MK5 Golf GTI
All Things MK6 R and GTI => MK6 Members Rides => Topic started by: Raffe on May 12, 2012, 05:12:00 pm
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Well the plan was to buy an ED30, but being impulsive I went and bought this instead and have to say I love it.
Sorry for crappy pics, will do some better ones once private plate has been fitted.
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'10 Candy White GTi with 18" Monza's, Vienna heated leather, parking sensors front & rear and mdi connection, also had a rcd510 fitted by dealer for £100 which I thought was pretty reasonable and got to keep the original unit, so happy days.
Will of course be getting a Revo, Milltek and VWR CAI along with some H&R/Eibach springs, and really want the R LED rears but they can wait.
Loving it so far, sorry it's not a MK5 but I got carried away with the moment :laugh:
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Hi,
I'm looking for a few Mk 6 GTI owners to include in this year's 'GTI Special' issue of Volkswagen Driver magazine
could you email me at: Neil.Birkitt@autometrix.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you :)
regards
Neil Birkitt
Editor, Volkswagen Driver magazine
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Looks good mate :happy2: jammy git on the rcd buy :happy2:
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great car! enjoy
Paul
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nice mk6 :happy2: needs some led tails to smarten up the rear end :wink:
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Agree totally about the LED rear lights being needed :happy2:
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Definitely need the leds to smarten up the rear! What else you planning?
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Agreed the rear LED's are a big improvement, but it will be going onto some VWR lowering springs first and then Revo Stage 1.
I also want to make it a little more of an experience to drive so a non resonated Milltek and I think I have settled on a VWR CAI too.
Having owned a number of fast Hondas it feels a bit tame and quiet at the moment but that can sorted :evilgrin:
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Nice mk6 prob still a bit quiet with those chosen mods.
Another mk6 I've driven had itg induction kit and milltex non res with stage 1 and it was not much different to standard infact the exhaust seemed quieter but did sound nice but was quiet.
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Oh that's a shame, any suggestions on what would liven it up a bit?
As a reference my last Honda was an '03 Civic Type-R Anniversary with Jackson Racing supercharger, Toda manifold and full de-catted system and open filter....it sounded immense, but the wife detested driving it and we sold it :sad1:
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Agreed the rear LED's are a big improvement, but it will be going onto some VWR lowering springs first and then Revo Stage 1.
I also want to make it a little more of an experience to drive so a non resonated Milltek and I think I have settled on a VWR CAI too.
Having owned a number of fast Hondas it feels a bit tame and quiet at the moment but that can sorted :evilgrin:
....You've certainly come to the right place for that! :evilgrin:
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Bought a new camera yesterday so thought I would see if I can take a half decent pic, comments welcome :smiley:
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Maybe the milltek race 3" system.
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Nicely considered photography with the architecture :congrats:
Personally, in that last shot, I would crop out the distracting blue sign on left and then shave the bottom to constrain the pic's proportions. You could also crop the righthand side to lose the column if you wanted but it's less distracting.
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Thanks for feedback, never been any good at photography so it's a it of point and hope with auto settings, sounds like some turned out ok from a critiques persperctive :pomppomp:
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Bit of an update with a few mods having happened....
As it was when we bought it in April earlier this year as a 2yo car with 9k miles, it was like brand new :cool:
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Then the addition of the Eibach Sportline springs only, with the Bilstein B8 shocks to be added at a later date, sits much nicer and drives well;
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Out with the old....
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...and in with the Blueflame CBE...
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Not the best pic but it gives a good idea of how it looks on the car, and sounds great so far.
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With the Carbonio intake to accompany which again sounds great and fitted perfectly :cool:
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Next on the list is Revo Stage 2 to accompany the 3" Downpipe and 100 Cel CAT, but will need to wait until Feb when it will be fitted and mapped accordingly as warranty expires in March.
In the meantime I am hoping for some R rear LED's to finish the rear end off.
Not sure what happened to the other pics, will try and sort.
Thanks for looking :happy2:
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Lovely car mate. Keep us posted :smiley:
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Love these, want one! Nice mate :happy2:
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very nice :happy2:
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Thanks for the positive comments guys :happy2:
I am desperate to get the down pipe fitted and the car mapped to unlock the power but have other financial commitments prior to Christmas as most of us do, not too long to wait :smiley:
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Ok so I wasn't able to wait :ashamed:
3" Downpipe has been fitted along with Revo Stage 2 software.....all I can say is WOW :jumpmove:
Transformed the car, just need some dry weather now to explore it a little more.
Other than that I have also fitted some Heko Wind Deflectors and the obligatory .:R LED rear clusters, will get some better pics over the holiday period once cleaned, but here's a taster....
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50/50
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All done.
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Happy days :driver:
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Rear lights look the business! :happy2: they make all the difference on the mk6.
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The LED lights look so much better, but I would say that............
Its just a shame that the indicators arent LED
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I know what your saying but really pleased with them, gave car a wash in the rain this afternoon, neighbours thinks I'm mental :jumping:
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Not had a dyno run done yet, but asked Revo to send me an indicative graph from their demo vehicle which closely matches the spec of my car, quite a jump in power and will be interested how my car performs when on the rollers.
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car looks ace , love the stance
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Thanks Paul, hoping to get some 10/12mm spacers in the New Year as wheels sit too far into the arches for my liking.
