MK6 GOLF R 420BHP

Photo’s: morganvw1
Words: Char Marie

Char (Charlotte) from West Berkshire, 27 years young, Admin for South Meets & I am the proud owner of a 2.0 TFSI MK6 Golf R that is currently running 420bhp. The R has had around £12K (if not more) spent on mods from the showroom, some of which was done before my ownership. It is a Shadow Blue R currently mapped to Stage 2+ running on an uprated TTE420 Turbocharger with REVO High Flow Intake, RS3 Intake Fuel Pump, RS4 Fuel Pressure Valve, Sach Racing Clutch with Single Mass Flywheel.

It also has a Full Milltek Decat Exhaust System. It has the setup ready for meth injection I just need to put the tank in the boot. The Wingback Racing Bucket Seats were an optional extra from factory but in all honesty, it was the seats that drew me in. I have had the rear end of the car wrapped to create a two-tone contrast effect, it not to everyone’s taste but I absolutely love the colours together, changed the standard VW alloys to Bola B17s but she normally runs on 19” Borbet Y’s with R888 tyres (alloys are currently being refurbished) and I have added a few visual mods i.e. MAXTON rear diffuser and front splitter.

My ideal plans for the R is that I would like to strip out the rear seats and have a boot build around the meth tank once it’s in, Forge the engine, upgrade to a TTE480 Turbo & Stage 3 Remap, but at the moment I’m happy with how it runs and the power it puts down... for now anyway.

This is my fourth car in the last 8 years, I started off with a little 1.4 VW MK4 Golf, then due to travelling for work I moved to a 1.9 TDI AUDI A3, but after about a year of ownership, I blew the turbo up. This mishap made me fall back in love with VW so I went onto a 2.0 MK6 GTD which I owned for around 2/3 years before coming across the R, I fell in love with the MK6 shape and it seemed as though the R was like gold dust once the MK7 came out so I made it my mission to own one.

I am an Admin for South Meets (you can find us on Facebook and Instagram) we are always holding Meets and attending shows and would happily welcome any new members or if you just want to come along for a nosey and a chat. Unfortunately, I haven’t entered the R into any competitions yet as I wanted to work on it visually first, but she will definitely be put forward for a few when car show season starts again. I will be attending TRAX in the R this year so if you see me or have any questions please come say hi! My ideal dream car would have to be a Nissan GT-R.