When Volkswagen started work on the Golf R MK8, the folks from Wolfsburg asked their colleagues at Audi if they could use the 2.5-liter TFSI engine from the Audi RS3, though they received a negative answer. It’s probably safe to say we are never going to see a performance Golf with the inline-five from the factory, but that doesn’t mean VW enthusiasts won’t build one. In fact, a Golf R MK7 2.5 TFSI already exists and it’s featured in a new video.
Attached at the top of this page, the 12-minute clip introduces us to Kavin, the owner of the white hot hatch, who asked Innovative Motorsports to swap the engine of his Golf R with a 2.5-liter inline-five from Audi. “I never meant to mod it, but one thing leads to another. I started modding, modding, modding, and the four-cylinder exhaust note just wasn’t cutting it for me.” And that’s how everything began. VW won't build a five-cylinder Golf R but Kavin did it.
