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So after owning my R for a month now I decided to take it out for a quick timed 0-60 dash (down a deserted back road that led to nowhere). I had a friend in the passenger seat with a stopwatch, it was raining, and I had half a tank of fuel, and we did two runs with an average 3.8 seconds 0-60! My R is DSG, has an APR stage 2+ remap with a Milltek turboback exhaust, APR fuel pump and VWR intake. This time seems like flipping fast to me, so just wondering how accurate the speedo is on the R's? But even so, I think if I was to do a timed run on a drag strip with less fuel and no passenger in the dry I think I would be looking at a similar time even if the speedo is on the generous side!
Not sure what Hurdy got at Stage 2+, don't forget he's now running WMI on a GIAC Extreme map with 18s - which churns out about 390bhp. Hurdy's times where on a RaceLogic box IIRC as well as the iPhone app.
Great stuff! I think I'll be heading to York Raceway on the 1st April to get an official time done. Does the 0-60 time count from the moment the lights go green, or from the moment you actually start moving do you know? I only mention as I felt like there was a bit of a delay in Launch Control when I took my foot off the brake until the car actually started going.
Anyway, gave it a blast today on a arrow straight stretch of (not great condition) dry flat tarmac, no wind, standard 19 inch tyres, a nearly full tank of V-Power, a 14 stone driver, and a couple of bags of shopping in the boot from asda!
Not yet. I have a dyno session included in the cost of my remap but as its a generic stage 1 that shouldn't require tweaking, i was given the option of bringing the car back in after it had run in for 500 miles and had a few tanks of V-Power put through it, which is actually about now, so that has just reminded me to get it booked in for next week.
The iPhone has a 1 Hz refresh on the GPS and a positional accuracy of approx +/- 5 m. Even with the accelerometer assisting, 0-60 measurements taken using a phone app are fairly meaningless.
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Stage 1 is designed to work in harmony with an otherwise totally standard car to give gains of upto 75BHP and 80FT/LB using pump fuel, over the standard 296BHP and 280FT/LB with fantastic gains throughout the rev range giving better drivability and increased performance whether you're on the road or the race track.
Our test vehicles have clocked repeatable 0-60 MPH times of 3.7 seconds along with a 0-100MPH times of just 9 seconds, both timed at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground. An impressive improvement over the standard times of 4.9 seconds to 60MPH and 12.3 to 100MPH for the DSG equipped test mule.
Have no idea, I guess its probably at the limit of the stock turbo as they claim this is just a flash... Have they turned up the boost to a point so it'll go bang in 2 weeks? Are the AFR, knock, wastegate duty figures all still nice and safe? How does an extra 75bhp take over a second off the 0-60?
Well, the A45 AMG is 360bhp stock... so I guess it's possible the VW lump will last a little, while it's churning out 371bhp. I do think it's asking for trouble and VW can categorically tell if the ECU's been reflashed with this engine
Doubt the R400 will ever see the light of day. The R (and S3) are proper performance bargains though - and I agreed they are almost certainly quicker than the manufacturers claims, a common German trait!
They will be quite simply "Big Brothered" and "Regulated" from all of European roads in the next few years, and Car manufacturers are only to aware of the direction that the EU are taking in this regard
I was very sceptical yes, however, knowing that the stock ECU is still in charge of all the protection measures, it was enough to convince me to buy one. What's the alternative? No remap solutions and even when one is released, it will most probably leave a warranty flag. This blackmarks the car on the central Audi system, bye bye warranty. Even going in for a routine service will trigger it as soon as it's hooked upto diagnostics. The tuning box therefore has this massive advantage. If anything does go wrong, not long to remove and in for warranty work. I can confirm that nothing is seen in VCDS, everything reads stock.
The big question was, how do they compare against proper remaps? I was sceptical and didn't think they would be any good if I'm being honest, it goes against everything I have learned over the years as a petrolhead but hey, firm believer in you can't knock it until you've tried it and the results speak for themselves.
Standard - 0-60 = 4.25, 0-100 = 10.45
Tuning Box - 0-60 = 3.77, 0-100 = 8.92
That is remap gains proved by the figures revo provided with their Golf R.
I do have to say though, when I add the hardware, I'll probably need to opt for a Stage 2 remap as the tuning box does not get rid of the 155 limiter, not will it delete the CEL light when I remove the cats.
Anyway, if there are people sitting on the fence, buy one. The boxes are transferrable to other S3 cars unlike remaps so when a remap does come out and you swap over, it will be easy enough to recoup some of the cost by selling the box on. (I'm sure Andrew doesn't mind me stating this as that is exactly what he said to me)
I will only move over if they bypass TD1 and leave no trace though. Bugger being black marked on the central system. Not just for warranty work but for finance buy out reasons too.
ABT offer two options - 370bhp and 400bhp - which daisy chain the existing ECU rather than flashing it. The stock ECU parameters are used whilst everything is cold but as things come up to temperature and the ABT box sees that, it switches to use the new parameters. In the event of anything it doesn't like the look of occuring it swicthes back to the stock ECU. In Germany any work done by ABT doesn't affect the VW warranty as they have an arrangment with them but not sure how that translates to the UK.
There were some German guys at VW while I was there who had ABT S4's - they were seriously rapid, but they were also warranted. We asked the question and no such arrangement is in place for the British market I was told it is possible to buy a RHD ABT modded car and import it.
The car who made me a car love and is responsible for the love I have towards cars is the legendary Bugatti Veyron and Veyron Super Sport after looking up the fastest car when I was seven. Because I was curious and I watched the legendary videos of James May from the legendary Top Gear doing top speed runs. Seeing the speed of these I watched more and more. What car made you a car nerd and lover and why?
My dad put his name down on one of these and it will be our 5th most powerful car. Least powerful car my parents own is a 2019 Mazda CX-5 (187 horsepower). Next is our future Volkswagen Golf R with (315 horsepower). After that is our old but still solid 2013 Audi S4 with the dynamic steering upgrade good for a solid (333 horsepower). Next is our 2020 Camaro 2SS with a 6.2 liter N/A cross plane crank V8 good for a huge (455 horsepower. Second place is our future M3 Competition X-Drive (503 horsepower). And then my dads dream car our future Corvette C8 Z06 with a massive (670 horsepower). I'm not 100% if he will get all of these but if he does get those three cars I will be both excited and proud of him. But lord r.i.p their earnings jk but lord that's gonna sting.
Around the Nurburgring, the Mk.VII Golf R has the potential to make as much as 54% (or 1/0.65) more power. This is called tirepower and it also has impact on the chassis more than even engine horsepower does. 590 tirepower
Alright boys, I put all the data of German C segment powerhouses into one list ? by power houses I don't mean entry level GTIs, but instead the most powerful cars Germany had to offer around this time.
So about +25hp and +10lbs/ft torque on what Volkswagen claim accordingly to the new example used with a few hundred miles on it PLUS Shell V Power which is 99 rated octane fuel anyway so the differences on 95 could possibly be negligible.
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