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What engine/turbo does the mk6 gti have??
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It's the new E888 engine with IHI turbo, different to the MK5.
Better mpg, lower emissions and responds better to tuning :evilgrin:
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Are you getting ~350lb/ft and ~300bhp from that little turbo!!? That's mad. I thought these sort of numbers were reserved for Ed.30's, nice car.
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Are you getting ~350lb/ft and ~300bhp from that little turbo!!? That's mad. I thought these sort of numbers were reserved for Ed.30's, nice car.
You will get around 250 horses and 345 lbft as it's the same engine in my Skoda. :happy2:
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Are you getting ~350lb/ft and ~300bhp from that little turbo!!? That's mad. I thought these sort of numbers were reserved for Ed.30's, nice car.
You will get around 250 horses and 345 lbft as it's the same engine in my Skoda. :happy2:
That'll teach me to read the whole thread. Above figures for stage 1. :smiley:
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Thanks for feedback chaps :happy2:
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Are you getting ~350lb/ft and ~300bhp from that little turbo!!? That's mad. I thought these sort of numbers were reserved for Ed.30's, nice car.
You will get around 250 horses and 345 lbft as it's the same engine in my Skoda. :happy2:
So basically only more torque over a stage1 car no more Bhp. In which case for the extra cost involved I think stage1 is as far as I will go.
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Thanks Paul, hoping to get some 10/12mm spacers in the New Year as wheels sit too far into the arches for my liking.
yeah thats why im keeping my stock R wheels as they fill the arches nice , just needs to be a tad lower
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Are you getting ~350lb/ft and ~300bhp from that little turbo!!? That's mad. I thought these sort of numbers were reserved for Ed.30's, nice car.
You will get around 250 horses and 345 lbft as it's the same engine in my Skoda. :happy2:
So basically only more torque over a stage1 car no more Bhp. In which case for the extra cost involved I think stage1 is as far as I will go.
Nope look at the graphs, as near as damn it 300bhp at stage 2 which is at least another 25-30 bhp, with Kenny's car achieving these figures with the exhaust and intake I bought from him :wink:
Dry roads today has enabled me to have a bit of a play, power is absolutely relentless from 3k rpm :evilgrin:
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Frankly I'm shocked a Stage 1 TSI can achieve 345lb/ft of torque from that small turbo... iirc it's smaller than the K03... it must be more on the TSI motor over the FSI motor than the turbo itself - what sort of boost you running?
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i test drove a 2010 golf gti , was very good ...The engine felt more responsive and with the dsg it felt very very nice
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........ I think stage1 is as far as I will go.
Are you stage 1 now, Geoff?
I'm after a mk6 GTI in a year or so :happy2:
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No but I've driven Kens a few times and once the winters over and its out of warrenty I probably will be but I want to make sure its working right again first so prob will stick on a RR before end of March.
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Theres a RR day at PTD in SUnderland in Feb :wink:
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So a stage 1 mk6 GTI makes more torque than a stage 1 K04 :surprised: Or are these graphs very optimistic
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:More graphs of stage 2
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=178682.0
Video of stock v stage1 v stage 2
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=243498.
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:More graphs of stage 2
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=178682.0
Quoting someone on that page
Firstly, they recorded 246bhp from a standard mk6 on the dyno.
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Quoting some more people from that page...
Heres my results :laugh: Murder to hold down in the wet!
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Dyno dynamic is the ones thats normally quite acurate iirc? :cool:
:surprised: :wink:
To be fair dyno graphs need to be taken with a pinch of salt as the numbers can be tweaked to read the numbers you want to see, and by no means am I insisting my car has 'X' power figure just trying to get a feel for what's possible.
I am hoping to have a rolling road session ASAP and would love to come along to one with modded MK5's running as same day and conditions would give a realistic comparison.
All I do know is the car is absolutely brutal, and surprisingly feels quicker than my old EP3 Civic Type-R which was running around 285bhp with a Jackson Racing supercharger and I would guess around 150-200kgs lighter.
What I have learnt is that VAG turbo tuning unleashes a fair few additional horsepower for very little cash compared to the Honda scene, it was wallet busting unless you went forced induction.....which didn't come cheap either :grin:
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Numbers aside, what I don't like about the smaller turbos, is there inability to hold the boost creating spikey torque maps... on both mk5/mk6; where as the K04 holds boost over more of the rev range... the Aero Saabs were like this too. This comes down to larger turbos I guess. It does make them slightly more laggy to spool.
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Oh well Each to their own :happy2:
I personally am absolutely loving it and feel its made a great car just that little bit better...brakes and chassis next to really exploit the extra gee gees :driver:
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Not dissin' at all mate, think your car is awesome.
Just don't get these TSI power figures at all; 345 lb/ft for a Stage 1 k03 (or smaller).
Anyway, I only just realised this is your build thread, apols! That's what you get for coasting the recent posts feed... :happy2:
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Not dissin' at all mate, think your car is awesome.
Just don't get these TSI power figures at all; 345 lb/ft for a Stage 1 k03 (or smaller).
Anyway, I only just realised this is your build thread, apols! That's what you get for coasting the recent posts feed... :happy2:
345 does seem a little high, my tsi made 306 stage 1 and 330 on stage 2. The ihi turbo may be smaller, but its more efficient