Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.9 / 5.0

Pretty good starter book:

This is not a book for illegal street racers where anything goes, it is specific to cars running in legitimate closed-course competition. I dinged this book a couple of stars, because it did not include anything about performance rallying, or GTI Cup preparation, areas I am most interested in. Racing technology moves so fast that a book like this is partially out of date before it is printed. The "hot tire" last week is only good for a course marker this week. That said, Volkswagen Sport Tuning for Street... more info

Heavy Autocross Bias, Mixed in with A1/A2 Info.:

This book was supposed to be the new version of a lot of old VW "tuner" books. The front cover was a rip off of European Car's(EC)article about EIP Tuning's VR6 Turbo system. That peeks big interest for those in the know. Upon finally picking up this book from New Dimensions($30 after tax, ouch), I rushed home and opened the book and found a whole lot of common knowledge. Nothing shocking here. No little horsepower secrets found by moi. Basically, if you read EC, you will probably know about 90% of the... more info

VOLKSWAGEN SPORT TUNING FOR STREET AND COMPETITION:

I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THIS BOOK, ITS ONLY A BUYER GUIDE, IT'S ONLY HAVE FIVE BOLT-ON PERFORMANCE TIPS, AND THAT TIPS CAN DO ANYBODY. I EXPECTED MORE, BUT IF YOU SEE THE REFERENCE ABOUT THE AUTOR NOW YOU KNOW WHY (NO OFFENSE).