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Getting power down with stage 1

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Vwgtiking:
It's so blooming powerful I wheelspin all over the place even in 3rd, thus making the power irrelevant.

I have ecstas at min looking to replace fairly soon would the tyres be a starting point?

shail:
Yep, tyres would be a good place to start.   My wife has those tyres on her 1.6 Mazda 3.  With the colder weather of late I notice a big difference to the grip of the tyres.  Also the roads a a little bit damo all of the time this time of year, so no matter which tyre you have, you'll have less grip.

I have continental sport contact 5 on mine and can't fault them (no remap though).  Someone at work has the Continental's on his 450hp A45 AMG and finds them good too (4wd though).

AJP:
I'm on Michelin Supersports, Stage 1, 242bhp/296lbft. Get a little bit of spin/hop in 2nd, but I'm sure it'd be worse if I was on the Ecstas I had before the map.

Hard for me to say specifically how much better the Michelins are as I got them just before I went Stage 1, but they're loads better in the bends and generally feel much stickier.

I'll be looking at an anti lift kit soon, which should help further.

Vwgtiking:
May get some uni royals

BigA91:
Maybe a less aggressive/linear map or LSD

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