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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: antgti on 06 February 2004, 15:00
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I am dead excited as tomorrow morning having smart box fitted to my PD130. Was gonna go REVO route but cos this is a company car i need to be able to disconnect at service time so bosses don't find out. So this wsensible option. I have used van aaken before on my punto GT and my fiesta, o they are good. When i phoned up yesterday afternoon, they said is saturday morning ok. Too right, usually you have to wait weeks to booked in some places. They have a PD130 demo car there already and they reckon it should go to 163BHp with an extra 25 lb ft torque, so now i will be able to chase around after the PD150 boys and win, wha hey, Come on S11EPS bring it on son, lol
Feels like christmas eve today.
!!!!!
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163 brake huh? Hmmmm.
I'll still have a go! Like its says in my sig, I drive it like I stole it!
That should make a very fast car indeed, that was the tuning box I was looking at, as you can unplug it come service time. Let me know what its like and maybe I'll go for it too!
;D
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163 Huhhhh?? HHMMMMM
Thats what i said as it feels more liek 250bhp!!!
MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD, thats all i can say, the car now flies.
On the 90 mile trip home, i played with a V5 and to say i pissed on him was an understatement, the car now spins in 1st 2nd and 3rd, I also played with a petrol turbo. I know its a turbo cos the boy spends all day letting veryone know it is with his dump valve, and he was pissed.
It does smoke a little more now but the MPG is amazingly better, sat all the way at a min of 90 and got average fuel econo of 53mpg, Wow used to only be 40 -43 at that speed, i even sauid this on an earlier post.
Also the best bit is i can make it go even faster if i want, the guy at van aaken showed me how to put it to setting 4. this i will try soon and i have been told them that it will smoke quite a bit on this setting. i am gonna try this tomorrow.
I recommend this as a definate upgrade
Get your pennys out, plus i can remove when ever i want to.
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Right, two questions!
Where are Van Aarken based?
How much money do I need to take with me??
That sounds like good fun, I wanna slice of that action!
I'll even try to get my boss to pay for it on the basis of improved fuel economy ;D
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Had a tussle with a 150 pd this morning. i won. The boost is just there though all the revs and revs past 4500 and stil pulls where as before would only pull up to 3500.
Van aaken are in crowthorne in berks, and the cost was ?470 then u can sell it on after you have finished with it on e-bay.
are you gonna go for it?/
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F*ck yes!
Any idea what power/torque increases I can expect from a tuned 150?
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more to tempt you:
http://www.jabbasport.com/tdi.html
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i think the figures jabba sport iare a bit ott, Van-aaken who supply main dealers reckon the 150 will go to about 180-ish.
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I'm pretty sure Frosticles has mid 190's out of his, although I know he's running an upprated filter too. Not sure which system of tuning he's running though........
Is the V/A a plug in jobbie? I like the sound of the jabba's power figures, but would prefer something fully removable for trips to the stealership etc.
Did you have a go with the next setting (level 4?)
What was that like?
Frankly, f8ck the amount of smoke I chuck out, if I can start hassling R32's I'm up for that ;D
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no i have'nt tried setting 4 yet, My mate is trying to sort out a switching mechanism for it, I don't want to have to open up the box each time i want to go crazy. i do have a remote control relay that i got from Maplins so may use that and have a switch on the dash to switch between setting 3 and 4. I will probably not have an answer for you for a couple of weeks, but lets just say i had a mess around with quite a few golfs now and there is not much that has beaten me yet.
In fact i am going to probably get a TDi badge for the rear now so it reads GTDI as people wonj't believ its a diesel any more and i am proud of it when i wipp theres asses.
yes it is a plug jobbie. i think jabba sports figures are excessive, thats why i like van-aaken because when you get the car is done they don't turn around and say "there thats 1000BHP, they simply say go and have a drive and see if you like it, which i can happily say yes i do.
As like me your car is technically not your car a plug in job is better as you can sell it on or put it on another PD150 later on.
If my car was'nt a company car then i would have an R32 bodykit, 19's and one of those AMD diesl dump valves. So if i change job this year, which i probably will, i will take the Box off and put it on my privately purchased 130PD which i will definatley now be purchasing if i need to later on.
Let me know if you are gonna go for it, the guys there did say that they did a PD150 and the guy brought it back to get it removed as the wife said it was too fast. take from that what you will.
