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Strange discription of my car.....
duncan:
ah ok cool
wasnt sure if it was quite involved or not.
not having driven a stock GTI or any other GTI for that matter - do they usually race up the rev range then the power dips as you get close to 6k?
mine seems to pull alot less as soon as i get near 5k rpm
WhiteGTI:
--- Quote from: duncan on March 29, 2009, 06:46:05 pm ---ah ok cool
wasnt sure if it was quite involved or not.
not having driven a stock GTI or any other GTI for that matter - do they usually race up the rev range then the power dips as you get close to 6k?
mine seems to pull alot less as soon as i get near 5k rpm
--- End quote ---
Lol, yeah they die just after about 5K! Pitfalls of a small turbo....great low end spool-up...shyte top end! :smiley:
Max Q:
Duncan,
Just reading this thread now and I'd definitely look into the history of this car as there are a lot of things that don't quite add up:
1) You've mentioned it feels low on power and dies after 5k rpm, yes K03 GTI's do start to run out of pep above 5k but it should still be pulling quite hard at those revs.
2) The fact that there is a discrepancy on your V5.
3) The golf badge on the boot really set my alarm bells off as GTI's categorically don't come with a golf badge whereas the GT 170 which your car is mistaken for on your V5 does. I don't know why anybody would source one and apply it to a GTI.
4) GTI's come with dark tinted headlight lenses. From some of your pics, your's look like those found on a regular golf, i.e not much tint visible, although it could just be the lighting on the photo.
5) Are you certain your Monza II wheels are genuine VW OEM Monzas. It's hard to tell without getting a good closeup pic, but in one of your pics there looks to be a lip only found on some replica Monzas.
I don't want to worry you unnecessarily but I would definitely look into this car in more detail.
WhiteGTI:
If he had one of those silly GT TSI 170 thingies, then he would have one of those cr@ppy boost gauges in his dash next to the fuel guage..... I assume that you don't have this Duncan!
duncan:
no, dont have any boost gauges
am not too worried about the car,
only reason the V5 is a bit strange im sure is down to the fact that my car is a WALD edition inport.
the monza's are real and the bagde.... well who knows but is probably down to the fact its an inport to be honest
the car is 100% a GTI, just one with a sh*t remap and a possilbe boost leak lol
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