“There are far more smog legal supercharger kits than there are smog legal turbo kits. The reason is that the supercharger doesn’t have as much smog altering or modifying equipment such as a turbo usually. While a supercharger can have an intercooler andblow off valve, it does not have...
It’s unfeasibly quick, even for a modern hot hatch, and the engine is so tractable, pulling from low down in the rev range all the way past its 7,000rpm redline. When we put the stopwatch on the Golf R 20 Years in sodden conditions, it managed to sprint to 60mph from rest in...
Revving to the redline is OK – even revving slightly above the redline for a very short period is unlikely to damage the vehicle because you are turning the engine through the force of the wheels, not through applying more petrol and pushing it. It’s important that you get the revs up...
2013:A Bloodline with no Redline 2014:Ready, Set, Gone. Witness the Burn 2015:Your wildest dreams. Just got real. 2016:Put your foot down. And let the adrenaline flow. 2017:This is a love-at-first-sight, want-you-so-bad, feels-so-good king of car. ...
Case study 2: Mrs. Money Mustache is still riding her 2002 Schwinn Moab mountain bike. This was near the top of the Schwinn line back in its day, as the components are thoroughly kickass and it is as light as a feather. She bought it at full retail price from REI at the time – ...