The Journey of the 2000hp TWIN ENGINE Volkswagen Golf (1320Stories | Ep 9)

[@wojciechbieniek4029]

What's also amazing, is that Bruce's solution to every problem is to over-engineer the system to near-perfection, and it's just stunning how every next iteration is more and more technically impressive.

[@lukasadamson6091]

I mean it's a VW after all 😊

[@davepistone2597]

This could have easily been a multi-part series, but had to wrap up years of struggles in 25 minutes. Definitely an inspiration and a lesson in persistence. Thanks.

[@bfunky7517]

The first video of the Golf they showed from 5 years ago, I got to see in person. I was at Bandimere Speedway in Colorado. I was there with my dad who was driving the Rainmaker WRX (which was featured on TRC). He mentioned there was a Golf with TWO ENGINES! It was an amazing day. One ill never forget. Thank you guys for that 🙏

[@timothytavishjustin361]

Cleetus needs to bring this man’s history back at the freedom factory Well crap thank for the responses everyone

[@Thebakedbaker413]

At least a meeting of the two fellas

[@rodcaseracing3376]

Well Cleet is all about kicking that vans ass lol

[@asylumental]

It would be pretty epic for the green Gump to do some passes around freedom factory

[@sneezinhatch]

This car would kick ass at spectator drags

[@pattkinder612]

The F.F. was his home track, too.

[@asylumental]

That Volkswagen is seriously one of the coolest race built cars in the world. I agree with the other commenter, cleetus needs to do a collaboration with this guy

[@WowCreativeUsername]

He talked about racing at Desoto which is now the Freedom Factory so he might not be far away from them

[@asylumental]

@@WowCreativeUsername no he said he moved to colorado

[@danmyers9372]

POS import. 🤣🤣🤣

[@WowCreativeUsername]

@@asylumentalAh, missed that part.

[@newtonfirefly3584]

@@asylumental Why would You suggest any collaboration of Bruce Morehouse with Garrett Mitchell, Cleetus McFarland Racing ??!! Bruce is clearly far above them within racing, knowledge, building his custom vehicle ! Bruce is clearly focused upon more serious racing and not antics. Perhaps Brent, Jaime PFI Speed could be some help and certainly within Colorado; If they do not already have connections. All The Best, Sincerely

[@on_another_level5661]

This guy is a legend. Great story. I love his ingenuity and persistence.

[@oskar6661]

This car never fails to remind me of the "silliest" VW I ever saw online. Back..maybe 20 years or more, someone posted a green old Scirocco (Mk1 or 2?) from a European car magazine. The car was gutted, caged and had two superbike motors in the hatch, one driving each wheel (somehow linked via throttle management?). I believe they may have even been Hayabusa motors. But picture a 1500-1600 pound Scirocco with 11-13,000 RPM at the rear wheels. If you dig really hard you can find one blurry picture of it from an old VwVortex post...but the car has never left my mind. Just sounds like an absolute hilarious thing to build/drive.

[@dennishabets3613]

The magazine is called VW scene, that car was so loud the driver had to wear ear protection

[@FuckGoogle502]

What you just said is that the car is capable of spinning the rear wheels at 6,800 miles per hour, based on a 225/75R15.

[@brosephStalinof]

@@FuckGoogle502 must be fast

[@brennan2486]

Hey bro how much you make on the dyno? 11-13,000 RPM at the wheels 😎

[@Kisame.Hoshigaki]

As a Volkswagen guy this is super inspiring

[@pl3xify]

We VW guys keep it interesting, both air and H2O haha

[@jtro77]

Such a recognizable machine. Image + performance = appreciation.

[@MikeBaloga]

I envy folks like Bruce who have the creativity, drive, willpower, patience, and expertise to be able to pull something crazy like this off. Mad props, as a fellow VW enthusiast.

[@quickdeuce]

A wayyy cool fella. Loved listening to him detail all the struggles he encountered AND how he came to resolutions for each. All we can say is WOWZER!! 🙂

[@ZeroHero-33]

Woulda never guessed this would work, but clearly it does! Props to this dude for the amount of work this took! 👏

[@Frankovelli]

This gets me thinking about, if he has a kid, how significant it will be for him to pass this down to them one day. At that point you're not getting a car that your Dad owned. You're getting the physical manifestation of decades worth of his life. Aspects of himself are ingrained into the very core of this vehicle. Very few things in life today are able to compare to that.

