Just purchased 06 2.0TFSI sport - Help with plans

[sleebag]

Hi all, I am new to this so apologies if all of this sounds a bit familiar. I will be surfing the site looking for the answers myself but thought I'd start a thread to see if anyone would like to advise.

So, I have just purchased an 06 2.0 TFSI sport with 68k on the clock that I collect on thursday. Belt and water pump done, mechanically sound (touch wood). I am going to run the car for a while and see what I like or may change over the coming months. Here are a few ideas I was hoping to discuss as this is my first VAG car.

Remap - I have read in a few places that the car really comes alive with a remap with the engine being in a relatively low state of tune. From the initial 180 I have been seeing figures as high as 250 from just a remap, however, I do want the car to retain its reliability so I was thinking of having a relatively tame tune to around 210? Enough to comfortably see off the latest batch of german 2 litre diesels. I also wanted to understand how peoples clutches have been reacting to a remap, I have the 6 speed manual.

Springs/dampers - It felt firm on the test drive but I wanted to get peoples opinions on whether its worth investing in coilovers on UK roads. I don't mind a firm ride, but I do want suppleness and compliance on the lovely undulating and at times bumpy roads of west sussex where I am currently based. Thoughts?

Brakes - Can they take a bit of punishment with a simple brake pad replacement?

That's it initially apart from spacers. As I said, I will be running the car for a while and then I will make decisions, maybe nothing will need to be done...

Cheers

 

[inahole]

Liberate it of it's bollocks recirc valve and bullshit PCV, really does make a big difference.

There is mega potential in the lump, unleash the poor creature!

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[Daniel M]

If I was having a remap I would go for the most I could from a stage one map. Clutch should be fine but depends how much abuse it gets.

I would say brakes would be fine though you could look at upgrading to Cupra ones.

Personally I have H&R springs on standard dampers and the ride is much better, plus it handles far better too. Also the 4x4 look is completely done away with and it sits far nicer.

 

[Paulki]

I bought my Sport new, and within 3 months, replaced the springs and shocks due to the appalling ride on the factory setup, it's been running on Koni FSD's and Eibach Pro's ever since and they transformed the ride.

I've not done anything to the engine as the consensus seems to be that, despite SEAT saying it was 185hp, the engine is the standard 197hp BWA as in the FR and GTI and this has been verified by Sport owners getting remaps, and the 'before' figures coming in at around 196-198hp. This was probably done so that when they replaced the Sport after a few months with the mechanically identical FR they could say it had more power.

One thing you should do is check the fuel pump cam follower for wear, and also check your oil regularly as the TFSI is known for burning oil.