple
12000K has an approximately 2100lm output, which is more than 2x the light output of the traditional halogen light. This color temperature puts out a deep bluish violet light and is deeper colored than the 10000K. It is for a people who are looking for the most extreme and most exotic looking light output.
Bear in mind, anything further than 6000k would no longer be road legal not to mention lights refracted from reflector/projector headlamps would be more and more blinding as the Kelvin gets higher. Despite the higher Lumens than Halogen, white are still much better in terms of lighting projection than other colors.
So... no, higher Kelvin does not means brighter lights!
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Types of headlamps:
Reflectors
What are reflector types of headlamps? What do they look like? Basically, reflector types headlamps are like multiple mirrors behind the lens that projects the light produced from the bulbs.
Two types of Reflectors would be:
Elliptical Type Reflectors
(Lights are refracted by small patterned ridges on the lens)
Parabolic Type Reflectors
(Lights are refracted by patterned ridges on the reflector itself)
Reflector type headlamps comes mostly in almost all cars in the market (with the exception of higher range model of the particular model), and somewhat comes in Halogen type bulbs. Obviously there's no problem there because Halogen type bulbs normally emits about 1,300 lumens of light. Generally, Reflector type headlamps works best with only Halogen type bulbs.
Because of the reflective nature of the headlamps that once HID Aftermarket kits are installed which produces up to 2,500 lumens of light, basically what made the glare was the bulb producing that much light and you actually looking at the reflectors. Of course, most reflectors aren't designed for HID use unless specified or designed by OEM. With special designed reflectors and proper anti-glare shielding, they are possible.
But then again with so much light produced from the HID Lighting system, you're basically overpowering the design of the lamps. Even if you level the lights low to the ground, other motorists will still be blinded because of the reflective nature of the headlamps.
This is how the light pattern looks like when using HID Aftermarket kit on Reflector type headlamps:
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It's nasty, rubbish and looks horrible. Not only it doesn't help you as much just like you're not helping other motorists either while they're trying to drive safely on the road!
So let's move on to Projectors. And still, using projectors alone wouldn't stop the glare until you'll get to use the right type of Projectors!
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Projectors
Projector types headlamps are known for its 'sphere'-glassy look which always comes on higher-option cars. They project light much better than reflector and for their non reflective-mirror properties.
Like reflector types, there are two types of Projector headlamps:
- Halogen Projectors
- Xenon Projectors
Both works the same way, but the bulbs are position differently. With the Halogen lamps, the bulbs are closer to the shield than Xenon lamps. This is because generally Xenon lamps are much longer than Halogen lamps.
If you have ever ordered from eBay for your headlamps and retrofitted HID Lighting system to it, or even OEM projector lights that used Halogen before: You're doing it wrong! This will still glare oncoming traffic because of the improper spacing between the bulb sitting and the cut-off shield.
Having HIDs in Halogen Projectors setups are terrible. They do fit, well... with probably less output than the original halogen bulb set up. Go with the true projector hid conversion kit; don’t waste your time with the halogen projectors. Research, and ask thoroughly. There are certain sellers would just say yes. ISO and e-Mark may sometimes do prove anything. As long they're UK e-Mark approved for HID lighting, you're good to go.
Well okay, you might not know this but why? Because most eBay headlamps that sells under USD 300 and less are Halogen Projector lamps. It does explain why your lighting quality is sometimes worse than your stock lighting setup.
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Notice that light still emits over the horizontal cut-off line. This is basically the 'lightened' version of the Reflectors using HID, which means it still glares or blinds oncoming traffic.
You should start wondering why BMW/Mercedes/Lexus or cars alike using HIDs meets JPD specifications (or heck, even other countries’ MOT requirements) and you whined about why those cars actually met the requirements and not yours.
The only thing you should realize are these cars have met or exceeded their requirement:
- Not to Glare/Blinding oncoming traffic
- Proper Light Projection Leveling (Possibly with auto leveling lights)
- Proper LHD/RHD light pattern.
So how does a total-proper OEM/HID aftermarket kit light pattern should look like? These:
1) Xenon Lamps on RHD Pattern Xenon Projector Headlamp
2) Xenon Lamps on LHD Pattern Xenon Projector Headlamps
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3) Halogen Lamps on LHD Pattern Halogen Projector Headlamps
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Now that's proper lighting! Notice how sharp the horizontal cut-off is when done right. Not only that, it helps you to make more out of your headlamps by lighting up more of the road space and still not blinding oncoming traffic.
So there you have it. As long you got this guideline in your head, it doesn't mean that it can fool the local laws. Always ask, or heck point them to this article if they're not even sure. Not all HID Aftermarket fitted kits are illegal. If done properly, they can function just as well as OEM HID fitted vehicles and help better drivability and visibility on low-light driving conditions.