[@Random12231]

Met Bruce at one of the last Bandimere test and tunes. Super nice dude. Seeing this car in person is absolutely mental. My head hurt as he was explaining the engineering behind it.

[@Ramsdestroy]

YESSS!!! I absolutely love this insane build! Have since it was first featured. Long time fan of 1320. Thanks to the builder for coming on!

[@mikecrangle7069]

This was a killer video 1320.. This dude kicks ass^^. The end where he explains the break-shit point of the rear engine… Dude sends it. Solid material.

[@aussieavanti2570]

This man is a legend in the car game and to do most of the work himself shows why he is pulling the times he does the car and the driver is one great story.

[@OGBxGaming]

This man deserves a Guinness World Record for being the most patient person dealing with a VW. My hero. Onlyy truue volkswagoneer knows what he is talking about

[@salvadormuro7346]

Let’s goooo dude this car is legendary in my books first time it showed up on the channel. Madness to high degree

[@anthonyestevez118]

Good for you sir!! I've seen this all over YT. PFI SPEED loves this car. Thanks for sharing 1320 Video!!

[@TinSoldierRacecars]

This is so rad to see our products used like this! Car is rowdy!

[@SeattleMK2GLI]

What an inspiration! Bruce is a legend!

[@tommyleanza510]

What a story! Good on you man! Love the innovative thinking and attitude! Very inspiring!!

[@knotical689]

My favorite car build out there, loved that last line too VW gang ✌️

[@jasonburrill59]

What’s a great interview, hearing people with a passion for their project is a joy to listen to!

[@bradleyduncan8224]

This is the truest deffinition of a hot rodder. Building and building a car to just keep making it better.

[@JerGol]

What an epic build and history, and so cool seeing the De Soto speedway back in its hey day. Thanks for this!

[@pewymcpewerson1395]

The journey this guy has had is amazing. Thank you 1320 for giving him a dedicated video. I hope you keep following him because he is the epitome of what racing is. Awesome! 👍🍻🇺🇲

[@pkphilips2]

This is just insane :D! exhausts on all four corners, a very complicated gear shift arrangement!! man!!

[@therealsyxx]

The fact he can explain this and make a guy like me understand is amazing. Great vid

[@Balomis]

That rear suspension design is awesome, I'm excited to see how it works! It's been so cool seeing this car change over time, thanks for capture the story for all of us to enjoy! Unreal work Bruce

[@needmoreboost6369]

Awesome story,bloke and machine! The devotion,development and it’s change’s over the years at this this level is something anyone could be proud of! It blew my mind though the fact it’s been through so much with an open diff!

[@SweVikingRC]

Daam this is truly a awsome build ! Big up to this man

[@arthurdunga345]

brilliant effort all the way solving one problem after another,good luck

[@justinkearns-bz3xy]

Love that Bruce is a local at my hometown track. Love seeing this car all the time.

[@BeEhUmBLe7945]

That was an awesome story of all time, very inspiring and passion. Keep that ''FORREST GUMP HIGH''...the best.

[@TonicofSonic]

I got rides to high school with a guy that drove a bone stock slammed 8v jetta. He literally had to redline it at every light just to keep up with traffic. It also had a straight piped exhaust. It was embarrasing to ride in 😅

[@johnnydeutschemark3620]

Love the build: Both how clean and how crazy ! Engineers are taking notes....

[@CynicalPhilBluntz]

Boba racing have been making the craziest golf’s for over 20 years, this ain’t nothing new in Europe 1320 need to set up a show down

[@tottots61]

This guy is like Ironman improving his suit every chance to perfection

[@katemerson184]

My first car was an 82 vw rabbit ,,my friends had trucks ,they laughed till y put four wheeler tires on ,when they got stuck ,I would drive around them lol,

[@mr_mongo7228]

I remember watching the Volkswagen Wabbits racing back in the late 70’s and early 80’s at Mid Ohio and thought they were so cool watching them go around the corner lifting a rear tire in the air. To think about what effort you have put into this car is amazing and how far the technology has come over the decades. 🍻

[@R19Robbin]

Legendary build 🔥🔥

[@caveone-365]

This was me back in the days. I had many built 16v's, mk2's, Rocco's, etc. then got into the VR, swapped many into mk2. Love them, not just for the sound, but the torque. Big turbo like a 35R and up on a VR definitely needs hardened straight cut gears in the trans. 3rd loves to shear from all the torque in general. Been there 👍

[@Paxmax]

Great mix of "I can do it"... and not a pinch, but fist full of insanity. Good Luck sir!

