Author Topic: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?  (Read 653720 times)

Offline Booth11

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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1460 on: 16 April 2014, 20:33 »
So you'll have a GTD badge on a GTI grill with the red stripes, which of course are synonmous with GTIs  :huh:
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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1461 on: 16 April 2014, 20:51 »
Very true,  but my reasoning was to have the red of the grill work with the body colour

I understand its not to everyones taste but that makes us individuals

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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1462 on: 16 April 2014, 22:30 »
Pulled up at one of our customers site today in the city center (Bradford) and low and behold my old car was parked behind mine, which is strange as i sold my old car in Hull.

Looks like the new owner is doing a shocking job keeping it clean, the lower bumper is disgusting  :sick:



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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1463 on: 17 April 2014, 22:17 »
I don't understand why ppl try and make a car look like something it isn't. Just but a gti in the first place. It will save tou money in the long run!
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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1464 on: 18 April 2014, 15:36 »
I don't understand why ppl try and make a car look like something it isn't. Just but a gti in the first place. It will save tou money in the long run!

But you can't but a GTI with a diesel engine.
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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1465 on: 18 April 2014, 20:37 »
epsamm, that'll look good when the GTD is in its right place - the red stripes will work well. Any other colour and it would've been wrong but on red  :cool:

Offline Peter W

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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1466 on: 20 April 2014, 23:06 »
I took the Golf to Silverstone for the WEC. We found the Golf's big bad uncles there...






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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1467 on: 21 April 2014, 16:09 »
Well, over the last week or so I have been logging loads of data to see where the car is and how it is running.

Fuelling - Spot on from both in-gear pulls and launch through to warp speed.
Boost - Gradually been logging and tweaking up the boost. Car runs well at 28psi  :lipsrsealed: no surge or fluttering like a K04, just a pure strong pull towards the next gear.
Timing - Very little timing pull and even on my highest setting the timing pull is currently under -5.

With the VBox I have managed to run unofficial 11.2@123mph repeatedly, so I am hopeful the next trip to my official 1/4 mile raceway should reap a similar time/speed.

Also with the VBox my 0-60's are consistently 3 seconds flat or just under (depending on how clean the launch is) and 0-100 varies between 6.9 and 7.2 (again depending on launch).

100-200kph varies between 7.8 - 8.1 seconds
30-130mph varies between 10.9 - 11.2 seconds

All-in-all I am awe struck by just how quick the R is, not to mention how well the engine and gearbox (DSG) are holding up.

The DSG box still doesn't have a sniff of clutch slip on GIAC's newly revised stage 3 map, which is a solid testament to just how good their map is for this.
Similarly GIAC's stage 3 BT map works very well too.

And to get an Easter quote in....."I am one very happy bunny!"   :cool:
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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1468 on: 24 April 2014, 20:27 »
Changed Front and back emblems.




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Offline Neil gti

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Re: What have you done to your Mk6 today then?
« Reply #1469 on: 24 April 2014, 20:58 »
Booked her in next week for a few more mods, cos it's been a while  :grin:
Should keep me entertained until the R400 comes out, if it comes out  :undecided:
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