More information can be visited here:
1) Click Me (Nicoclub.com)
2) Click Me (Pakwheels.com)
Yes we all know HID lighting, Projectors, Reflectors and all those jargon coming out from their mouth thinking they know what they're talking about. But what do we actually know about these stuffs? Do you seriously think:
- Kelvin Temps = Brighter the lights? (I.e. 4300k, 6000k, etc)
- HID Aftermarket kits in reflector type headlamps are legal?
- HID Aftermarket kits in reflector type foglamps are legal?
- Just changing your headlamps to aftermarket projector headlamps would solve the glare problem?
If you answered any one of it "yes", then you're at the right place here. Read on carefully. There's more to it!
For your info, lights that are produced from your car headlamps are not just "lights" dispersed everywhere or the road by whole. So no wonder you thought, "Eh, mun kereta ku pakai HID, sampai ke hujung wah tarang nya".
Well, you're wrong and being inconsiderate to other motorists: You're blinding them with your HID and endangering the chances of having an accident due to temporarily blindness!
They're projected in either LHD/RHD Pattern (depending on the country) so that the light wouldn't blind oncoming traffic! In most Asia region (And UK), we use the Left Hand Drive, so light must project in a beam where the Left side is brighter than the Right side like so:
Imagine that type of luminance projecting the light to the road, now can you understand why does most OEM Headlamps does not blind the other drivers? The light pattern produced from your car headlamps does not allow light going over the horizontal cutoff line.
Now why lamps fitted with HID Aftermarket kits blinds oncoming traffic, despite having the right "Cut-off" pattern? Well, there's just more than the "Cut-off" pattern ladies and gentlemen. Headlamp type, bulb position and the bulb colors all have their role.
------
HID Colors:
You may be confused about which color to choose for your HID conversion kit. The color of the output is determined by the temperature. The lower the temperature (usually around 4300k or so) is the whitest and brightest. As you increase the temperature the color scales as well.
At 6000k you have a light blue, 8000k a deeper blue, 10,000k starts to turns blue/purple and 12,000k starts to turn to purple. I recommend anything between 4300k-8000k to look the best but also be extremely bright.
4300K Pure White
4300K has an approximately 3200lm output, which is more than 3x the light output of the traditional halogen light and is the color temperature with the most output. The light appears fairly white, and has light yellowish hue when reflected off the road identical to the OEM HID equipped vehicles. This color is for people who are looking for pure performance while improving the looks of their headlights. It is ideal for people who does a lot of back road or canyon driving and need the optimal visibility.
6000K Diamond White
6000K has an approximately 2800lm output, which is 3x the light output of the traditional halogen light and slightly less light output compared to the 5000K. Although it has a bit lesser light output, it emits pure white light with very slight and barely noticeable tint of blue and purple.
8000K Iceberg Blue
8000K has an approximately 2550lm output, which is about 3x the light output of the traditional halogen light and slightly less light output compared to the 6000K. While it has a bit lesser light output, it emits a more blue lighting than the 6000K
10000K Brilliant Blue
10000K has an approximately 2200lm output, which is more than 2x the light output of the traditional halogen light. 10000K produces a deep blue light output approaching violet and the blue is noticeably deeper than the 8000K.
12000K Exotic Violet/Purple
12000K has an approximately 2100lm output, which is more than 2x the light output of the traditional halogen light. This color temperature puts out a deep bluish violet light and is deeper colored than the 10000K. It is for a people who are looking for the most extreme and most exotic looking light output.
Bear in mind, anything further than 6000k would no longer be road legal not to mention lights refracted from reflector/projector headlamps would be more and more blinding as the Kelvin gets higher. Despite the higher Lumens than Halogen, white are still much better in terms of lighting projection than other colors.
So... no, higher Kelvin does not means brighter lights!
------
Types of headlamps:
Reflectors
What are reflector types of headlamps? What do they look like? Basically, reflector types headlamps are like multiple mirrors behind the lens that projects the light produced from the bulbs.
Two types of Reflectors would be:
Elliptical Type Reflectors
(Lights are refracted by small patterned ridges on the lens)
Parabolic Type Reflectors
(Lights are refracted by patterned ridges on the reflector itself)
Reflector type headlamps comes mostly in almost all cars in the market (with the exception of higher range model of the particular model), and somewhat comes in Halogen type bulbs. Obviously there's no problem there because Halogen type bulbs normally emits about 1,300 lumens of light. Generally, Reflector type headlamps works best with only Halogen type bulbs.
Because of the reflective nature of the headlamps that once HID Aftermarket kits are installed which produces up to 2,500 lumens of light, basically what made the glare was the bulb producing that much light and you actually looking at the reflectors. Of course, most reflectors aren't designed for HID use unless specified or designed by OEM. With special designed reflectors and proper anti-glare shielding, they are possible.
But then again with so much light produced from the HID Lighting system, you're basically overpowering the design of the lamps. Even if you level the lights low to the ground, other motorists will still be blinded because of the reflective nature of the headlamps.
This is how the light pattern looks like when using HID Aftermarket kit on Reflector type headlamps:
.jpg)
It's nasty, rubbish and looks horrible. Not only it doesn't help you as much just like you're not helping other motorists either while they're trying to drive safely on the road!
