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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: upnorth on 15 April 2009, 20:49

Title: Torque limiter
Post by: upnorth on 15 April 2009, 20:49
Hi. New to this forum, haven´t found any tread about this problem yet:

On my old Golf ( Golf V 2.0TDI ) the remap (+200 bhp ) raised the torque so much that the torque limiter kicked in.
This feels like the clutch enables.

Anyone experienced this on an ED30 with DSG ?


Title: Re: Torque limiter
Post by: Hurdy on 16 April 2009, 00:00
I've not experienced this. I'm running 324bhp and 380+lbft.

What do you mean by "it feels like the clutch enables"?

Title: Re: Torque limiter
Post by: upnorth on 16 April 2009, 00:13
I've not experienced this. I'm running 324bhp and 380+lbft.

What do you mean by "it feels like the clutch enables"?



The engine revs up, but the power don´t reach the wheels. Like having the car in idle. ( Think that is the right word, hard to explain in a foreign language  :smiley: )

Found this on another website : Torque limiters and slip clutches automatically slip or disengage the clutch at a predetermined torque



Title: Re: Torque limiter
Post by: SteveS on 19 April 2009, 19:30
hum, im not sure i understand exactly, but there is something which when i drive hard i feel could be what your talking about..
Title: Re: Torque limiter
Post by: upnorth on 19 April 2009, 23:29
On my old Golf 2.0 tdi I experienced it when I was driving on low revs ( 5th gear in 50mph ) and didnt change gear before overtaking.
Talked to the guy that tuned my car, and he belived it was the torque limiter who disengaged the clutch.

Don´t know in which revs the ED30 has most torque, but I guessing around 3500rpm or something.

It was a serious problem with my old TDi, so I want to be sure before tuning my ED30.
Title: Re: Torque limiter
Post by: Hurdy on 20 April 2009, 23:35
The ED30 has so much power and torque when modified it really would be hard to determine if you are getting this issue as it would be over so fast and you'd be in the next gear. I believe the torque limiter only cuts in with 1st and second gears on the DSG, but even on hard starts off the line at Santa Pod I've not noticed this effect. :smiley:

Torque on the ED30 maxes at around 3200-3500 rpm and then tails off to the redline.