Cupra vs R32

[Jonzy]

I don't know why people rant and rave about the 4wd on the R32 and launching.

Speaking for myself, I didnt know that. You learn something new everyday

 

[Forbez]

The sig is 160 x 120!

 

[helms]

that woul explain why ive seen them on rolling roads with just the front wheels on!!

 

[ian_jobson]

that woul explain why ive seen them on rolling roads with just the front wheels on!!

my thouhgts exactly!

 

[The_one]

but if the front wheels started losing traction while on the rollers the rears would kick in

but..........

to stop this you just pull the handbrake up a few clicks and it fools the centre lsd into thinking your parked up

 

[acidstrato]

im 99% certain they actually remove a fuse or relay (something along these lines) which disables the haldex system

i heard also this actually reduces the accuracy of the dyno result...possibly on ukmkivs regarding the 4motion/quattro cars turning up to a rolling road day....

 

[Jonzy]

same as the cav in drag then, sorry calibra

 

[alexoakes]

In my experience the Ibiza should do the R32 on a 1/4 mile. Ran against a couple and seen a few run, none were that quick but all standard, running around 14.6s.

 

[Simon L]

I had a bit of fun with one a while back from a rolling start. In gear we were pretty much neck and neck until the top end of 4th gear, the V6 had more top end grunt.

 

[Undezcupra]

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[bazza1000]

seen 1 today@ santa pod achieved a 1/4 mile time of 15.3secs, and underzcupra got a time of 14.9 in his remapped ibiza!

 

[cuprabaz]

Met a couple of 32's on HM's private race tracks a few months back, SMOKED!!

Was surprised how much i beat them by, the drivers were far from amused!!

 

[Jonzy]

He pussied out saturday night! Win by default I think

 

[bazza1000]

Met a couple of 32's on HM's private race tracks a few months back, SMOKED!!

Was surprised much i beat them by, the drivers were far from amused!!

Great stuff!

'HM's private race tracks' - ha ha love it, they are the best

 

[Simon L]

A guy i know recently got a mk5 R32. The ugly one. But anyway... bumped into him last night on a dual carriageway.

I asked "so how does it go?", he replied with "faster than that", so i said "show me".

Was a rolling start from about 30mph in 2nd gear, and i pulled away through 2nd, and was even in 3rd. He was not best pleased after spending 26k and not being able to get past

No doubt given a long enough stretch of road he would have passed me, that thing would trundle all the way up to 155mph with ease. But was amusing all the same.

 

[Martyn]

Good lad

 

[CupraUK]

Jon at Vag Tech says that their R32 was absolutley rubbish when it was standard. (over 400 bhp now though)

 

[acidstrato]

i would never say an R32 is rubbish but i would say they aint worth the money

but def not rubbish, the quality of the cabin is a different world to the ibiza,

 

[acidstrato]

mind u the quality of the dash in a base model mk4 or mk5 is better than the ibizas

 

[CupraUK]

I think he meant rubbish performance. No one is questioning the golfs build quality and kit.