Well I got my car this morning back from APD in Wareham and have had a spin and here is my verdict: Wow!
Firstly a big thanks to Paul and Neal at APD for getting the car up to Daventry and to Kevin and Carl at Revo for taking care of the car.
The car is smoother and more civilised in low gears around town as long as you don't boot it, however you haven't got to be timid with the throttle, there's no wild sudden power delivery.
When you have the right bit of road, throttle down in second can provide a little loss of grip at first, too much throttle could induce a wheelspin but as i've said in other posts, the Golf seems to get the power down better than my previous car (Scirocco) so even with the extra power and torque that Revo have unlocked, it's very usable.
So, the power, looking at the graphs that Revo posted here, we're looking at a strong gain in BHP but a real boost in torque and that is really what you feel when you press the throttle. People speak about being 'thrown back in the seats' but the delivery is so smooth and progressive that I don't concur on that but you go very fast very quickly. The best news is the noise, it's a lot spicier than it was, it's got that growl that it should have had from the factory, in fact in my view this is the real GTI as VW should have made it.
I'll post again when I've got some more miles on the remap.
Very, very impressed with the results, big thanks to Revo and APD.
