ED. 30 307BHP Bluefin article.

[Ollieb7]

Do i have an indirect mention wrt the rockinghams - otherwise who else has taken the sensible plundge in the UK??
Also check out the power figures before the remap - 244BHP!!! I wonder does Superchips rolling road need re-calibrating or do we allready have more power??

http://www.superchips.co.uk/roadtest/VW%20Driver%20May07%20Golf%20GTI%20Edition30.PDF

Sent a wee mail to Superchips asking for a more probing questions wrt economy - 307bhp seems a lot and very petrol munchy for an every day charriot.

[topher]

From what i understand, comparing the ed30 (and new leon cupra r) engine to the standard gti engine.. is very much like comparing an old 1.8T AQU with a 1.8T BAM from the audi S3. Uprated conrods and larger gudgeon pins, bigger turbo and lower compression. AQU could be remapped from 180bhp to 220bhp, the BAM from 225bhp to near enough 290bhp.. so I wouldnt be surprised if their claimed power is true for this new engine. No 2 dyno's (or dyno operators from what i gather) will ever agree on a figure though.

[Manu_R32]

Theres a guy on another forum claims hes pushing out 291 BHP out of an Edition 30 using Blue Fin 

[Ollieb7]

Written correspondance from Superchips -
'The fuel economy on our Ed30 has not deteriorated on day-to-day driving, if anything it is marginally better as you have more torque so the engine is much more flexible.  If you use all 300bhp then yes you will suffer on the economy as any 300bhp car but driven sensibly I would not expect the mpg to get any worse.

However, we can tailor the program that goes into your car to suit your needs so if you’d rather have 270bhp (ish) then we can certainly do that for you, it is not a problem.  However, having done the development on this car, once you’ve tried it with 300bhp+ you’ll always want 300bhp+!

[Manu_R32]

Hmm....isnt 300BHP+ alot to come out of a golf lol...aswell what about the restrictors on the car?

[SteveS]

aswell as being FWD!

[maxamus]

aswell as being FWD!

traction control will go nuts!

[SteveS]

id love to see and hear abotu it tho

[Manu_R32]

I dont use traction control 60% of the times i use my car....

[Russ.C]

Am I right in thinking that if you buy the bluefin unit, no modification is required, you can use it, un-plug it when it goes into VW for service, and not have to worry about losing your warranty? If so, sounds fantastic!!