(I'm reposting this from my post on Golfmkv.com - didn't want to just link it up)
The thing is bonkers now.
(Old pics used, as it looks exactly the same from the outside.)
Today I stepped things up a bit.
- APR HPFP
- APR Intercooler
- APR Stage 2+ K04 tune
- 42 Draft Ceramic coated 3" street series downpipe (resonated) mated to stock cat back (from NA Motorsports).
Everything was installed by Quattro Motors in Burswood, WA.
The low end still feels good and still drives perfectly smooth, the only giveaway are some new spooling/turbo wastegate sounds. Drive-wise, it is hard to tell it apart form stock in this respect.
Perfect for a daily driver as the overall exhaust note is stock. You've got to be pressing on for it to make any sort of noise beyond normal - which is exactly what I was chasing from my daily driver.
But now if I pop it into S mode or manual mode and get it fizzing... it is incredibly responsive and completely f*cking manic.
As with any GTI, you need to wait until you're rolling to feed in the power. Feed it in fairly swiftly and and you're pinned to your seat and hurled down the road - it is a significant step up.
Traction with the Pirellis and KW V3 coilovers is consistently good - there's some wheelspin but no hollering from the tyres - a slight squirm before they hook up - hard.
It is a bit of sensory overload right now - no doubt I'll get used to it soon and have a bit more clarity :biggrin:
Pop the bonnet or look/listen to the exhaust from the rear and it all appears completely stock. Lovely.
We're in for a stinking summer, so I opted for two things that should keep temps down under my bonnet - an intercooler and ceramic coated downpipe.
Needless to say when pressing on you find yourself approaching the ...uhm.... speed limit rather rapidly, and needing to brake HARD to ensure you don't ... exceed it at all.
Fortunately, there's a set of these sitting under the endboard in my bedroom:
Which will be fitted sooner rather than later!
You are reading the post of a very happy (if considerably poorer) man.
