Power upgrade - now 242hp

[driveforward]

Some very nice improvments all your all very lucky.

ian - my understanding is that it was a GT TDI 110 to start, i dont think they ever made a 90 in a three door variant.

Indeed

The only reason I mentioned 90 is that US golf tdi's are often 90's.. not sure of the models they released on the continent..

 

[sssstew]

just double checked and his website says :-

"The car is a VW Golf TDI 110hp Highline"

 

[Civic_Legend]

To all the big power diesel guys - What's it like getting all the torque down to the road? a spiky delivery and 340 lb ft must be 'interesting'. Its bad enough with my 300 lb ft, specifically mapped to be less aggressive and more driveable/sympathetic to the drivetrain!

On track in the wet I found the Ibiza cupra absolutely hopeless leaving the bends, with the TCS off it'd happily spin in 4th and 5th gears with an unloaded inside front wheel, it deserves a good LSD, would be a proper monster then!

 

[devonutopia]

I think you need to ease off the gas on corners to be honest (on track) I know what you mean though.

For me ("220bhp + 360 lb/ft") 1st and 2nd is a case of "forget it!" - Those gears now need to be thoroughly treated as gentle gears - 100% WOT will actually be worse. Now 3rd gear is another story. Occasionally it spins up, but generally it is the gear to be making good progress in. Traction is decent, the high boost & fuelling propel it from 30 to 70 so fast I daren't look at the speedo.

Torque has also become less of an issue with me - due to huge boost surge low down in the rev range, I cannot pull away aggressively in low gears - I just get a loud CH-CH-CH-CH-CH-CH-CH-CH and not much acceleration. It needs shifting down a cog to 2000rpm minimum to make good progress (when fuelling can cope with the 1.5bar+ pressure trying to be forced in by the hybrid)

Oh, and the map is not spikey at all. Its pretty decent. Power needs verifying elsewhere to be 100% sure, but given the 151 as standard it ran (also did 140 @ wheels at TSR as standard) I believe the 220 pretty well. (allow couple of BHP for very cold air at the time too)

 

[devonmikeyboy]

A quaife is needed when you get over 300 lb torque to get the best from the car really.JBS sell and fit them for a very good price.No point having the power if you do not have the grip.

 

[albertreddog]

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