Horsepower:241 bhp @ 6250 rpm Torque:236 lb-ft @ 2800-3200 rpm http://www.fast-autos.net/volkswagen/volkswagenr32.html
max torque is a fair bit lower down the rev range than a vr6...does that mean they don't need winding up like a vr6 does? hope so.
Yip but not a lot of top-end go on R32 either as standard, lovely grunty midrange & creamy VR6 engine note, but as the revs rise all it does it get more noisey. Rather like a 1.8T, ECU playing with is compulsory.
Not a lot of top end? Agree that the re-map livens it up a bit but it's no way 'breathless' at the top end standard IMO Edited by: G_V_K
I was about to say the same thing!!! They have sh1te loads of top end for a standard car, plus they don't need revving out either - fabulous for a 3.2 and only pipped by the Alfa and M3 3.2's IMO
It's terrible having so little torque...So asthmatic, so gutless, so slow H8SV8S - I declare you the official R32 Ambassador of this forum. Keep up the good work.
LOL! Well I wasn't going to pay out on the R32 until I'd driven one, and now I have, I have a lot of respect. Although, I just read a review of one in an Aussie magazine and they gave it 2 and a half out of 5, said it had "detached steering", "bad suspension tune" and "poor on the limit handling" - what a total load of BS
...and I bet they gave the big engined Holdens and Falcons top marks?!! Loads of grunt but no steering feel, wallowy, and very scary on the limit.
so needs a bit more winding up than a R32, but still a lot less than a 12v. i need one of those engines then!
Steering on the R32 can be very light at high speeds, changing lane at *cough* mph needs to be done with very slight inputs We had a day trip to France Monday in Golfgirl's, don't even ask how much fuel we burned
Without being rude mate, reading Evo recently I sort of got the impression that Driving had pretty much been banned out there? At least driving above 32mph anyway. What's it like?
Let me put in this way, in the state of Victoria, they have a 3km/h tollerance on their speed cameras, that's 1.86mph. That means you get a ticket if a camera sees you exceeding the signposted limit by that tiny amount. Luckily, I don't live in Victoria, though! I live in Tasmania, which if you look at a map, is the tiny island underneath mainland Australia. We host one of the biggest tarmac rallies in the world here, called Targa Tasmania, so have brilliant roads. Even still, our tollerance is only 7km/h, but theres not as many cops as on the mainland!
