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Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
rex:
Thank you very much for your kind words.
Well you know how it is... we always want what we don't have (power). Maybe if I had a GTI the path would have been different. Maybe my first modifications were under the bonnet. Since there isn't much I can do concerning the engine (only to try exotic things) I concentrated on making the car more maneuverable.
I also think that driving powerful and fast cars on the track is potentially life threatening. So I would like to improve my driving skills before moving on to a more powerful car.
You were really kind to say "under 200bhp" when I only have 150 :drinking:
You can imagine that I am glad that the color is rare. This way my car is more or less unique :smiley:. But I feel bad for those who did not have much to choose for there GTI's in terms of color.
Cheers!
the bruce:
Rex, your car impressively proves that 150 HP is enough to be fast on track.
I ever knew that tyres, suspension and brakes are more important for good
lap times than engine power.
Be happy about that lightweight engine under the hood. The heavier 2.0 TFSI
won't provide a better handling and much more traction issues than you have
now with the less torquy 1.4 TSI.
I sometimes thought about better driving a significiently less weighting 2.0 FSI
Golf/A3 at Clubslalom events (Autocross). I doubt being faster with the heavy GTI.
:driver:
rich83:
Excellent video... :happy2:
rex:
Thanks richwig83 :happy2:
--- Quote from: the bruce on May 04, 2011, 11:33:23 am ---Rex, your car impressively proves that 150 HP is enough to be fast on track.
I ever knew that tyres, suspension and brakes are more important for good
lap times than engine power.
Be happy about that lightweight engine under the hood. The heavier 2.0 TFSI
won't provide a better handling and much more traction issues than you have
now with the less torquy 1.4 TSI.
I sometimes thought about better driving a significiently less weighting 2.0 FSI
Golf/A3 at Clubslalom events (Autocross). I doubt being faster with the heavy GTI.
--- End quote ---
Yes, you are right. My car weighs less than a GTI but not by much. The car weighs 1370kg with driver and the tank half full (I was hoping for 1270 as they say in the paperworks).
With a 2.0 TFSI engine I would definitely need a LSD. With my engine I also need one but not as much :smiley:. I would really be mad to put a LSD on my car but you never know that the future holds for us :innocent:
I doubt the 2.0 FSI weighs much less than your GTI... (BTW how much does it weigh?)
fuscobal:
My GTI has 1489Kg on paper and 1664Kg with me and 1/3 gas but it's that heavy due to the audio system. However, for the next Hungaroring session I will put the car on a diet. For the beginning I will loose about 90Kg and another 90Kg on the future (I will kepp 90% of the audio however). With about 1500Kg it should be a little bit faster :) Your times rex are very good and now that you know the track quite well you will probably have little to improve unless you loose weight or put on even stickier tires. If you loose about 100Kg, I think you could go for the medium compound Kumhos !
PS : We both have Kumho V70a hard 225/45/17 purchased at the same. After the same session at the same track mine were 2 times more worn out due to the difference in weight and power !!!
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