The Ultimate SLEEPER? Volkswagen with a VOLVO engine! (The GolVo) 

Honestly, my favorite mk3 golf ever, it's just perfect!

That swap actually makes a lot of sense....and I own a 4 door mk4 chassis, a buddy of mine has a totaled 2005 Volvo S60 turbo (rear end hit) he said he would give me for free, I'm sure I can find a 4motion system at the junkyard. Add a haltech elite 2500 and bobs your uncle. I needed a new project so, that was absolutely PERFECT timing. Thanx boys!!! If you wanna feature it, I'm in Reno Nevada. I'm sure I'll be done in 14-15 months or so.

As someone who grew up in a Volvo family (albeit older RWD ones) I do love when the Volvo 5cyl engines get utilized, amazing build, looks so clean and even looks like a stock car on lowering springs, great sleeper build. ^^ Also, technically.. it could kinda sound like a VW, but it's the MK4 Golf that has the V5(VR5) option, they had the 2.3 10v (150hp) or 20v(170hp) as an option in the early 2000s VW in Germany, so you could get a 5cyl VW New Beetle technically, but only as FWD, you could however get the Bora/Jetta, Passat, and Golf with AWD and 5cyl engine, it's just as they changed their AWD system though, so I never remember if they're the last Syncro versions or first 4motion versions. He mentioned the Fiat 5cyl engine, and the obvious Audi one, but people forget that the US had a couple 5cyl cars we didn't get in Europe. Acura with the Vigor, either 2.0 or 2.5 5cyl engines, so G20A or G25A. And the giant ones, that were options in the Chevy Colorado and Hummer H3, the L52 which was 3.5 liter, and the LLR, which was 3.7 liter, I've never really found anything specific, but I've always wondered if those were just too big to swap into a smaller car

My kind of build. Clean, simple, but an absolute monster. 🔥

Cool build! Ive got a black 96 mk3 16v sitting in my garage since 2018, I really should finish it one day...

He could make one hell of a living on the streets with that sweeper

UK have really underrated and fast hatch backs out there. Wish I could bring one to america

Joe's Golf is insane !!! 🔥🔥

Volvo inline 5's being slept on hard, in the shadow of big German inline 5's. Nice to see one Volvo 5 seeing daylight in big media 👀

Great to see you guys over in the UK !!!

Joe seems to be the nicest bloke to geek up about a sleeper engine. Get in there ma son 🚀🚀🚀

This thing is Sick 🔥

Nice to see you guys over here in the UK ❤

Great sleeper ! - Those Volvo T5 and T6 engines are fab 👍👍👍👍👍

Favorite car ever on the channel

Using the foot pump. Gotta love it.

Love that you've done a feature on the golvo!

I own a white turbo mk3 jetta myself. The car is so much fun to drive.

This was my favorite body style.

This car is righteous.

What an incredible car

wish there were more cars that came factory with the 5 banger, love the sound of my volvo!

Thats one heck of a sleeper. I look forward to more videos from my local strip.

I wonder how much humble pie 🥧 he's served up in that on the streets?!

So stoked he got some love on 1320. I've followed his build for years.

Awesome sleeper

That was amazing. Love that VW

That’s one hell of a Volf 💪

Awesome 1320 in the uk🎉

Love it how your in the UK so you can see some of what we have .May not be big v8,s etc .the golvo is a perfect example 😎

I love the sleeper Kyle... awesome content!!!

What a nice build! I'd love the guy to be more inclined on safety though. No glove, no full face, no visor down, no chutes and trapping 160mph is just looking for trouble!

Wonder if that 5-pot has any relation to the late Volvo S40 T5 that came to the USA? Also in Europe the Ford Focus RS (fwd) used a Volvo 5-pot. Volvo made some beefy engines. Redblock comes to mind.

Try to visit the L8-Night event in Germany :)

Local lad. Joe did the fabrication work on my EP3 turbo build

And he didn't bother to take off the mirrors .. lol 😂

Holy shit that shifts !!! “Golvo” 👌🏼 Volf 😂😂

Idk what Kyle is talking about sounds very similar to most big builds vw and vr6s turbo

Man that thing has alot of go

This car is perfect ❤️ .

You should visit Boba Racing

that's crazy 950hp running 8s. My buddies car has about that but it runs mid 9s

My chain of thoughts: Oh, a Golf. Not pretty much a sleeper with those wheels... Hmm...that's not a VR but a 5 cylinder. Sounds kinda weird though. Ah, Volvo. Understandable.

His helmet is the sleeper. The Grom riders helmet from Rocky Mountain Race Week looked faster.

I see that a lot of people devalue European engines and European cars in general in the US, if they knew their potential, maybe they would respect them as they deserved to be respected. Most Japanese have become very good due to the aftermarket market that was created, as for American engines it was due to simplicity, but there are European engines that are equally capable... in addition, mainly the Germans always make engines that derive from others, which makes it much easier to exchange parts.

