opportunity for you mk6 owners regarding forge motorsport

[dragongreengolfgti]

Hi guys if your not aware i have a few friends working at forge motorsport in gloucester. They are after a mk6 golf gti for two weeks to do development on. Benefits from this will include there very own induction kit free of charge for your troubles  these kits are proven to add very beneficial gains in bhp from there set up which you can ask about regarding the mk5 gti iirc it made 20 bhp. My very good friend also a member on here jamieR32 is one of the development engineers based at this very recognisable tuning company.

Here is there request from there facebook page found here https://www.facebook.com/ForgeMotorsport

Forge UK are looking for a Golf Mk6 Gti for development. We will need the car for 2 weeks and you will receive a free intake. Please email jamie@forgemotorsport.co.uk for more information.

If you do wish to take this up please mention which forum you are from when emailing jamie thanks for reading

Mike

[Mr GTD]

Sounds interesting but 20bhp from a induction kit I can't believe unless I see proof...

[dragongreengolfgti]

Sounds interesting but 20bhp from a induction kit I can't believe unless I see proof...

Its very interesting i wish i had one to give to them they will be trying new designs for front mount inter-coolers pipe work there twintertake induction system and most probably various valves etc what ever they need to do your car would be the first to have it made that alone is a good thing  dont quote me on that figure but im sure it was somewhere near that they do alot of different set ups and there twintertake is a big hit on alot of models. It basically comprises of two inclosed induction kits within one only they do it and it makes a big difference  check out there facebook page and there website mate and see im sure they have the figures from rolling road before and after figures somewhere i will ask my mate where the figures are for sure 

[ScottA]

Sounds interesting but 20bhp from a induction kit I can't believe unless I see proof...

Its very interesting i wish i had one to give to them they will be trying new designs for front mount inter-coolers pipe work there twintertake induction system and most probably various valves etc what ever they need to do your car would be the first to have it made that alone is a good thing  dont quote me on that figure but im sure it was somewhere near that they do alot of different set ups and there twintertake is a big hit on alot of models. It basically comprises of two inclosed induction kits within one only they do it and it makes a big difference  check out there facebook page and there website mate and see im sure they have the figures from rolling road before and after figures somewhere i will ask my mate where the figures are for sure 

So basically you'd have to drive to them, give them your car for 2 weeks, let them rip it apart and put it back together numerous times and rag it around to test for something worth £200-300?
Not for me thanks!

[dragongreengolfgti]

Sounds interesting but 20bhp from a inductionhdquote me on that figure but im sure it was somewhere near that they do alot of different set ups and there twintertake is a big hit on alot of models. It basically comprises of two inclosed induction kits within one only they do it and it makes a big difference  check out there facebook page and there website mate and see im sure they have the figures from rolling road before and after figures somewhere i will ask my mate where the figures are for sure 

So basically you'd have to drive to them, give them your car for 2 weeks, let them rip it apart and put it back together numerous times and rag it around to test for something worth £200-300?
Not for me thanks!
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the way you put that is very dramatic  however yes they will probably take it apart carefully to do the mods they need to which shouldnt be alot different from the mk5 then test it at there proffesional rolling road where it wont be ragged as you word it this is a professional company which handle cars far more superior than a mk6 golf . they are the leading suppliers to do with vag cars and most people would jump to this opportunity i understand where your coming from cheers

[Jimble]

I'm not a fan of these "lend us your car so we can make money" type things, i'm sure there are people that are up for it but i always think it's the easy way to do it? Imo they should buy a mk6, do ALL the r&d they need then sell it on.

[mkviken]

So basically you'd have to drive to them, give them your car for 2 weeks, let them rip it apart and put it back together numerous times and rag it around to test for something worth £200-300?
Not for me thanks!

my thought exactly. you would have to be bloody mental.

[Snoopy]

I'm not posting as a mod.
But sort of on topic, people often ask me why I have not mapped or modified mine yet.
The main reason is I'm a r&d design engineer and I have always found it laffable that companies in the car world seem to think a couple of days or weeks is enough for r&d if I did that in any other engineering field I would be shot. My just release machine after design and computer simulation and modeling  I did pre production in house testing for 18 months then 3  pre production prototypes have spent time in 3 different countries been tested for the past 4 months doing the job they were intended for 2 of them in some of the harshest environments going. Even then they really need more testing and evaluation but overruled by the md as the people evaluating want to buy lots of them and also were a very small company.

[Ess_Three]

I don't see the issue...

They want it for an inlet kit...hardly car threatening to a company as well respected as Forge.
People are happy to fit aftermarket HIDs, different springs, wheels of questionable quality, lowering springs of unknown poundage etc...do you think they have all been R&D'd properly?

At the end of the day, if you design a replacement part based around the space available and try it on the dyno...it works, or it doesn't.
I'd be happy to lend them my car for 2 weeks if I lived more local.
Forge have fabricated several one-off/special parts for me over the years, and I've never been anything but impressed by their attitude and service.

Only one thing concerning me...
Forge tried to make a Mk6 version of the Twintake a couple of years ago, and couldn't get it to make any more power than a more traditional inlet kit...so I'm wondering why they are having another go at it?

As for the gains, the Mk5 GTI uses a different inlet set-up...and the Forge Twintake gave a dyno proven gain of 14-18 BHP I think, on a mapped car.
There are too many independant dyno plots proving proper gains for it to be a fluke.
But, I did hear from someone within Forge that the Mk6 Twintake didn't deliver what was expected.

[Jimmymature]

I think the fact that it's Forge I wouldnt worry but to lose your car for 2 weeks and get a few hundred quid isnt worth it to anyone IMO.

Now if it was Akrapovic asking the same thing and in return you received a Titanium/Carbon exhaust system woth £5k then show me where to sign up.


Jim