Remapped 20vt Quick or?!

[Kus]

So is a remapped 1.8 turbo actully fast ? I know it wouldn't be as quick as modern day hot hatches at focus vxr astra ect

Reason i ask is because I used to own a 306 gti-6 and I'd like that power again but want more refinement.

[richw911]

Not that quick tbh - its heavy and as you say old now lots of new cars are quicker inc diesels. 

[Kus]

So it woundnt be quick as a gti-6? Don't suppose you've driven one though

[richw911]

So it woundnt be quick as a gti-6? Don't suppose you've driven one though

Ive not driven one but i would say the pug is quicker.

[cullygti]

it wont be as quick as todays cars as they come out the factory with more power to start with but a remap certainly brings them to life and gives you a big fat grin  
i think a mapped 1.8t will be quicker than a gti6 as they only 170bhp a mapped 1.8t your looking at 180+ and the torque figure

[JimBR]

My stage 1 golf wasn't too embarrassed by a focus st on a long private road he wasn't that much quicker and I had a passenger and a saxo rear axle (don't ask). It quicker than a friends APY S3 too (providing its dry) although I guess its an old car too really. A VXR would slaughter me i'd imagine  

They're not fast really but with a remap they are cheap performance considering how much the cars cost nowadays. The engines are pretty flexible and an AUM/AUQ with a k03s make decent power really.

[cullygti]

My stage 1 golf wasn't too embarrassed by a focus st. It quicker than a friends APY S3 too (providing its dry) I guess its an old car too really though. A VXR would slaughter me i'd imagine  

vxr slaughtered me a few days ago so i just took a different exit 

[Kus]

Think the pug would be quicker aswel it was pretty rapid pulled like a train

[richw911]

it wont be as quick as todays cars as they come out the factory with more power to start with but a remap certainly brings them to life and gives you a big fat grin  
i think a mapped 1.8t will be quicker than a gti6 as they only 170bhp a mapped 1.8t your looking at 180+ and the torque figure

How heavy is a pug though? Tin can.........

[JimBR]

Even if it is slower in a straight line. It will handle better thats for certain