Matto's Shadow Blue GT Sport 210 *Updated 12.2.16 - Mods Complete*

[Matto]

Will do an update Monday night or Tuesday after the remap.

Pagey, I agree. I love the Charlestons and so glad to have them back on again now. Car looks so much better and the handling is fantastic again. The car came with the ED30 front and rear splitter/bumpers when I bought it. I didn't know at the time that they were what they are lol. It is classed as an import so was probably spec'd for somewhere else. I'm wanting an R32 rear I think somewhere down the line.

As for the EGR removal, I've been to work and back today and unless its just my mind playing tricks on me it is definitely smoother to drive. It used to be a right pig at times. Fingers crossed it doesn't come back.

[Matto]

Another little update from me with a few things I've been on with lately. First is the the Highline cluster which was fittted and coded by Kalu off here. Many thanks for that  



Then at the end of last week I fitted my Darkside EGR delete in preparation for the remap.



On monday I booked the day off as I was paying a visit to Shark Performance (No longer running the Shark map. See page 15). I arrived just after 9am and was greeted by Rob who asked me what I wanted from the map etc and just to confirm what I had booked when I left a deposit at the Autosport show. Before anything happened it was put on the rollers to get my standard bhp. This came out at 181.8bhp/395Nm.



It then went into the workshop where Mark started with the DPF removal. He also removed the EGR pipe that fed round to the EGR valve to clean up the engine bay. While this was going on me and my mate was getting hungry so decided it was bacon and sausage cob time   An ITG panel filter was also fitted at the same time.



It was a long day with a fair bit of waiting around but once everything was back together it was time to load the map in and see what the rollers said. The outcome was 216.6bhp/464Nm  



Dyno print out.



I am pleased with the results. Pulls like a train. There is abit of smoke which i expected but doesn't really bother me. 1st and 2nd are over in the blink of an eye, 3rd is awesome especially when you catch it right. Had abit of fun coming off an island on the A38. Planted the right foot and it just went berserk lol. 4th, 5th and 6th are plenty similar but all pull very well all the way through. Even though its abit of an animal I can still just cruise about no problem.

Only issue I had was the engine management light didn't go out once the map was loaded. The map was supposed to ignore the EGR. Had to pop back on the Tuesday when Mikko was back. I arrived on Tuesday afternoon and spoke to Rob and it turns out there was a little communication error between him and Mikko. He thought I was leaving the EGR valve in, but just didn't want it to work. Not that I had removed it completely. A little tweak on the map and its all sorted now.

Overall very happy with the results and service I got. Seemed eager to help and would use them again.

[OldSpeckledBen]

The highline dash is awesome, I love all the options in there 

Thats some good figures there matey 
I'd be very happy with those, I sometimes wish I had bought the 170 version 

Keep up the good progress mate,

Cheers

[rdfcpete]

181hp standard*? Can't complain at that Matto  It's barely been warmed up at 20,000 miles too! 

If EGR & DP removal, map and aftermarket panel filter has given 216hp, I'd be proud of that 
Will a downpipe or aftermarket exhaust take you closer to 230hp in reality?

I'm looking at this engine in an A3 next hence the interest and appreciation for the before/after figures.

Still love the ED30 splitter. Makes the front look classier and beefier, much like it transformed the front profile of mine once fitted.

[Matto]

Yeah pretty happy with the figures. Was expecting around the 170 mark but not as much as it was. My old PD150 made 156bhp as standard so that was high aswell.

Pete, I'm not too sure what extra gains you'd be looking at with an after market exhaust. Something I have thought about but not sure if its a route I will go down. Currently the DPF unit is still in. It just doesn't have anything inside. They seem to be a good engine apart from the injector fault which being addressed so you should be fine with one.

I know what you mean about the ED30 splitter, it just makes the front end for me. Didn't deadlier that's what it was when I bought it. It needs repainting though where the previous owner scuffed it on a curb.

[GTsport]

Good progress Matto 

The highline looks so much better doesnt it!

Those figures are very impressive, bet its transformed the car! Have you noticed any change in your mpg?


Need to get one of those egr deletes & down to shark!  Have they mapped out the engine light due to the egr being removed?


 

[Kregiel]

love the car! it is manual or dsg? My missus drives one remapped to 200bhp and it's animal. Totally difefrent to gti in my view

[Matto]

GTsport...mpg I would say is a little worse. Not much but a bit. On my commute to work I was seeing high 50's and into the 60's. Now its around the 50 mark. It's better on a run, on the motorway for example. I had been playing the mpg game the last couple of days but have found any heavyness on the go pedal soon knocks the mpg down. It's fun to drive though. The torque is awesome. I just need to suss out how to get it to go without wheel spinning  

And yes mate they mapped the egr out too so not to get any faults  

Kregiel...Thanks   My car is a manual. I have never driven the petrol equivalent so don't really know. From experience in other cars I find petrols very flat and lack the torque.

[schwartz]

Nice power figures there Matto 

Did you remove the EGR cooler too?

I have my darkside EGR delete ready to go on, just waiting for my DPF delete pipe then its remap time for me too 

Cant wait 

[Matto]

No mate. Egr cooler is still on. Was told it was easier to remove from underneath but I have no means to do that.

[mortygttdi]

Matto the cooler is actually easier to remove from the top, you need to take the large inlet pipe off or pull it out the way and then you can get to every thing from there...only thing is after your have done it my legs and back where killing for the next 2 days

With the cooler out and decat/dpf delete done you get a nice mid range sound

Your car is sounding awesome mate my dyno graph was very similar to yours just a bit down on the figures 207bhp 345lb ft

Darren

[dodds-gttdi]

That's great to hear Darren. I'm looking to fit an EGR Delete soon(ish) and would love to remove all the unneeded ancillaries with it. Do you have any pictures of what you engine bay looks like afterwards?

To the OP, yeah the car looks stunning on the Charlestons. Your car has a perfect balance of looks, go and economy.  FTW!

[Jaywoo-GTI]

Well done Matto, This thing must be a rocket now, Cant believe you only live up the road from me and still haven't seen this car yet.

[Matto]

Matto the cooler is actually easier to remove from the top, you need to take the large inlet pipe off or pull it out the way and then you can get to every thing from there...only thing is after your have done it my legs and back where killing for the next 2 days

With the cooler out and decat/dpf delete done you get a nice mid range sound

Your car is sounding awesome mate my dyno graph was very similar to yours just a bit down on the figures 207bhp 345lb ft

Darren

Thanks Darren. Will look into it once I'm back of my hols. Do you just need one of those connectors the Darkside do to connect the water hoses together? Oh no not bonnet back haha. I know exactly what you mean from spending weekends underneath the bonnet of my old mk4 

That's great to hear Darren. I'm looking to fit an EGR Delete soon(ish) and would love to remove all the unneeded ancillaries with it. Do you have any pictures of what you engine bay looks like afterwards?

To the OP, yeah the car looks stunning on the Charlestons. Your car has a perfect balance of looks, go and economy.  FTW!

  Dodds.
There is a photo in Darren's build thread after the EGR cooler was removed but TBH you can't see alot as its round the back of the engine.

Well done Matto, This thing must be a rocket now, Cant believe you only live up the road from me and still haven't seen this car yet.

It sure is. Get like hell now when you press the go pedal. But it can still be civilised when not in the national speed limits. Only thing I find is it sometimes doesn't feel as quick as I'd like but then I look at the speed and its reading alot more than it feels 

I do keep my eye out when I'm in and around Burton but still yet to see you.

[gtlee]

Good results there Matto glad you got it all done,feeling left behind now (must save up  :evilgrin:and play catch up)!