My gti beat R32 just from a remap

[joesgti]

Just bought a gti with 21,000 miles on the clock, my friend has a mk5 R32, i reciently had my car remapped from a company down south, i ran it in with the new remap for about 200miles, all the time it was getting faster as the ecu was learning the new software,

i then met my friend in his R32 at the traffic lights and it left him for dust, this is not due to my friends driving or shifting as he is a good driver.

i was wondering if my car has had other mods in it that i dont know about   from the previous owner, also i bought it from a dealer and it was not private.

i may just take it to a rolling road.

any feedback would be good, cheers

[Russ.C]

its obviously a bit of a beast, remapped GTI's are around 240 - 260 BHP I think, and the GTI is lighter, let us know the results from the rolling road! 

[aahgolf]

Could you tell us who did the remap?

thanks

[Phil mcavity]

ive seen the mK5 GTi with dsg beat Mk5 r32 manual in a video posted on youtube. Both were standard, so i dont doubt your chipped one left him behind!. good work!

[R32UK]

Im sure it did my friend!! But would i beat a R32 with some minor mods??? I dont think so...

[Phil mcavity]

if the R32 is modded then of course it will, but performance figures are the same for DSG gti and manual R32. 0-60 6 secs. 0-100 is the same too. 

[R32UK]

nope affraid your wrong there.

gti DSG - 6.9
R32 man - 6.5

[Phil mcavity]

no, GTi is not 6.9 as clarkson says, check vw mag.
 GTi DSG launch contol   6.0 secs. 6.3 manual GTi
Hurdys Ed30 DSG at the track standard 0-60 5.66.
R32 wont be 6.5 secs, its faster then those figures quoted. its slower then the edition 30, and well matched to standard GTi DSG, but slightly quicker then manual GTi. DSG R32 will be around the same as ed30's performance stats

sorry dude, they are more closley matched then u think

watch for yourself , red car is dsg gti obviously
 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AhZ9aipw0CY

[R32UK]

My figures are quoted from the vw site.. and not clarkson or some other mag, where the writer possibly owns one of the cars. And if vw are able to underestimate the performance/power of the gti, whos to say they havent done the same with the r32??

And i have to add that the video doesnt really show anything! the R32 takes the lead then the gti claws back and then.... it ends!

Just my 2pence worth. 

[Phil mcavity]

all the cars are quicker then what was origonally stated, 6.9- 6.5 bla  bla, The figures ive quoted ar from Vw driver Mag, and from other peoples sources on this here forum. hopefully the video link has showed that they are both quick machines indeed