Depends on how much money you want to spend and how much power you want.
I previously had a PD140 (Golf) with just a re-map and it was plenty quick enough for normal road driving.
I previously had a PD140 (Golf) with just a re-map and it was plenty quick enough for normal road driving.
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Adding a front mounted intercooler won't provide anymore power, but it will help in providing consistant power levels on hotter days or when there is a lot of heat soak around the engine bay.
You can spend boat loads on trying to acheive more power, but the best value for money is going to be a remap.
You can spend boat loads on trying to acheive more power, but the best value for money is going to be a remap.
After looking at tuning a FOcus diesel I found that a remap was the best investment, someone spent some money on looking a turbos, injectors etc but on the Focus it was a waste of money. On my Golf i've settled for a remap, VAGS do respond well to tunning but £ for bhp the remap is the most cost effective route along with a panel filter.Tunning diesel moves the torque higher up and defeats the object of owning one. Also I think the Golf cannot put the power down very well and the clutch struggles.
Well if you have a grand to spend, then turbo back exhaust and re-map, maybe a bit of money spent on the induction if you've got any money left over.
I can't see how moving the torque up the rev band on the Diesel defeats the object of a Diesel, you don't drive everywhere at a steady 1900rpm do you? Remapping it gives you a broader more useable torque band that allows you to use the higher gears (thus lower rpms) and the fuel economy stays at similar levels overall. I have pushed this boundary somewhat on a couple of my cars, but hey ho, all in the name of science!
Anyway the added fun of the torque surge makes it worth a few lost MPGs anyway.
My remapped 140 did low 40s mpg where I doubt you'd get near 30mpg in a 2.0tfsi petrol unless you've got a brick under your accelerator pedal.
If your clutch is struggling then get the re-mapper to wind back the low rpm torque to a more acceptable level. I had to do that on my 140.
I can't see how moving the torque up the rev band on the Diesel defeats the object of a Diesel, you don't drive everywhere at a steady 1900rpm do you? Remapping it gives you a broader more useable torque band that allows you to use the higher gears (thus lower rpms) and the fuel economy stays at similar levels overall. I have pushed this boundary somewhat on a couple of my cars, but hey ho, all in the name of science!
Anyway the added fun of the torque surge makes it worth a few lost MPGs anyway.
My remapped 140 did low 40s mpg where I doubt you'd get near 30mpg in a 2.0tfsi petrol unless you've got a brick under your accelerator pedal.
I've just started to notice mine slip a little when accelerating from 2200 onwards, not a lot just a little
Get the torque wound back a bit. It takes away the kick slightly but makes for a smoother drive. Don't wreck the clutch - they cost lots!!!
Its been ok for 25k and since i'm going to sell it i'll leave it alone, I suppose 405nm had to have an affect sometime.
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