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Originally Posted by repinS
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yeah it amazes me how powerful my car is for being 14 years old. And it'* not even a series 1 L27, it is just a regular L27. And it'* friggin torquey for having 182,000 miles on it. If I am going between 35-60mph, and I hit the gas, I put myself back in my seat pretty bad, it freaks me out sometimes. I only have a new cat back exhaust, expensive plugs and wires, and a nice intake and that is about it for mods for me, and i blow alot of cars away, and I honestly thought this golf would take me, if it was a 1.8L Turbo, and if it was a VR6 GTI, I wasn't even gonna bother racing him, because I know I would of gotten my *** handed to me. Those cars are soo damn fast, I have a clip of a VR^ GTI blowing away a Civic SI at 95 mph on the highway, the civic I think was doing 115mph and the VR6 had 4 car lenghs on him, it freaked me out how fast those cars really are.
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Your mileage and mine are really similar (no more than 5k mi apart)... yes, the torque is nice, but weight is really holding us back - maybe moreso with me being an SSE :(
Question: How are them Denso Iridiums? I know (and other members here) for a fact that Bosch Platinums (+4'* in my case) SUCK majorly. I stick to AC Delco Rapidfires. Interestingly enough, I was able to exchange less-than week-old +4'* in exchange for the Rapidfires... aren't they a no-return/exchange thing? Gotta love Canadian Tire :P
You guys might want to watch it before you take on a 1.8T that you know is chipped. Chips on a turbo car can make mad power... from the existing 150 or 180 @ flywheel or whatever to 200+ at the wheels? Yipe
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One of my buddies recently bought a new GTI 20th anniversery, has 1.8T and 6 speed, and other aftermarket goodies on it stock. Were DEFINITLY going to race come warmer weather, should be interesting, now I got him but he'* already eyeing a true 50hp chip. Than things night be different. Come track season though he'* my buddy, we'll have lots of races! My goal is by opening, have 1.9 rockers, TOGS, LSD and DHP.
VW is going DOWN! :P
VW is going DOWN! :P
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Originally Posted by TaylorD
One of my buddies recently bought a new GTI 20th anniversery, has 1.8T and 6 speed, and other aftermarket goodies on it stock. Were DEFINITLY going to race come warmer weather, should be interesting, now I got him but he'* already eyeing a true 50hp chip. Than things night be different. Come track season though he'* my buddy, we'll have lots of races! My goal is by opening, have 1.9 rockers, TOGS, LSD and DHP.
VW is going DOWN! :P
VW is going DOWN! :P
I am saving up to get myself a chip that gains 40hp for my car. Its $290, but its WELL worth the money IMO. When I get that, it will be like driving a completely different car, and I won't have to worry about Turbo Beetles anymore.
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The Densos are AMAZING, but expensive, like 13 bucks a plug. But they create 2% more acceleration per plug
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