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this might be worth a look though
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2459306855&category=32094
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I presume you've told your insurance company about your mod ? otherwise you are driving around in an uninsured car. Regards, yt.
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One thing guys with TDI Golfs might want to do a little research on is an issue that has cropped up on 'chipped'/tuned TDIs. Theres been quite a few mentions of slipping clutches, due to what I believe is 300lbs of torque which the clutch isn't heavy duty enough for. I'm not sure if this is just on PD 150s or 130s too. I def saw mentions of this issue on UK-MKIVs forum. One guy had his car detuned again, awaiting a new software program to reduce the torque, but keep the bhp high.
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Ok fellas, I'm not trying to be a spoil sport, heres the link to comments on this issue
http://www.uk-mkivs.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22350
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Thanks for that link franko, thats v interesting.
Ant, any slipping probs on yours? I think the the thread mostly concerned tuned 150's, but just want to know if you've had any probs?
I checked out that link on ebay - that'd be a bargain if I got it at that price, but worried that isn't applicable to my car - can't see how one box can tune the 90, 110, 130 and 150 bhp cars?
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Sorry to sound like a spoilt brat, but i could'nt give a monkeys if my car blows up, it's a company car and i don't have to pay if it goes wrong.
Plus red16v, i don't need to worry about the insurance thing, see this is the cool bit, my company is the insurance company, they own 40% of all general insurance companies so i don't need to wory there,
Clutch slipping, news to me, i think 300lb ft torque is a little bit over the top as i was told roughly a 25lbft torque increase, and even on a 150 that would only make 260 max. Not sure, just think people are trying to look for problems, and hey if we were that worried about costly things going wrong we'd all be driving around in a Golf 1.4 match and keeping to below 2000 revs in case it blew up with the excessive right foot. If increasing the power by using a box is gonna cause problems i would imagine it would only be on cars later in their lives so we don't need to worry about it yet.
S11EPS ( whats yor name as i feel rude talking to a number plate mate) go for it, its gotta be worth it, warranties are there to be used, if it goes bang take the box off and take it back to VW and ac all blonde with them, "i was driving in the countryside with the bunnies and the pretty lil birdies when my nasty littel engine went puffpuffff bang, can you fix it Mr lovely lil mechanic Man?/""" and thy will never even know you had a tuning box on it and was hrashing the nuts off your car sitting up the arse of an R32 and still acheiving 50MPG.
Still undecided??
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I would agree there. If its a company car then you've got nothing to lose, if its your own private car then i would leave alone, especially with the pd 150.
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Ant, I am of the same opinion, that if the goes blows up, its a problem, but its somebody elses problem! - thats why I like the idea of a plug in/plug out module, all evidence of modding can be removed in two mins flat!
I'm going to contact the manufacturers of that box on sale on ebay, and see if the tuning box is applicable to all variants of the PD engine like the ad says. If so, I'll take a punt on that.
I've heard this morning that I may be inheriting a two month old 320 sport coupe bimmer, so don't want to spend ?400 on van aaken tuning box if I won't have the car next month!
As for my name, its Simon (but because of surname was always called SHEPS at school) hence the number plate, so don't think you're rude by calling me that, its what everyone calls me!!
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oh dear, the beemer is a lovely looking car and does have a bit more office carpark Kudos, but at least it will slow you down. Try and get the 330 diesel, thats very nice and oh so very quick, let us know if you're leaving the family
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Yeah, I'm undecided if its a good thing or not.
It does have more kudos, and I love how rear wheel drive cars handle, but it certainly isn't going to be the rocket sled that the PD is, and no-one lets you out of junctions and stuff, cos they instantly think that all Bimmer drivers are w4nkers!
But, we'll see, its still undecided, it may go to someone that does less miles, as its gonna be v expensive to change that to 40k per annum. There's also a political aspect, in as much that its my dads company, so if I'm the only one with a BMW it may start tongues wagging for the wrong reasons! Bosses boy gets BMW!
Even if I do swap cars, I'll still hang around here (if I'm still welcome!)
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what do you do for a jobe then, if a beemer is offered as company car??
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Draughtsman/Quantity surveyor/project manager for a roofing company.
We do a lot of English Heritage type stuff, lead and slate (we're the largest lead roofing company in the UK) mostly work in London.