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Sorry for the language but hey listen to the engines! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF7z1nABPd4

Told my mate about this he works @ INTUNE in castle hill and was going to bring the 350kw FTP Typhoon. but hes going to the UTE show in wyong instead

nah man alot of you end sentences in BUT! for goodness sake why?! GAH! That's how Michael talks ALL THE TIME. I'm always correcting him, telling him to say "though" or to say "but" at the beginning of the sentence.... Bloody UC students <_< LOL! your a good man jim!

exactly!^^ This engine has been engineered to have high boost and last!

nah man alot of you end sentences in BUT! for goodness sake why?!

iv got some one coming out from SA in march so im not sure if il be able to make it, but well see closer to the time

Now im keen on this

whose going to the toy mods cruise on sunday?

thats looking sexy man!!! yeah the cone was great mate!

Thats what C hill quoted me too! All stivos are SA built im keen just got to see if my exhaust can be adjusted

lets wait for more reviews

supercharger gets it into turbo boost. i presume the power would feel like the surge you get in turbo diesel cars with huge torque figures

Slotted & drilled type such as the ones on the HSV's. Im sure DBA make them iv seen them

ENGINE REVOLUTION: The badge says GT and that means power but VW's latest GT is kitted with only a 1.4-litre engine - with 127kW on tap! Specifications Price: From £18 095 (about R234 000). On sale in Europe. South Africa might have to wait until 2008. Engine: 1390cc, four cylinders, 16 valves, supercharger and turbocharger, 127kW at 6000rpm, 240Nm from 1750-4750rpm. Transmission: Six-speed, front-wheel drive. Performance: 220km/h, 0-100km/h 7.7sec. Claimed fuel consumption: 7.43 litres/100km. The petrol engine fights back. Diesel has been in the ascendant for a while now with its easy-driving nature, its fuel economy and - often nowadays - a greater power output than a same-sized petrol engine Though modern diesels can be quiet, they really don't sound very nice . Modern diesels are invariably turbocharged, of course, but it's still a staggering state of affairs when you think how sleepy diesels used to be. All is not perfect in dieselworld, however. They are good on CO2 emissions but poor on other pollutants and need expensive particulate filters to render them acceptably clean. They have a narrow usable torque band and run out of steam at quite low engine revs so you need lots of gears to get the best from them. And, though modern diesels can be quiet, they really don't sound very nice. Whatever, diesels have rocketed in popularity as petrol engines, especially small ones, feel ever more feeble as they struggle to cope with heavier cars and tighter emissions legislation. This, though, is set to change because Volkswagen has launched a petrol engine so capable that it rewrites the rules of what is possible The engine delivers a big-muscled 240Nm of torque all the way from 1750rpm to 4750rpm . Meet the Volkswagen Golf TSI. (VW SA says the TSI won't be here this year and probably not in 2007 either. A spokesman said there might have to be a mindset change among local drivers who, he said, were still obsessed with cubic capacity.) Its little 1.4-litre engine produces up to 127kW – no, that's not a typo. To get an engine to produce so much more than 100bhp/litre normally means manically high revs and minimal low-speed pulling ability - fine for a racetrack, hopeless on the road. Not here, though: the engine delivers a big-muscled 240Nm of torque all the way from 1750rpm to 4750rpm. It has the low-end thrust of a good diesel and the high-end eagerness of a highly tuned petrol engine. Cake is simultaneously had and eaten, and all with an official combined-cycle fuel economy figure of about 7.4 litres/100km. So we have a reasonably hefty Golf GT TSI able to reach 100km/h in 7.7sec and to keep accelerating right up to 220km/h, given the opportunity. All from 1.4 litres. How on earth…? Read on… The T in TSI stands for Twincharger. That means two "chargers": a supercharger, belt-driven by the engine, and a turbocharger, driven by the exhaust gases. Turbocharging is used by many engines, petrol and diesel, but a turbo can take a while to spin quickly enough to provide meaningful boost pressure, especially in a small engine. That can make it frustrating to drive: foot down – nothing - then surge of energy. A supercharger gives a quicker, more consistent, response but it saps a lot of energy at high speed so it's bad for fuel efficiency. VW approach Put the two technologies together and you have an engine capable of miracles. Lancia did this with its Delta S4 rally cars two decades ago but fuel efficiency wasn't uppermost in that company's mind. The VW approach