Mk4 wheel spin

[shiloh]

Hi everyone, I recently bought a golf gti 1.8T petrol 150bhp and was wondering what peoples experience with the wheel spin was. In my old ford focus TDI when I booted it in 2st and second gear the wheels would spin like mad when you put the foot down at 2500rpm  . I have heard about people spinning the wheels in the golf but mine, even with the ASR button thing turned off when i floor it in first at 1500rpm the wheels dont spin at all the same goes for in second and third gear.

Whats everyones take on this? Am I low on power or something or is this just how the golf is?

[barrym381]

did you buy the golf hoping it would wheelspin  grow up an except a standard 1.8t couldnt pull ma foreskin back 

[shiloh]

Haha no, Just used to my old car which spun like a  Heard about a couple of others who were getting some spin and was just wondering if I was lacking power or something

[barrym381]

get a smoke test see if you have a boost leak 

[scarr89]

Diesels have much more torque than petrols. It would have been the torque low down that TDI's have spinning up your wheels...

[golfyste]

What tyres did you have on the focus?

As said hp is a calculation made from torque at rpm so even though diesels rev low they can make similar go to petrola and that is because they have a lot of torque particularly low down.

[asboGTI]

Maybe he likes his beat fast and his torque down low 

[Granta Gti]

Get it remapped and it will spin spin up. I noticed a lot more wheel spin when I fitted 18s. What size alloys are you running?

[Hoggy]

Maybe he likes his beat fast and his torque down low 

Where's the like button?!

[golfyste]

Get it remapped and it will spin spin up. I noticed a lot more wheel spin when I fitted 18s. What size alloys are you running?

What tyres were you running before and after.
Bigger wheels actually make wheel spin less likely as they are harder to spin.

The main contributing factor bar the power is tyres.