[@royduenas1192]

Awesome ingenuity! I personally admire how Bruce thinks outside the box and perseveres through every challenge. I hope to see more of this car in the near future.

[@newtonfirefly3584]

Actually Bruce clearly drew from others to develop his unique VW, VR12, "Forrest Gump" drag racing vehicle along with his earlier mini, circle track VW racing vehicle. This is not actually 'outside the box' thinking, rather applying proper thinking, assistance from other with proper knowledge, thus implementing these together within his unique VW.

[@nicklarson801]

I followed the original build on Vortex years ago. So cool to see this car is still progressing.

[@MF_UNDERTOW]

As a lifelong VW enthusiast, I feel a strong kinship with this guy.

[@SuperFilipino96]

i just noticed, DeSoto speedway is now freedom factory! its cool to see that little clip of DeSoto @ 1:54 of a race in the 90s, now its been revived to its former glory and then some. it would be cool seeing bruce at the freedom factory and then drag race with good ole cleet at the drag strip.

[@thomaskamp9365]

The next step will be to control the springs and dampers first on the rear axle and then on the front axle. The car has more than enough power, but putting this power on the road is the high school of acceleration. So if you first pump up the back of the car when starting, then accelerate and allow the rear axle to deflect in a controlled manner, then you can transfer a lot more power, have better control over the car and can lower the body at higher speeds to have less wind resistance. Up to around 160 km/h or 100 miles, almost all of the power is on the rear axle. From this speed onwards, the aerodynamics begin to give you enough contact pressure on the road. The better the car grips the road, the higher the power transmission. In the 1970s there were cars in Formula 1 that had extra brooms under the sides of the cars to increase the negative pressure under the cars. Theoretically, with this negative pressure they could have driven on the ceiling of a tunnel without falling down.

[@lanceuppercut6168]

I love that the speed shop was onboard with his plan. All too often you come across people in the business tell you 'nyah don't bother, just do this or that' related to things that already exists and kits that are out there. Them accepting the challenge though is a way of pushing the envelope further from what is already known (and to a certain extent tried and proven) and push it to new areas and forms that wouldn't be reached through conventional means. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but speed shops like that can change history :D

[@mystngt1966]

BRIGHT GUY , TOO FIGURE ALL THIS STUFF AND MAKE IT WORK 👏👏 RESPECT

[@TheDixlexxik]

the golf is incredible !!! I love volks just the feeling they have when you drive one .. nothing is better from what I've drove

[@brianbob7514]

this is amazing, cool car, cool story, amazing!

[@JosephJonesboy88]

This car is incredible the amount of genius and dedication that goes into something like this is amazing!

[@jaredwolfe5382]

Iv like this car for a long time and im so glad I watched this and got they best story of one of the craziest cars. He can’t be stopped

[@EFerrorfile]

My favorite build ever, it's insane in all the right ways. VR6, ton(s) of power, mk3 body... Oh boy.

[@ox-cetane4887]

you have the true gift of real persistence

[@thecorrean2411]

I love this car overall but the looks are great as well. Great job building this monster!

[@ashgrass4469]

Shoutout for dude linking Hanksvile Hotrods...Sooner or later everybody needs some help along the way. Big props for shouting out the guys along the way dude!

[@thesolojourney8955]

This is my favorite custom build of all time.

[@pudermcgavin4462]

Adding the duel electric the is awesome! He needs to add them into traction control so he can make each engine work based on its traction limit!

[@zacharyfaber]

My favorite vw build. Dude is a genius to build most that himself.

[@davidpedro7999]

This guy is a f*cking legend! I remember seeing this car for the first time on 1320. You go man!

[@MoneyRussian]

Wow Bruce’s research and problem solving is just as impressive as the car. Awesoke story

[@UncleManuel]

What a mad genius! Thinks out of the box and makes stuff happening. What an awesome dude! 😎🤟

[@kanervatie]

I had a 8v Jetta with all it's 90hp in use. Daymn those days. And also the 15" Kicker subs were Pioneer 10".

[@The_TIP]

Love these longer format stories - thank you for adding this series and I'm looking forward to enjoying these for a long time, hopefully you keep these going!❤

[@CarterNickerson]

Babe wake up 1320 video posted another feature on the golf

[@benjaminkline7301]

Ive always loved this car. I really liked the format this vid. More please.

