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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Tornado8 on 23 June 2018, 20:31

Title: Racingline stage 3 turbo kit
Post by: Tornado8 on 23 June 2018, 20:31
Anyone thinking of fitting one of these https://www.racingline.com/stage-3-20tsi (https://www.racingline.com/stage-3-20tsi).
Sounds good but can't find any prices :smiley:
Title: Re: Racingline stage 3 turbo kit
Post by: monsta on 23 June 2018, 20:52
Devastating performance!  This isn't the VW Racingline though is it? Their logo is different...?
Title: Re: Racingline stage 3 turbo kit
Post by: BobbyT on 23 June 2018, 21:43
They have updated their branding
Title: Re: Racingline stage 3 turbo kit
Post by: scanesare on 23 June 2018, 22:26
Big claims and hi-res screenshots are all fine but as with every BT option, I'd like to see a couple of cars running them for a while and get an idea of their performance and reliability and of-course price before actually deciding to opt for that instead of other products that have been on the market for a while already.
Title: Re: Racingline stage 3 turbo kit
Post by: Tornado8 on 23 June 2018, 22:58
I have Revo stage 2 where the power band is in the upper reaches. I was wondering if this set-up
would lower the useable power further down the rev range, as the software seems to be a plug in as in abt. I need to see a power graph.
Title: Re: Racingline stage 3 turbo kit
Post by: scanesare on 23 June 2018, 23:30
I have Revo stage 2 where the power band is in the upper reaches. I was wondering if this set-up
would lower the useable power further down the rev range, as the software seems to be a plug in as in abt. I need to see a power graph.

Why would a bigger turbo bring the useable power lower in the rev range?  I'd wish for something as close to stage 2 as possible but in reality expect it to come later than that as with all such applications. It's the top-end where most gains are to be found anyway.
Title: Re: Racingline stage 3 turbo kit
Post by: fredgroves on 25 June 2018, 09:10
I have Revo stage 2 where the power band is in the upper reaches. I was wondering if this set-up
would lower the useable power further down the rev range, as the software seems to be a plug in as in abt. I need to see a power graph.

I'd say quite the opposite actually. If you compare the bigger R turbo to the GTI's one, it moves the power delivery further up the rev range.

You need a smaller faster spooling turbo for low end, then a bigger one for high end.... hence bi-turbo that you see on a lot of non-VAG cars...