September 2023

Performance VW

The World's best loved magazine for the modified Volkswagen scene

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Badlydubbed
Having contributed to the magazine for well over two decades now (I know, I don’t look old enough), people often ask me, ‘haven’t you seen it all done before?,’ followed by, ‘Are people really still coming up with new and unique ways to modify their
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Power play
The four-figure horsepower club remains an exclusive one, but membership isn’t the headache it once was. Back at the turn of the Millennium and the dawn of blown VR6s and high-power 1.8Ts, hypercar-worrying horsepower in Volkswagen usually meant find
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TAROX BRAKE PADS & DISCS - MK8 GTI CLUBSPORT & R
TAROX has been offering its Corsa compound brake pad for nearly as long as VW have been making hot hatches. As the cars have developed so has pad compound technology. The TAROX Corsa pad was always been the go to pad for track days and competition us
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EDITOR: Elliott Roberts (elliott.roberts@kelsey.co.uk) ART EDITOR: Lorna Mansford SUB EDITOR: Tony Taylor WORDS: Graham Leigh, Gordie Wollacott, Alex Grant, Charlie Smith PHOTOS: Dan Sherwood, Paul Knight, Ade Brannan, Speedyshots, Artem Chermous, Sa
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What's New
RacingLine’s ever-popular Sport Springs are now available for the Audi S3 (8Y) models - both four-door sedan and five-door Sportback. As always, RacingLine has carefully developed these progressive-rate springs to give a drop of around 20mm, retainin
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Sound Investment
Having started his driving days at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta, it didn’t take Marc Herbrik long to hop over to the VW way of life. “The Fiesta failed after only a few months use, so I bought a Jetta 16v instead and never looked back,” the 37-year-old
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Dream Machine
Tadek Czaban hails from Luban, Poland. The first car he owned was a Polski Fiat 126p that will be familiar to our Polish readers. The VW story started incredibly early for Tadek though, as a family friend let him drive a Mk1 Golf on his meadow and th
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Bringing The Fire
Here’s the story behind what is surely set to become one of the most recognised Bay Windows in the world. Considering there were nearly three million built, that’s a pretty bold statement, but we have evidence. A simple behind-the-scenes shot from th
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Time Flies… When You're Having Fun
As the blurb on the Players website says, this is the weekend where modified cars can be found “disrupting the manicured lawns and tranquillity of Goodwood Motor Circuit”. Hard to believe that the first Players Classic was way back in 2013. It quickl
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Gearbox guide
There are some things in the car world you just take for granted. Gearboxes are the perfect example. Every driver understands how to use them and most car enthusiasts understand what gear to be in for best performance in a given situation. But how ma
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Moral Support
When our Head of Content, and long-term Fast Car staffer, Jules Truss mentioned we were building our next PVW project in conjunction with Teng Tools I was naturally excited at the prospect. Having recently built a Touring Car rep’ with sister title,
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Built my Way
We all know Volkswagens are more than just a car or a van. Once they get under your skin there’s no escaping. Even if you take a break for a while, something somewhere will pull you back in. Scot Player was a died-in-the-wool BMW man. He even had his
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Bottoms Up
There is a small but fiercely loyal following for all the Karmann-built cars, and the Corrado is no exception. The sleek coupe was only built for 8 years and the last ones rolled off the production line in 1995. But for those that know what a gem the
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Rewind
Amazingly it’s already a year since German, Christian Drechsel’s R32-powered Vento bagged cover, while inside we compared RamAir’s Mk8 GTI and AET’s Mk8 R, took a closer look at Mick Matthew’s stunning Mk1 Golf running an ATH 16v and a Voomeran-kitte
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Events Diary 2023
21-23rd BUG JAM Santa Pod Raceway www.bugjam.co.uk 21-23rd MODIFIED NATIONALS Lincolnshire Showground, LN2 2NA www.modifiednationals.co.uk 23rd THE REUNION SHOW 2023 Staffordshire Showground www.maxpowerreunion.co.uk 28-30th DUBTOBERFEST Cheltenham R
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