is different and driven by the commitment among major automakers to have average CO2 emissions, across the fleet of vehicles sold, of only 140g/km by 2008. The supercharger comes in whenever you accelerate from a low engine speed. It spins five times faster than the engine's crankshaft but its efforts tail off above 2500rpm and by 3500 it's out of the picture, its electromagnetic clutch disengaged and its air supply bypassed. This is because from 2500rpm the turbocharger is making a useful contribution and by the time the engine is producing its maximum power it is relying on the turbocharger alone. That what is, by then, simply a turbocharged 1.4-litre engine can produce so much power is down to several factors: The turbo runs at a high boost pressure. The engine has a high compression ratio. Being a direct-injection engine, it can run at that high compression ratio without destroying itself. That is because injecting the fuel directly into the cylinder has the effect of reducing the temperature inside the cylinder because the vaporisation of the fuel soaks up heat. And this is why the Golf TSI can run at high speed on freeways without needing the extra fuel normally needed in a turbo engine to keep them cool. So that's another way it gains in fuel economy. Little click This is downsizing at its most intelligent. A small engine is a light engine, even with two boost devices. A light engine means a lighter car, which uses less fuel and can have lighter brakes and wheels. And this little TSI engine is cheaper to make than a two-litre turbodiesel while offering similarly easy low-speed pull. Fine. Does it work? You bet it does! As you move off in the TSI you hear a little click as the supercharger clutch engages. There's a tiny delay in the accelerator's response because the engine's air supply has such a long journey from air filter to the four cylinders (the pipework almost encircles the engine: filter, supercharger, turbocharger, intercooler, intake port, cylinder) but then you hear a deep, guttural snort like that of an old rally car on Weber carburettors as the supercharger does its stuff. That snort, never loud but pleasingly characterful, fades as the turbo takes over, but the thrust is insistent right through the speed range. It really does feel like a two-litre engine, and a very punchy one at that. The accelerator response does soften when the turbo alone is in play but the way you can amble along in high gears and know there's effortless overtaking urge always available is a new experience with such a small engine. I found a tight uphill hairpin bend on my test route. It involved slowing to about 25km/h in second gear before accelerating away. The Golf TSI powered out of the corner as if pulled by a steam engine. Better compromise Yet this is an engine that will pull past 7000rpm. Its breadth of ability is extraordinary and gives a delightful driving experience. The Golf GT to which it is fitted suits the characteristics perfectly, with a ride supple enough to soak up our crumbling road infrastructure yet steering and handling precise enough to satisfy a keen driver. It's a better compromise all round than even the excellent Golf GTI because it lacks that car's underlying firmness and tiresome tyre roar. As you might expect, the interior trim and the exterior styling are halfway between a regular Golf and a GTI - sporty-ish but not racy. There's also a 105kW version of the engine for lower-range Golfs and the Touran MPV. Eventually variations on the theme will replace the existing two-litre engines, although the turbo version will continue for the Golf GTI and other cars in the VW group. It's not often we can hail the arrival of a new engine that does so many things so well but we can do so here. The Golf TSI is nothing short of an automotive miracle

smart a$$! :) What are you doing tonight? Aussie: What are youse doing tonight? Are you alright? Aussie: Are you alright but?

Red station wagon. Dropped, Dark tint grille mesh with Toms badge and sexy black rims! Old northern rd castlehill

i got nothing to say.................

if you coming with Euro or pounds you will be more than able to afford it here. but you must see the barrier reef! id say up cairns way. Sydney of course! Adelaide,melbourne if you like festivity,art and culture

get your brakes checked out bro

congrats on the purchase! 1. 06 model is facelift. 2. you can use any octane fuel on the levin. but by using 95,98 octane you will get a smooter drive and better economy 3. no issues or call backs on the levins that i know of

yip thats right they are moving. to where im not sure yet

maybe he means whose going to bathurst V8 race this yr

flooding all over the show!

no worries micky! There was loads of water pouring down!

surprized he never slipped cos the paint on the corners was slippery