It not only looks the nuts, but it goes like stink, handles, and feels super nice inside. Is this Lamborghini hued Mk4 masterpiece the ultimate Dub ever?

Words : James Wallace | Pics: Global Tuning Connection

The Mk4 Golf market is flooded with amazing modified efforts, but if there’s one thing likely to get the forum dwellers tap, tap, tapping away frantically on their keyboards it’s an abundance of either shine or grime. It’s a real shame that the diversity of the VW world comes in for lots of either envy or downright hatred nowadays. Whether it’s jealously or simply a lack of imagination that prompts this response is really anyone’s guess, but my granddad always said to me that, “if you ain’t got nothing positive to say, don’t bother saying it.”

Nevertheless creating one of Europe’s, nay the World’s, finest Mk4 Golfs is no mean feat. Not becoming overly obsessed with the corrupting force that is the interweb probably helps. A clear vision, slightly bonkers ideas and bags of enthusiasm definitely come in handy. Who’d have thought that 12 years ago when we featured a Black Golf Rallye belonging to a fresh faced Janet Edwardson, who’s no stranger to Germany’s finest motors, that we’d be revisiting the fruits of her labour in a new decade altogether?

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Long term readers may recall ‘Greg’ as she refers to her Mk4 Golf GTI appearing in GOLF+ back in June 2005 and also in March 2008, so what is it that keeps drawing us back to this Lamborghini hued masterpiece? Could it be the boundary pushing styling? Low compression 1.9 big turbo engine? Or even the fact that whenever we see Janet and her other half Ian at a show they invariably have a sound supply of Stella on offer? Nope... it’s the fact that no matter when or where we see this car there’s always something to gawp at, even if we only clocked it the week beforehand.

“We bought it from the guy who painted it originally, Greg Howell, as a show winner, but knew all along that we’d have to stamp our identity on it somehow,” recalled Janet. Having parted with around £16k for the car back in November 2008, many already considered it to be the ultimate Mk4 with a trophy cabinet that was bulging with success.

OWNER PROFILE

Name:
Janet Edwardson
Location:
Warrington
Dream car:
Lamborghini Reventon
Fave mod on car:
Seats
Top Choonz:
SL2 – On a Ragga Tip

THE KNOWLEDGE

Engine:
83mm x 86.4mm 1869cc (AGU) 20v AGU 1.8 Turbo bored up to 1.9-litre, shielded JR induction kit, Garrett GT2871RS roller bearing turbo with ported shroud, RS Engineering stainless pipework, big port head and Bestom 83mm head gasket, JE H-beam rods, low compression (8.5:1) JE pistons, uprated big end rod shells and fully balanced bottom end, ATP turbo manifold, custom 3in exhaust, downpipe and de-cat (all stainless), Ross Machine racing inlet manifold, 480cc fuel injectors, Bosch FSDPOR spark plugs and 10 bar fuel pump, ITG cone air filter, Forge dump-valve, uprated front mount inter-cooler and custom pipework, Samco silicon hoses, custom remap by MRC Tuning.com. Transmission: Stage 3 ceramic clutch and uprated pressure plate, lightened flywheel, Quaife ATB torque biasing diff, Neuspeed short shift kit
Chassis:
Genuine 8.5x19in Lamborghini ‘Callisto’ split rims, 215/35/19 Falken FK452 tyres, Rayvern Hydraulics air ride suspension, adjustable rebound AVO shocks, Lamborghini Gallardo SE/Audi RS6 front brake conversion – 365mm two piece floating discs and bells, 308mm ECS Tuning rear discs, Powerflex bushes all round, uprated Eibach anti-roll bars front and rear, adjustable drop links,
S3 strut brace
Styling:
Smoothed tailgate, de-wipered and de-aerialed with R32 spoiler, genuine VW R-Line rear bumper with reduced number plate recess, smoothed side mouldings, arches pulled and rolled, genuine TT fuel cap, Fiat Barchetta door handles all round (truly one off), smoothed side repeaters, de-badged and smoothed bonnet, R32 smoothed front bumper, 25th Anniversary side skirts, R32 door mirrors, aero wipers, Xenon headlights. Interior: Genuine Lamborghini Reventon Carbon Kevlar seats, re-trimmed in khaki leather, matching Bora rear bench, door cards and arm rests trimmed to match, SWG dash vent boost gauge, complete Anniversary headlining kit, Lamborghini Gallardo steering wheel, air ride pressure gauge and adjustment switches
Ice:
Blaupunkt DVD / Sat Nav 7in widescreen headunit, Infinity components front and back, Optima Yellow top battery, Clifford total closure CAT1 alarm

Thanks:
Greg Howell, MJ Interiors, Lamborghini Manchester, Chris Scragg, Steve Lockley and all of the Detailed VW Club lads and lasses, and anyone else who’s helped out along the way. Nice one.

To read the rest of this feature see the July 2011 issue of Golf+. Available to buy here

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