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gti compard to the rest of its hot hatch class....
Janner_Sy:
i dont see the std RS coming close to a ed30 stage 2 or stage 3.
my car prior to the new map was only running 259bhp, 289Ibft and the focus that was in front of me at the barrier for the nurburgring didnt exactly drive away like i thought it would have. he did beat me hands down, but not anything like i thought he was going to, he was only pulling away from me slowly. Now ive got stage2+ it'd be even less. couldnt stay with him in the corners though :ashamed:
plus like someone said earlier, the stage 2 mountune eclipsed the RS and was 40bhp down. A stage 3 ed30 is pushing out way more than me and would litterally just drive off from me.
do you lose a little more power from transmission losses as a result of the LSD maybe.
BTW id still have the RS everytime
WhiteHartMart:
I previously owned a Focus ST (remapped first with Dreamscience but then changed to Code: Red). It had about 270bhp or so after that - was a lovely car which made a fantastic sound (even with just a sports cat) - plenty of gun shots that would make everyone look :wink:
All that taken into account - it was nowhere near as nice to drive as my standard Ed30 - the Golf is so much more nimble feeling with much better steering imo. My ST was lowered on Eibachs but still didn't put a grin on my face like the Ed30 - I guess having a 2.5 litre 5cyl up front has some disadvantages??
Would still love a blast in a RS though :happy2:
jhtrophy:
never driven an st but the tuned one with an instructor on a closed ring did a 8min 30 btg in redline last month, thats pants, but that heavy engine will not help as said above. back to topic i think the golf is in a class of its own in the hot hatch class, softer and more refind than the competition, good idea really as there is no competition, matter of taste.
JPC:
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a decent driver.. :wink:
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bollocks!!!
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Janner_Sy:
--- Quote from: jhtrophy on September 14, 2009, 05:57:33 pm ---never driven an st but the tuned one with an instructor on a closed ring did a 8min 30 btg in redline last month, thats pants, but that heavy engine will not help as said above. back to topic i think the golf is in a class of its own in the hot hatch class, softer and more refind than the competition, good idea really as there is no competition, matter of taste.
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thats not really pants though is it, iirc the meganne R26R record sits at 8:17, 13 seconds off and without a LSD
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