Pistonheads £10k Golf mk5 project.

[pudding]

   Yeah he is a bit of a young un! They clearly couldn't afford the Stig (Ben Collins).

[Marticus]

I found it interesting that they didnt use the professional driver to give an apples to apples comparison.

I guess they are going to make the point that driver skill and training is more effective that performance mods..

[pudding]

Yeah that's a good point.  I'm sure the pro could have wrestled the GTI round the track faster than the YouTuber.

I'm sure it will all end with an over dramatised 1 second win for the GTI in any case, otherwise why bother 

[Marticus]

Part three up now.

Nice to see them using some second hand parts, though i guess staying in budget wouldnt have been achievable otherwise.

[GVK]

Driver training with the 12yr old at Brands. 

[GVK]

More power with Revo bits and tune

[OllieVRS]

More power with Revo bits and tune

He said at the end they got 273bhp, does anyone else feel they could've gotten a bit more, considering all the new mods? I thought that's power you can get with just a downpipe and tune, or am I wrong in thinking that?

But I'm coming from a car that dyno'd at 232hp with just an intake remapped to 'stage 1+', so by no means am I one to talk about getting less power than expected. Just want to know what you guys think.

[GVK]

I think thats about right for the mods still on a KO3.

[gj124]

Tbh I lost interest in the lap time vs Mk8 Golf R when they told us it was only a 30 second ish lap around half of Curborough, what's the point really? The fact that they're timing with an iphone over such a short 'lap' introduces such a big margin for error that it's a pointless exercise. The modifying has been entertaining though and I suppose them giving the MK5 some publicity won't hurt our cars residual values

[pudding]

More power with Revo bits and tune

He said at the end they got 273bhp, does anyone else feel they could've gotten a bit more, considering all the new mods? I thought that's power you can get with just a downpipe and tune, or am I wrong in thinking that?

But I'm coming from a car that dyno'd at 232hp with just an intake remapped to 'stage 1+', so by no means am I one to talk about getting less power than expected. Just want to know what you guys think.

Nah, it's about right for everything thrown at a K03.  Until someone actually removes the engine and measures it properly on a DIN certified engine dyno with industry standard loads, I will always call BS on rolling roads and hub dynos 

[pudding]

Tbh I lost interest in the lap time vs Mk8 Golf R when they told us it was only a 30 second ish lap around half of Curborough, what's the point really? The fact that they're timing with an iphone over such a short 'lap' introduces such a big margin for error that it's a pointless exercise. The modifying has been entertaining though and I suppose them giving the MK5 some publicity won't hurt our cars residual values

Yeah it's a stupid track for this project.  I'm not a fan of the presenter asking the tuner stupid questions on behalf of what he assumes is a dumb audience. Still, it is the way of things these days I guess 

[GVK]

Have you seen the type of posters on PH? 

[pudding]

Have you seen the type of posters on PH? 

Good point 

[GVK]

The final is online

[Marticus]

Not a suprising result, I'm glad they didn't ham it up and try to dramatise it into some neck and neck finish or smth.

Sound like an LSD would have been a big help.