Coolest VW ever.

this car deserves a fueltech ecu

I would have called it Volf and changed the badge on the back. Damn cool build and clean! And fast ! 10/10 vid keep it up ;)

You said guest the house power of the car but it’s says 950hp in the thumbnail 😂😂

Weird he didnt just use the vr6 it came with, or a mk4 vr5 4mo that'd bolt straight in

9 second Golf, Lawda!!!!

Let's see The Vampir.

I have so much more appreciation for a monster that can hide like that. So cool.

How does that work when you try to place a totally different engine in a small car? Is there enough room for the bigger engine? Will there be enough room for the other parts around it? Can they even be connected or will you have to replace those as well? Do you have to move parts to different places and custom fit them against the body? How do you know all of this before you start? You don't and you just have to figure it out along the way?

Volvo all day everyday😁anyone got build details on it or a link?

just look for Boba Motoring in Germany, what u can do with a 4 zyl Engine :D

the trolling would become addictive...

We need more Santa pod videos.

Sound your over the pond

BRITEESH 👍

We love our British brothers .

That thing is sickkkk as fuckk

The wisest thing that should be on everyone's mind currently should be to invest in different streams of income that doesn't depend on the govt. Especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a good time to invest in gold, silver, and digital currencies (BTC,ETH...)

Awsome to see 1320 here in the UK

THANK YOU so much for covering this car! what a brilliant little sleeper! i've owned multiple 5-cylinder quattro Audis and multiple 5-cylinder AWD Volvos.. as well as a black 1995 MkIII Golf --- this car looks like a mash up of all of them! Totally right up my alley.. i would've killed for a car like this 10 or 15 years ago. the owner seems like a super cool dude, too... glad to see the car seems to be in good hands, and i'm glad he's really driving it and enjoying it, and kicking some ass on the track along the way. Please continue to cover interesting builds in future videos!

He’s super understated about what a huge amount of work this was. Champ.

Proud to see the Golvo on the 1320 channel following it for a quite a while now, and what a motivation he is .Thumbs op to the owner

We swedes know our stuff

Love it. Not many lovers of the prancing moose. 5 bangers sound so good.

I heard the motor first and said: "TTRS/RS3 Swapped." He popped the hood and my jaw dropped. Really unique swap.

Gotta love the Volvo white block. Takes mods well and is personally my favorite sounding engine. I have a T5 and N/A version, the N/A ends up sounding super exotic lol

What do you mean it’s hard to find sleepers? Their everywhere just look for the beadlocks,slicks,turbo out the hood,cage,parachute, Kirkey seat, but with factory paint or patina. That’s what everyone is calling a “sleeper” these days😂

Can we take a second to appreciate this gentleman giving us figures in imperial units for us Americans!

The Volvo 5 cylinder is a great engine for swapping into other cars. I've seen some people even putting them in Nissan 240s keeping them rwd of course. Great motor for drifting too.

Honestly, probably one of the most interesting cars that I've seen on this channel in a long time.

I'm a diehard early vw guy. Love the sleepers.

That's the car I want but I'd paint it white or beige and put a fish badge on the back . perfect

Santa Pod always has crazy VW’s… pretty sure the RS3 swapped cargo van was there too

Yeah love the Golvo. It’s a SleEper though, not a SlePper ;)

Seen this car live at Santa Pod and my god does it shift! 🔥

Such an overlooked car the mk3 Golf I love this thing. Can only imagine the looks it gets when its passing things on the road

Thats the best sounding 5pot going imo, sounds mega, nice to see you guys over here seeing what talent we have.

I need more details, volvo guys are always so quick to tell you about the overview of the build but never give specifics...

that cars abit of a Uk legend

Awesome sleeper 👌

I love the golvo and have seen it evolve over the years at santapod, what a beast.

Nothing like a 8sec golf and having a foot pump as one of your tools

I would love to see him at Tx2k roll racing Vetts n Vipers. The looks on the faces😮😮😮

German car and the Swedish engine.

He seems like such a genuine dude! I wanna visit the uk someday for sure! Such a badass car too🫡

Bit weird see video based at home in the UK...... sick mk3 aswell!!!

CRAZY!!!! Been jizzing over the dyno vid of this car since I stumbled upon it a month ago. Made me so keen to see how it moves on road !! Here I am now

Great to see you guys over in the UK again, welcome back 👍

I own an 04 v70r and a mk4 golf 😅 tempted

Welcome to the UK, what a sleeper that GolVo is.

I need that GTI in my life!!!😮

Guy spends too much time staring at the tree. Bichin car though.

Volvo in a VW, is that the euro equivalent to a LS mustang?

Which volvo transaxle was he using? those things shatter around 450-500 routinely.

The Volvo 5 cylinder is an under rated engine. The drivetrain however, it was a good idea to go with the AWD drivetrain from VW. Volvo's transfer case, or angle gear we call, it is weak.