The Volkswagen GTI->ke223 is most certainly the people’s car that started the hot hatch craze and this 1992 Golf is a fine example of why. This Rallye inspired green machine is more than compact brick wearing square headlights and fat arches. This was the first all wheel drive VR6 powered Mk3 Golf conversion that was undertaken back in 1994 by the Vancouver based VW shop named Ron's Parts. In order to fit the drive train a custom bell housing had to be machined in order for the AWD transmission to fit up to the VR6 engine. They then added the center tunnel from a Corrado and replaced the floor pan and gas tank from a European spec VW Rallye to make room for the driveshaft and rear differential, the key ingredients to the European spec Passat sourced Syncro system.

In 1989 Volkswagen pumped out 5,000 units from the plant in Brussels in order to homologate the AWD GTI for international FIA rally competition. The Rallye Golf was powered by a supercharged 1.8 Liter 8 valve motor that made 160 HP thanks to a G60 supercharger, but today this VW makes closer to 450 HP thanks to a Garrett GT35/40 turbocharger bolted to the back of a fully built VR6. Thanks to a set of custom manifolds, a mild set cams and methanol injection to keep everything from going kaboom! The setup comes with a high attention to detail, like the Techline Turbo X coating on all high heat components and modern touches like a fuel rail from an Mk4 Golf filled with three pairs of
Bosch 42lb/hr injectors feeding enough go juice into the six semi-inline combustion chamber to make about 300 HP more than the GTI team ever intended.

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