Forum Rolling Road day @ Superchips 6th June 2009

[stealthwolf]

Love the vid mate. Nicely done, even if it was just stitched together.

[Top Cat]

OK all, I did a little bit of filming on Saturday - not a huge amount as the weather was crap. I've just had a chance to dump the footage from my camera onto my mac and have not edited it at all but thought I would get something up on here. Please don't moan about the quality of the edit - it has not been edited, just sequenced.

Robin - the ending was just for you 

Nice one Dom great little vid. 

And Chris your APR on the rollers sounded like a spitfire plunging from the skies.   

[WhiteGTI]

Hahahahaha 

 

[snapey]

TC any update on when you'll be receiving the pictures from the bloke from VW driver?

Sorry for my ignorance but I can't remember his name for a damn.

Luke

[Top Cat]

TC any update on when you'll be receiving the pictures from the bloke from VW driver?

Sorry for my ignorance but I can't remember his name for a damn.

Luke

No time given, he is just going to pop a CD in the post to SteveP. 

[winrya]

Guys im confused with the doubts over the outputs.

The tfsi engine is considered one of the most conservative engines ref power output.

I've seen every single rr I've looked up on the internet and read in magazines that the tfsi tends to output 10% over factory claims.  JKM is the only rr I've seen get such low figures.  Its the same across europe and the states.  

I find it hard to believe that this massive spread of results which run at almost exactly the same as the superchips rr are incorrect.  I'm more inclined to believe jkm are very conservative.  The fact the r32's and diesels ran as expected only makes me believe its not a question of the rr accuracy but the conservative claims vw put on the tfsi engines.

At the end of the day, the results matched exactly what all the different tuners claimed for their outputs.

Also remember, official figures are based on 95 ron fuel and vw state the fsi engine will produce more power on 98 ron and above.

This also ties to the fact that every single magazine out there have tested performance figures much quicker than the again conservative figures from vw.

VW state 0-60 at 7.2 secs for a manual gti

The slowest test ive seen is at 6.7 sec's with the majority around 6.5.

[Poppa Dom]

Guys im confused with the doubts over the outputs.

The tfsi engine is considered one of the most conservative engines ref power output.

I've seen every single rr I've looked up on the internet and read in magazines that the tfsi tends to output 10% over factory claims.  JKM is the only rr I've seen get such low figures.  Its the same across europe and the states.  

I find it hard to believe that this massive spread of results which run at almost exactly the same as the superchips rr are incorrect.  I'm more inclined to believe jkm are very conservative.  The fact the r32's and diesels ran as expected only makes me believe its not a question of the rr accuracy but the conservative claims vw put on the tfsi engines.

At the end of the day, the results matched exactly what all the different tuners claimed for their outputs.

Also remember, official figures are based on 95 ron fuel and vw state the fsi engine will produce more power on 98 ron and above.

This also ties to the fact that every single magazine out there have tested performance figures much quicker than the again conservative figures from vw.

VW state 0-60 at 7.2 secs for a manual gti

The slowest test ive seen is at 6.7 sec's with the majority around 6.5.

Interesting post Winrya - the question is do I update my sig 

[markymark]

Do it Dom, if anyone asks what mine is pushing out I will show em my graph! 

[true-blue]

VW's brochure figures are normally to 100 KPH which is 62mph, and are based on a full tank of fuel and with an adult passenger.

Unless this has changed recently  

[winrya]

VW's brochure figures are normally to 100 KPH which is 62mph, and are based on a full tank of fuel and with an adult passenger.

Unless this has changed recently  

That is correct thinking about it. Also includes luggage. Others don't do the same though, ford for example don't add any weight for their figures? So why are Vw playing the performance down? Does it lower insurance or something?

[WhiteGTI]

VW's brochure figures are normally to 100 KPH which is 62mph, and are based on a full tank of fuel and with an adult passenger.

Unless this has changed recently  

That is correct thinking about it. Also includes luggage. Others don't do the same though, ford for example don't add any weight for their figures? So why are Vw playing the performance down? Does it lower insurance or something?

It may lower the individual bracket that the car falls into with the national insurance body (i.e. Thatcham in this country), but wouldn't affect things too much in the grand scheme of things 

[Poppa Dom]

VW's brochure figures are normally to 100 KPH which is 62mph, and are based on a full tank of fuel and with an adult passenger.

Unless this has changed recently  

Yes, true - before I forget, how is the car going after your little encounter with a map? 

[true-blue]

VW's brochure figures are normally to 100 KPH which is 62mph, and are based on a full tank of fuel and with an adult passenger.

Unless this has changed recently  

Yes, true - before I forget, how is the car going after your little encounter with a map? 

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Very quick, as a very surprised BMW 540i owner found out on my way home 


Mulling over what to do next 

[NB07]

i think you better get that wheel sorted next 

[markymark]

Gotta be TBE, Milltek/Blueflame!