So let's move on to Projectors. And still, using projectors alone wouldn't stop the glare until you'll get to use the right type of Projectors!
------
Projectors
Projector types headlamps are known for its 'sphere'-glassy look which always comes on higher-option cars. They project light much better than reflector and for their non reflective-mirror properties.
Like reflector types, there are two types of Projector headlamps:
- Halogen Projectors
- Xenon Projectors
Both works the same way, but the bulbs are position differently. With the Halogen lamps, the bulbs are closer to the shield than Xenon lamps. This is because generally Xenon lamps are much longer than Halogen lamps.
If you have ever ordered from eBay for your headlamps and retrofitted HID Lighting system to it, or even OEM projector lights that used Halogen before: You're doing it wrong! This will still glare oncoming traffic because of the improper spacing between the bulb sitting and the cut-off shield.
Having HIDs in Halogen Projectors setups are terrible. They do fit, well... with probably less output than the original halogen bulb set up. Go with the true projector hid conversion kit; don’t waste your time with the halogen projectors. Research, and ask thoroughly. There are certain sellers would just say yes. ISO and e-Mark may sometimes do prove anything. As long they're UK e-Mark approved for HID lighting, you're good to go.
Well okay, you might not know this but why? Because most eBay headlamps that sells under USD 300 and less are Halogen Projector lamps. It does explain why your lighting quality is sometimes worse than your stock lighting setup.
.jpg)
Notice that light still emits over the horizontal cut-off line. This is basically the 'lightened' version of the Reflectors using HID, which means it still glares or blinds oncoming traffic.
You should start wondering why BMW/Mercedes/Lexus or cars alike using HIDs meets JPD specifications (or heck, even other countries’ MOT requirements) and you whined about why those cars actually met the requirements and not yours.
The only thing you should realize are these cars have met or exceeded their requirement:
- Not to Glare/Blinding oncoming traffic
- Proper Light Projection Leveling (Possibly with auto leveling lights)
- Proper LHD/RHD light pattern.
So how does a total-proper OEM/HID aftermarket kit light pattern should look like? These:
1) Xenon Lamps on RHD Pattern Xenon Projector Headlamp
2) Xenon Lamps on LHD Pattern Xenon Projector Headlamps
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3) Halogen Lamps on LHD Pattern Halogen Projector Headlamps
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Now that's proper lighting! Notice how sharp the horizontal cut-off is when done right. Not only that, it helps you to make more out of your headlamps by lighting up more of the road space and still not blinding oncoming traffic.
So there you have it. As long you got this guideline in your head, it doesn't mean that it can fool the local laws. Always ask, or heck point them to this article if they're not even sure. Not all HID Aftermarket fitted kits are illegal. If done properly, they can function just as well as OEM HID fitted vehicles and help better drivability and visibility on low-light driving conditions.
More information can be visited here:
1) Click Me (Nicoclub.com)
2) Click Me (Pakwheels.com)
The New Golf VI GTI -RZR
RevoZport is a renowned composite material product company based in Hong Kong and have office in Los Angeles and Singapore. For the past 5 years, the company has been focusing on producing carbon fiber parts for cars like BMW, Porsche, Lotus, Ferrari and AMG cars.
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We have certainly overlooked the legendary Golf GTi market and it is time we also contribute to the market and offer our own unique styling for GTi-ers to choose from. said Kenny Cheung, the director of international sales and marketing.
The Golf VI GTi RZR bodykit is produced by light weight composite material in Pultruded Fiber Reinforced Plastic (PFRP) and Carbon Fiber Composite (CF) for the strength and integrity. It is made with 100% vacuum formed infusion technology for precision, strength and weight savings.
The bodykit includes a fully reworked front bumper with built-in LED daylight driving light and an adjustable front splitter that let you adjust forward and backward for different downforce settings. The bonnet is vented to cope with the 270hp customized engine mapping and exhaust system, the bonnet will weigh only 4kg thanks to the use of 100% carbon kevlar material.
The fender flares are add-on and fit flush with the side skirt with a strip of carbon matching the side profile nicely. The full rear bumper features two aggressively styled vent from the side and a three dimensional diffuser, also adjustable for different down force settings. The Golf GTi - RZR styling also features a carbon mirror cover and rear roof spoiler in carbon.
The kit is now available to order from various resellers and should hit the shop in February 2010.
For more information, please contact: Revozport Racing Technology Ltd.
Friday, January 22, 2010
The New Generation of Efficiency: Audi A6
The New Generation Of Efficiency
Efficiency is Vorsprung durch Technik - as demostrated by the many innovations in the new Audi A6 2.0 TFSI, which include a new, even more efficient petrol engine utilizing direct fuel injection technology with Audi's Multitronic transmission. Lowering fuel consumption up to 12% compared to their predecessors.
To find out more call 2390725.
Source: T.C.Y. Motors
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