As above, Has anyone been in a modiffied golf turbo??? And if so what was there opinions???

Nick b

 

My mates got one and was ravin g about how good it was and how I have some competition in my stage 3 cossie. All I did was let him drive mine ...he was gobsmacked and totally ate humble pie

Ive driven his and it really wasnt all that special

so a bit poo imo

 

drove the r32 that had a few little mods filter exhust nice motor

 

yes and for what it is its good imo

as is the tdi aswelll

 

Chipped quite a few Nick,

Good for an extra 30BHP so a worthy mod,

If i was buying a Golf though def get the GT TDi 150 BHP std and an extra 30 is easily acheivable, and you still get awesome fuel economy

 

Fagin has had his Golf TDI mapped by Stu and i think it is 200bhp and near on 300ftlb

 

Absolute shat, very disappointed.

Raced a supposedly chipped to 200bhp (receipt to prove) car, and I pulled away comfortably in mine, which is standard at 174bhp. standing start, mid-range, top-end, had a fairly big edge all the way through the box.

 

Off topic abit but i've got a AMD'd Audi A31.8T which is the same engine as in the golf and the remap TOTALLY changed it, the BHP went up to 202 & torque was up to 224lbs

I've wasted loads of big BHP cars by the way, only thing that showed me up was a stage 3 saff (but i don't mind! ) I even wasted a Pug 205 cossie'd 4x4 which everyone was telling me was a rocket ship...............well he couldn't catch my Audi tugboat!!

I've said this before so i'll say it again, the VAG 1.8T engine is very very underrated. They handle 300bhp without any internal mods which saves you an absolute fortune.

The missus wants me to sell the fiesta so we can buy a S3, but i'm still gagging for a esc cossie!

 

Think its abit unfair really to compare a golf turbo to a stage 3 saff, now a chipped S3 might show you a good race, after an average remap they kick out just shy of 300bhp & well over 300lbs of torque.....and remember a chip is only 450+VAT!!!! so real good value for money!

Loads of tuners also......

 

seconded- my mate has one, supposedly 200 bhp, not fast at all imo!

 

Nick,

I drove a TDi after Rob had just chipped it - I was absolutely amazed at how well it went.

Get the TDi if it's the everyday car..........

 

Just got the new golf mag, that conveniently has how to tune the 1.8T motor

And.......... £3,200 fitted ======= 335 bhp & 290 lbfts

Now that cant be slow!!!!

Nick b

 

woek for vw so been in a fair few modded IJ golfs

chipped tdi (jabbasport mapped) tdi 150 is IMO far better than the 1.8t version £ for £ on tuning

obviosly if you have a big budget, you can make the 1.8t a silly spec, but i would go for the tdi

also if you belive the rumours vw gonna bring out a 180bhp tdi 1K golf