A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?

[Hurdy]

Sweeeet sounding zorst

Nice one John, that means a lot coming from you. Maybe I should start a zorst thread and everyone can put links up to their baby's.... Idea?

 

It would probably be a good idea to stick it in the general VW chat section too as then everyone could post into it.

[MS1COYS]

^^^

Already done mate. I await multiple entries of mega exhaust systems, I love a good burble me!

 

[MS1COYS]

Took the car to a private strip of road today with a friend of mine and his 330d BMW. Managed 159mph in the Gti, before I ran out of bottle and came off the gas. It still had revs left in her 

Can anyone tell me why it doesn't have speed limiter? Is it because the standard Gti was only ever supposed to be good for 146mph? Or is it more likely that it was removed when I've had the mapping done?

 

[chrisowen85]

Was that 159 on the speedo or a satnav? The remap should have got rid of the limit but 159 on the speedo is about 146 that the car was originally limited to.
Iv had mine at 150mph on the sat nav before I ran out of bottle, good for a bit more but not much! Bloody scary going that quick, 20mph must be mental!

[MS1COYS]

Was that 159 on the speedo or a satnav? The remap should have got rid of the limit but 159 on the speedo is about 146 that the car was originally limited to.
Iv had mine at 150mph on the sat nav before I ran out of bottle, good for a bit more but not much! Bloody scary going that quick, 20mph must be mental!

That's on a satnav, funnily enough the speedo only read 167mph, so not as inaccurate as I was led to believe.

[Hurdy]

159 GPS is a very good speed.   

[MS1COYS]

^^^

13mph more than standard, not as impressive as I had hoped for. Having said that at that speed, all sorts rushes through your mind, blowouts, crashes, kids etc 

[chrisowen85]

tell me about it, iv had a blow out at 80mph and that was scary enough, having one at 150 would probably kill you!
any plans to mod your car anymore? im trying to talk myself into a new fuel pump but just cant justify the extra money for a little bit of bhp!

[MS1COYS]

tell me about it, iv had a blow out at 80mph and that was scary enough, having one at 150 would probably kill you!
any plans to mod your car anymore? im trying to talk myself into a new fuel pump but just cant justify the extra money for a little bit of bhp!

I've said no to more mods so many times, but like any of us on here, I doubt I'll stick to that 

I think I'm just about there as far as performance mods for the car are concerned, I would like to run wmi just for an extra bit of midrange power, but I'd have to get a hpfp to accompany it and then you're talking £2k+, so I'll probably just stick with what I've got and just make minor alterations as I go. 

I like the idea of a decent set of lowering springs and maybe 15mm of spacers just to give the car a better stance. Having said that, the car handles perfectly well and I don't know what lowering by 30mm and spacing the wheels will do to alter the handling.

[chrisowen85]

have you done much to the suspension or handling then? iv spent an easy £2000 on the brakes and handling set up and believe me in its standard form the handling is way off from where it should be!

lowering gives it a much nicer look, like almost everyone on here i went for eibach springs, they lower about 30mm and make the car look so much better.