All Things Mk5 > Performance Modifications
Dangers of re-mapping?
Homer:
Hi, thanks for all the help, I have a GTI MK5 FSI 2008 model. You said you upgraded a few things before your mods, this is what stresses me out a bit, I have no clue what to upgrade to or how to do it. Did the place you get your stage one done offer you this service or did you go somewhere else? If anyone else wants to also offer advice on these questions please feel free. Thanks a lot.
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: Homer on February 27, 2011, 09:31:42 pm ---
Hi, thanks for all the help, I have a GTI MK5 FSI 2008 model. You said you upgraded a few things before your mods, this is what stresses me out a bit, I have no clue what to upgrade to or how to do it. Did the place you get your stage one done offer you this service or did you go somewhere else? If anyone else wants to also offer advice on these questions please feel free. Thanks a lot.
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....There isn't really a right or a wrong sequence of modifying - There are all sorts of individual factors such as how much money you've got available at the time and what you most fancy buying. Back in 2005 the remaps for the Mk5 GTI's 2.0T FSI weren't fully sorted out yet and I wanted to research before I chose. I started off with a Milltek exhaust only because I previously had a straight-six BMW with a great exhaust sound and I like to hear what's going on and the Golf was far too well sound-proofed. A course I did in exploring my car's limits prompted me to modify suspension and hence handling, so I did that next. We're all different in our approach and you canl learn a lot on this forum. JKM Portsmouth did my Revo Stage1 remap.
Andy:
The Rule of thumb with modding cars if you go down this route is to start with the brakes to make sure they are up to rhe job and also the handling but us being human always get a remap first :signLOL:
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: maxitrol on February 28, 2011, 01:05:48 am ---
The Rule of thumb with modding cars if you go down this route is to start with the brakes to make sure they are up to the job and also the handling but us being human always get a remap first :signLOL:
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....Hence proving that I'm not human :laugh:
Be aware that getting more powerful brakes doesn't stop you sliding down the slippery slope of modding:
Homer:
Hi, Redrobin-how did you know what brakes to upgrade to? did the mod garage tell you? And where did you go to have them done? Thanks a lot, as always others feel free to join in, thanks.
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