MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: badbwoy27 on January 11, 2012, 08:11:36 pm
purchased and installed forge spacer a week ago thinking i would give it a blast,wish i hadnt bothered.what a waste of cash!!! as soon as i took it out for a spin i new i had lost power, as couldnt even get the front tyres spinning in 1st or 2nd .double checked the install to make sure i had fitted correctly and then went out and let rip a few more times with the same out come.forge state that u dont lose any power with there forge spacer ,well i can confirm there full of sh*t cause as soon as i removed it the tyres were once again burning rubber in 1st,2nd and 3rd with traction control light going off like a christmas tree.just thought i would give a heads up to anybody who was thinking of purchasing 1.mine has now been binned as could be bothered to advertise it.
Title: Re: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on January 11, 2012, 08:16:26 pm

Had one on for quite a while but had no ill effects.  Couldnt hear it over ITG an Forge DV so sold it
Title: Re: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: Tinytim on January 11, 2012, 08:36:41 pm
What is the purpose of the spacer? Is it just to give it a louder wooosssssshhh?
Title: Re: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: E30Dom on January 11, 2012, 08:41:03 pm
Weird... Mines had no ill effects  and I love the sound...
Title: Re: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: stealthwolf on January 11, 2012, 08:46:47 pm
purchased and installed forge spacer a week ago thinking i would give it a blast,wish i hadnt bothered.what a waste of cash!!!
IS the spacer faulty?
Did you fit it incorrectly?
Title: Re: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: nossi_ed30 on January 11, 2012, 11:05:11 pm
Weird... Mines had no ill effects  and I love the sound...

Snap i've had mine on few months now and never noticed any loss in power...or any increased lag between gear changes which i was told to expect!
Title: Re: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: badbwoy27 on January 11, 2012, 11:09:52 pm
not faulty,and was fitted correctly with out a doubt. after fitment took a trip down to rtech to c why i had lost power and even they said it was down to the spacer. like i said before as soon as it was removed i had all my power back.
Title: Re: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: Jaywoo-GTI on January 12, 2012, 09:34:16 am
I cannot see how you would lose power by fitting a forge spacer?

Unlike a MK4 golf the recirculated air is not monitored throught the maf sensor again so makes no difference to where the air is ventilated to.
Title: Re: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on January 12, 2012, 10:40:44 am

Bizzare   :confused:
Title: Re: dont bother with the forge spacer!!!!!!!!
Post by: JackG on January 12, 2012, 11:36:26 am
You will have more lag even if you can't tell fully at 1st, as revo said to me "it's like slashing a boost pipe"