The tuners from Wimmer RS have released the details of their Volkswagen Golf R upgrade program, called Red Devil. What they did with the new Golf R is give it a one serious power upgrade. The Wimmer Volkswagen Golf R develops no less than 478 hp and 610 Nm of torque, which are all coming out of a 2.0 TFSI engine. That's 200 hp more than standard! This gives the Wimmer Volkswagen Golf R a power to weight ratio of 3,04 kg/hp. We're not sure which is the actual top speed of the Wimmer Volkswagen Golf R, since the car is ellectronically limited to 291 km/h. The 0 to 100 km/h acceleration time of the Wimmer Volkswagen Golf R has not been announced yet.
To get the massive increase in power, the Wimmer Volkswagen Golf R comes with a re-mapped ECU,
obviously, a re-tuned tuurbocharher, new piping, modified injection nozzles, TFSI tuning, and modified connecting rods. The Wimmer Volkswagen Golf R also comes with a new lamp coating, cylinder heads, a large aftercooler, an oil heater, a new intake system, a modified crank shaft and an additional oil pump. The list of modifications brought to the Wimmer Volkswagen Golf R does not stop here. It also includes a second low pressure fuel pump, sport camshafts and a completely new, handmade, steel sports exhaust system with 84 mm diameter pipes and a sports catalyst converter.
All thet power must be kept in check somehow, so the Wimmer Volkswagen Golf R comes with upgraded brakes and a completely new suspension system.
The Wimmer Volkswagen Golf R price has not been announced yet.
Wimmer RS Press Release:
RED DEVIL V - Wimmer RS gives you wings with Golf 6 R - 478 hp and 610 Nm
When a street car is presented by Wimmer RS, one of the most important players on the tuning
arena, everything must be perfect – while Germany is slowly preparing for winter, the tyres are still squeaking on the „RED DEVIL V-Projekt“. Standing by a power-circulating gear testing machine show the profs from Solingen, what the car is capable of: Thorsten Wimmer and his crew make the model Golf 6 R race, on the high-speed line and autobahn. The RED DEVIL V is not only fast, but also runs stable.
The Solingen tuning specialist Wimmer RS gives you wings with the new Golf 6 R 2.0 TFSI.
And an extensive engine tuning program: Wimmer RS increases the efficiency stage V, now Golf R has about 478 hp, instead of the common for this series 270 hp. And the torque increases up to sensational 610 Nm (range 350 Nm) and the car is stopped by 291 km/h due to electronic system. That means a power/weight ratio of 3,04 kg/hp.
Among various aspects of the provided by the company engine tuning the following could be mentioned: engine electronics tuning, tuning of turbocharger incl. pipe, changes of injection nozzles, the TFSI tuning, tuning of the connecting rods, changes of lamp coating, cylinder head, large aftercooler, additional fuel oil heater, changes in the air intake system,
air intake pipe, tuning of th crank shaf, or another oil pump, of the second low pressure fuel pump und sport camshafts, so as an completely handmade high-grade steel sports exhaust system with 84 mm in diameter, a 100 - cells sports catalyst converter and a race sport coupling.
For a better road stability Wimmer RS proposes a coil spring set and helical spring set, which can from the one side lower the car and adds a sports note to the car.
As option Wimmer RS offers modifying of a high performance brake system, which bites cruel on the front and rear axle. This also provides distinctly improved delay rates and so as the increased efficiency stage V, and also suits perfectly to an „usual“ street traffic.
