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Put a BMW V8 engine into the body of a MK4 VW Golf GTI and what do you have? An insane rear-wheel-drive drift machine.
In a bid to extract more power, tuners resort to engine swaps as a means to an end. In this case, the guys from Hoonigan Daily Transmission took a VW Golf GTI Mk4 and chucked a V8 down its throat.
Sleeper danger
The BMW engine in question here is the M62 from a 540i and kicks out a healthy 205kW and 315Nm which is more than enough muscle to light up the rear tyres.
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As expected, plenty of mechanical and fabrication work went into this build while there are a number of components still retained from the Volkswagen stable like the suspension.
It is downright weird to see a Golf's rear wheels smoking up but in this case all is forgiven. Turn up the volume and listen to this 8-cylinder madness.
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