A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?

[MS1COYS]

Lovely subtle styling and great to see someone so dedicated to getting it to perform its best.

Thanks fella. It's nice lickle comments such as this one, that makes me proud of the research, perseverance and saving up the money to buy the damn thing, that have gone in to producing such a fine hatchback. Ta   

[badbwoy27]

First time I have read this thread and at first thought you had an edition 30 then realised you had a k03 gti. Do you really think a ko3 even with stage 2 + is gonna get to 300bhp. I would be inclined to think that the dyno your using is being abit over generous with the figures.max stage 2 + ko3 real life figures would be between 270 and 280 bhp,and that's me being generous myself.

[MS1COYS]

First time I have read this thread and at first thought you had an edition 30 then realised you had a k03 gti. Do you really think a ko3 even with stage 2 + is gonna get to 300bhp. I would be inclined to think that the dyno your using is being abit over generous with the figures.max stage 2 + ko3 real life figures would be between 270 and 280 bhp,and that's me being generous myself.

To be honest I'm not 100% sure, although I think so.

My best friend has had his Civic Type-R rolled at the same place as me and he was complaining it was giving off stingy readings.
Apparently his Civic managed 310bhp on Celtic Tuning's RR and yet he only managed 296bhp on MB Motorsports RR, the same place where I had mine dyno'd.
Also an apprentice who I know, and who works at a local garage near me claims his Renault 5, only made 169bhp at MB Motorsports and yet it made 181bhp at Alan Jeffrey's in Plymouth. And let me tell you if you don;t already know. Alan Jeffrey's is notorious for stingy readings 

I have had two dyno's done on my car now, taking into account only my performance mods (IC/TBE/INDUCTION/DV) and with only the standard map of the Gti. One reading made 229bhp (At Alan 'Stingy' Jeffrey's) and the other was 234bhp.

So if you're asking will a decent re-mapper be able to eek 65-70bhp out of the KO3, by adjusting the boost levels, then yeah I suppose so. A KO3 can and probably will turn the 300bhp mark  After all my turbo won't even hold boost much more than 15psi after about 4 grand. So hopefully once rectified, the extra bhp can be realised.

[Hurdy]

I appreciate this kind of thread where someone puts in the time and the effort to not only report his findings, but also to try and improve on them and not just be happy with the "norm". 

Have you any plans to go further?......Water methanol injection? K04 conversion?

[MS1COYS]

I appreciate this kind of thread where someone puts in the time and the effort to not only report his findings, but also to try and improve on them and not just be happy with the "norm". 

Have you any plans to go further?......Water methanol injection? K04 conversion?

If we can make 300bhp as the car is, then in the next six months, I'll have my water meth infested weapon of mass brake horsepower destruction. It would be great to peak 330bhp with Wmi. Then who knows, KO4 conversion, uprated clutch, 400bhp+.......
 

[MS1COYS]

Thought I'd add some photos of the motor, me daughter and her beloved football jersey and the place where I live....









 

[MS1COYS]

Actuator tweaked. Boost holding.

End result an increase of 9.1bhp at the wheels and 11.0bhp at the fly and an increase of 8.5lbft of torque. The first run produced 309bhp but the transmission losses were nearly 75bhp, so the run was discounted. The third run was the final and most heat soaked, yet the figures were 298.9bhp and 270.4lbft.

I will add a graph when I go back for a final (first) run on a cold day. Keep your fingers crossed for 300bhp+

 

[AlanD]

Impressive figures from the KO3s, nice one

[MS1COYS]

Impressive figures from the KO3s, nice one

Cheers bro 

[Hurdy]

Great results. This is now the second K03'd GTI that has broken 300bhp.

Still love steel grey, so much so my .:R is too