[@joshholbert9120]

So much innovation in this little car always impressed

[@lilmike1780]

1:59 ohhhhhh damn, correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t that the freedom factory now? That is truly amazing footage and to see that now and then see the freedom factory…. Mind blowing 🤯

[@BSR423]

Awesome story! I remember watching the first video with you on it. Now you’re a feature. Looking forward to seeing more

[@reformedgarbage5415]

This dude is a legend.

[@imgizmo4706]

Another VW enthusiast here in CO, woooo represent!!!

[@airmotivewelding8012]

GREAT video! Getting the story on this car was an informative and cool thing to watch. Dedication, intuition and wherewithal, nicely done!

[@Juicejunkie409]

I can’t wait to see that car in this high sixes keep up the good work

[@geertjedegraaf9232]

I remember this car from years ago.. and there is nothing like this hulk

[@ChristopherOvrebo]

I met him at Bandimere. Super nice down to earth guy

[@jakeh6988]

One of the best builds ive ever seen

[@Loucfr]

These types of builds are super cool. Even though it has 2000 hp, it doesn’t have the top end and speed of a 2000 hp car. It has the acceleration of a 2000 hp car but the top speed of a 1000 hp car.

[@jamessanders6788]

Crazy, imaginative build.

[@LonnieHutchinson90]

Awesome story and video!

[@GIGABACHI]

Holy Crap, what a rollercoaster of a trip ! This man it's the living image of "perseverance". Best of luck, Man ! ✊😎👍

[@jasonfrederick3123]

Definitely know Bill Schimmel. Back when he worked for Impo Performance. When he had his Corrado. Dude was a bit off his rocker. Haha

[@ericthompson2920]

Ha Impo! Savvy dropped his race car off at our shop before disappearing to Detriot! It was sitting outside for like a year! I built a mid engine twin turbo Corrado with Schimmel 20 years ago. Cool to see this guy using SP parts! I remember when Bill designed those intake manifolds! Crazy to see they're still relevant!

[@jasonfrederick3123]

@@ericthompson2920 Was that the SOHC Honda he dropped off? I used to go to Impo in the late 90's. I remember the first time I met Bill. He did not have a driver's license because he was running from the po-po in his Corrado doing like 180mph if I remember. Helicopters and all. Lol

[@isaacallen7102]

This is definitely one person i very much hope to meet one day🤯🤯🙌🏾

[@drdaedalus880]

This guy is a legend

[@georgechastain307]

Omfg. After all this ls. Coyote and rotary all over I'm so jacked to watch someone geek out on mk1 and mk2 VWs. Love this car and now I love this driver!

[@Just_Modify]

As a vw/audi guy from the beginning I love this guys first project, an mk1 with a 16valve in it would have been mind blowing back then.

[@csj9619]

Stuff like this is right in my wheelhouse. There's another super-awesome VeeDub I recently watched a YT video about. It's a squareback with 2 air-cooled flat-4 engines, straightaxle, killer paint/graphics and it's fast.

[@markpillay9838]

Awesome build, brilliant content. The builder of the this beast seems like a great guy🤝. VW fantastic from South Africa, Durban🫡

[@Lost10mm.]

Really love this build sure do miss my jetta. Dude needs to do a bus build next.

[@HandyDan]

This is an amazing story of successes, you never failed, you just learned more! I think this is the most badass VW ever built, totally love the green too! I know the struggles of dialing in 2 engines, My Smart fortwo Dual engine is a bear to drive, trying to balance both torque curves while driving is a challenge. I have a dial on the steering wheel to adjust the front up or down on the fly. Throttle by wire on both engines is the only way to go.

[@turbogigwoof2321]

Mistake was leaving the mk2 platform. The mk3 is double weight of the 2. I did the same and went back to mk2. 570 bhp through the front wheels . Every brace available, lsd many strengthening upgrades and end result was a 3/4” chassis twist. Ouch but great times and lots of scary fun. Long live the 12v vr6 engine.

[@michaelsvr6]

I want to see this race a plaid..

[@OfficialBloodrunner]

This seems like the most advanced car ever built and to drive.

[@jeffheins6624]

Please tell me this guy is doing sick week. His car is insanity

[@smoothmove7566]

VR12..... nice. : )

[@reesemadere2545]

dudes a genius for that rear suspension

[@CLCIII]

Great storey! Amazingly unique car. What a great storey of perseverance and one heckuva engineer! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