SteveP's New Daily / Project No. 2

[SteveP]

Thanks John, I think you will be pleased with the ITG 

[andrewparker]

I think you've nailed it visually, looks great, such a more interesting, striking shape than the MK6 Golf.

[Janner_Sy]

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Despite the reports of issues with the 1.4TSI I genuinely believe with a good map it's a great little engine, it's doing 42mpg+ on the way to work (when I am sensible).

Remaining plans are stage 2, Turbo Back Exhaust, Front brakes, Rear ARB, a few poly bushes, RNS-510 and a rear camera kit  

There's a good 6+ guys on SCN who sold up their cupras after having nothing but issues, with a few others reverting back to stage 1 due to misfire and running issues on stage 2.  We might be lucky though, the cupra has been out a fair while so hopefully vag have ironed out the/ issues of the early cupras

[SteveP]

^^^ Yep I hope so, the plug change Revo recommend makes a lot of sense so fingers crossed all will be good 

[Janner_Sy]

Alot of the scn guys reckon the misfiring got worse after about 5k, and chose to swap plugs at that point which iirc cured it temorzily so i might try the same as I've just gone over 5k.  No misfire issues yet though. I do have the cold start issue though, but i just need to book in with skoda for the new update.

[SteveP]

Mine had 5k when I got it and now has 8k, no issues with misfires or oil consumption so far 

[Hurdy]

Too early to tell on mine, but I'm hearing rumblings on the forum grapevine that VAG altered the design of the engine/parts after Feb 2011 to cure these issues?

[Janner_Sy]

Mine had 5k when I got it and now has 8k, no issues with misfires or oil consumption so far 

Well I jinxed myself saying I wasnt having misfires, had one this morning. 

[Tfsi_Mike]

Mine had 5k when I got it and now has 8k, no issues with misfires or oil consumption so far  

Well I jinxed myself saying I wasnt having misfires, had one this morning.  

    Under what conditions?

[Janner_Sy]

Motor way. Cruise control at 70mph stuck foot down to overtake/change lane without blocking guys behind and it started flashing. In fairness i wouldn't have even realized had it not flashed

[Hurdy]

Thanks John, I think you will be pleased with the ITG 

Any more news on the ITG ? 

[Janner_Sy]

^^^ Yep I hope so, the plug change Revo recommend makes a lot of sense so fingers crossed all will be good 

im just about to order plugs now.

Took mine out today just for a look and was pretty shocked. The ground electrode was marked white on cylinder 1, 2 and 4, but cylinder 3 was completely white.  They obviously get very very hot.

Steve do you know the correct or recommended spark plug gap?

[SteveP]

Thanks John, I think you will be pleased with the ITG 

Any more news on the ITG ? 

They Should have the production parts finished in 3 weeks.

I am very impressed with the increase in throttle response and the increase in the top end urgency the car now has. The feeling of the slight lack of pull between 5-6k has totally gone   

[Janner_Sy]

Thanks John, I think you will be pleased with the ITG  

Any more news on the ITG ?  

They Should have the production parts finished in 3 weeks.

I am very impressed with the increase in throttle response and the increase in the top end urgency the car now has. The feeling of the slight lack of pull between 5-6k has totally gone  

im not convinced about the performance of the Forge filter.  The filter itself is actually pretty small, and just looks like a a cheap knocked off version of the CDA intakes but with a forge plaque bolted to it.

[SteveP]

The filter element on the ITG is rated to 300+ bhp so more than enough for the Polo

On the plugs I left the gap as they came out of the box.