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***30-130mph Day***
Listerofsmeg:
great car youve got there luca, i did want to come and have a chat with you but i couldnt figure out who you were!
Are you going to run it at TOTB? If so ours could be quite a good match for one another on a drier track :D
luca1:
--- Quote from: Listerofsmeg on March 19, 2012, 08:19:57 pm ---great car youve got there luca, i did want to come and have a chat with you but i couldnt figure out who you were!
Are you going to run it at TOTB? If so ours could be quite a good match for one another on a drier track :D
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Likewise - we should wear name tags next time :signLOL:
TOTB is something I would like to run in but its sooooo far North and normally the same day as FordFair at Silverstone.
I shall have a look though at the dates, I'm easily persuaded :smiley:
Janner_Sy:
Found this on t'other forum
--- Quote from: jonnyc;145604 ---Hey..
So, today I was supposed to be at the MLR 30-130 event at Marham.. Unfortunately my TT wasn't going to be ready in time but I was able to convince APR to let me borrow the now infamous APR Stage 2+ Golf R for the day as a stand in which would let me have some fun on the day..
So up at the crack of dawn and up to Marham to be told that my passenger details had been lost and so he wasn't on the list, meaning that there was absolutely no way he would be allowed in, so that was that.. Left the venue after a chat with the organisers and decided to give Bruntingthorpe a call to see if I could drive across there and do my own day!!! haha..
Which got me to here.. :)
So basically thought that I may as well make the most of having the car and luckily we had a V-Box in the car too so was able to do my own testing under controlled conditions! All good..
Quick run down of the spec..
Golf R 2.0T FSI - DSG
APR Stage 2+ Software
APR HPFP
VWR Intake system
Milltek Sports-Cat Turbo back
Stock Intercooler
VWR Brakes
VWR Suspension & Bars
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2
Gen 4 Haldex Controller
Road tyres, Shell 99 and a wet track all day..
So heres a little run down of the progress throughout the day!
The day was extremely wet from at the start, and my first run was to be expected..
Not great traction but still not a bad 0-60 time.. What I found interesting however was how slow much the surface water slowed down the car (there was A LOT though)
I waited a little longer and tried again as the rain was backing off..
Amazing how much difference a little less surface water made!
So then, I thought that there wasnt really much point trying again until it had stopped raining and once that had happened ran the next lot of runs.. The best of which being..
So a fair bit better but still a ton of wheel spin in first and second gear, so I knew there was more in it..
Waited as late as I possibly could before the next lot of rain came in, and although the track was still damp, no dry line at all, it was the most dry and grippiest that it had been all day.. Which resulted in the following!..
Launch felt just perfect, a little wheel spin in first gear due to track being wet and then hooked perfectly in second.. I think it actually helped a little as with the stock DSG software the car does bog on a grippy surface such as Santa Pod.. And also, almost no water on the track really so the car wasnt being held back in that sense..
So I was pretty pleased with that to say the least! Again, I can't stress that this is by far the fastest and most tractable 2.0T FSI that I have ever driven and these latest times show the performance pretty nicely!!..
Really a shame that I wasn't able to run the car at Marham today and have a direct comparison but maybe next time..
I think its important to note that these times are probably more representative of the true day-to-day performance of the car when compared to times at Santa Pod, due to the fact that I was able to make sure the car was nice and cool before each run, no queuing up and also on a non prepped surface meaning that the terminal speeds are not effected by excessive resistance.. (this if anything showed how much difference that makes)
All in all it ended up being a great day and just can't wait for the car to be installed with the APR Intercooler and RSC Exhaust which should open it up even more!.. When thats done I have nominated myself for a trip to Pod with the car to back things up and hopefully run an 11 second 1/4 mile on a stock K04 2.0T FSI.. (in the dry this time) haha..
Until soon..
Jc
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Sunglasses Ron:
Saw Jonny's blog on VAGOC and was good to see he had his own little 30-130 day after being let down by MLR.. :smiley:
The Golf certainly seems to shift, but unless it runs on the same strip as we all did it's pointless comparing the times IMO. As has already been said, Marham is uphill for the majority of the 30-130 run..
I was gutted to hear that he had the same problem getting in as one of my mates and that we wasn't going to see the Golf run. Would of been really interesting to see how the BM & Golf compared though considering they have identical terminal speeds at Pod.. :sad1:
Certainly wouldn't want to have a traffic light GP against it though :surprised: Really can't compete with 4WD + LC + S-Tronic in that environment, awesome figures :congrats:
jhtrophy:
I wouldnt care about what was faster if I had a 135i :love:
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