Now it's Roxy's Turn
pics and text, courtesy of Brad Beardow at 1552v2.com
Kind of a special project we have going here.
This 1995 VW GTI VR6 is a labor of love between our web-designer, Jason, and his fiancé, Kate. They've been building the car from the ground up for many months, and it's just been delivered to Sarasota by way of northern Virginia. Jason and Kate have a running blog that chronicles the build so far and for those of you looking for some serious background on "Roxy" (as she's known), visit http://www.kratemotors.com/roxy
As an intro, here's some info in Jason's own words:
"Roxy started off as a $700 car and turned into the biggest project Kate and I have ever undertaken; full respray, two engine swaps, reupholstering seats, custom fabrication, dash swap, heater core swap (biggest mechanical accomplishment to date on my own), custom body work and it was all done by Kate, some friends, and me.
Though I'm currently working with fifteen52 on their website, the truth is I've been a friend and customer of theirs since '97 - back when they were called VW Sport USA. It's pretty cool that after all these years we're finally working together on a pretty major vehicle build."
Our part in this project consists of adding some much needed forward motivation to the old Golf, and we'll achieve this using a bit of old-fashioned forced induction, á la a Kinetic Motorsport Stage 2 turbo system. This added power won't just be used to terrorize drivers on the Capitol Beltway - no, Jason and Kate plan to drive the car to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and take a shot at the 130-mph club.
Before effectively doubling the horsepower for this 160k-mile engine, we'll also be performing some much needed maintenance as well as adding additional mods along the way. We've ordered all the necessary parts and once they come in we'll get to work.
Oh, and by the way - check out those custom license tags. If those don't merit a discount, then nothing will...
Kind of a special project we have going here.
This 1995 VW GTI VR6 is a labor of love between our web-designer, Jason, and his fiancé, Kate. They've been building the car from the ground up for many months, and it's just been delivered to Sarasota by way of northern Virginia. Jason and Kate have a running blog that chronicles the build so far and for those of you looking for some serious background on "Roxy" (as she's known), visit http://www.kratemotors.com/roxy
As an intro, here's some info in Jason's own words:
"Roxy started off as a $700 car and turned into the biggest project Kate and I have ever undertaken; full respray, two engine swaps, reupholstering seats, custom fabrication, dash swap, heater core swap (biggest mechanical accomplishment to date on my own), custom body work and it was all done by Kate, some friends, and me.
Though I'm currently working with fifteen52 on their website, the truth is I've been a friend and customer of theirs since '97 - back when they were called VW Sport USA. It's pretty cool that after all these years we're finally working together on a pretty major vehicle build."
Our part in this project consists of adding some much needed forward motivation to the old Golf, and we'll achieve this using a bit of old-fashioned forced induction, á la a Kinetic Motorsport Stage 2 turbo system. This added power won't just be used to terrorize drivers on the Capitol Beltway - no, Jason and Kate plan to drive the car to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and take a shot at the 130-mph club.
Before effectively doubling the horsepower for this 160k-mile engine, we'll also be performing some much needed maintenance as well as adding additional mods along the way. We've ordered all the necessary parts and once they come in we'll get to work.
Oh, and by the way - check out those custom license tags. If those don't merit a discount, then nothing will...
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