Hi all , I pick my Golf GTI up tomorrow. In standard form its roughly 200 bhp but coming from 300 bhp I was thinking about a remap to give me a little extra. I have looked at a few and being searching on the VW sites for the best ones. Revo and Bluefin seem to be the the most commonly used. Gains are approx 230-240 bhp . This is fine for me, I know you can go a lot higher but not sure I would feel that comfortable in a front wheel drive car and besides it must put a lot of stress on the engine etc. So you get more torque and better fuel consumption apparently according to the VW guys and EVO . I just wanted an unbiased view from any turbo experts?

thanks

 

More boost and leaner mixture = more power and better fuel consumption.

Cooling system will have to dispense of more heat and obviously a bigger compression load on pistons/rods.

Keep it serviced, don't boot it from cold and there will be no issues.

 

http://www.jkm.org.uk/performance/index.htm

I would speak to them, they are very well rated in the VW / SEAT world for tuning and customer service is spot on.

 

JKM are near me and I see they do the bluefin for 410 quid with free piper cross filter so maybe one to consider - cheers

 

You can't map the normal gti's much more, it's the edition 30s that get close to 300bhp from what I've seen.

 

I have an audi s3, which has a similar engine to the golf gti, I had mine remapped 2.5 years ago with a revo remap, since then I've done 23000 (34000 in total) miles with no issues until now, but just recently the clutch started slipping.

The standard clucth a known weakspot on a remapped s3, so I'll need to get a new uprated clutch.

But the remap itself has been great, loads more power, fuel economy is unchanged.

It definately puts more stress on some components (as evidenced by the clutch slip), so I think you need to do it with your eyes open, but as long as you check the forums and see what issues (if any) others have had you shouldnt get any surprises.

 

Coilpacks are a known weakness and a remap seems to accelerate any hidden issues - also Dump valves can need attention as well as watching out for any loose clips on the boost pipework.

Most of these things are service parts but worth being aware of.

You can avoid clutch wear by driving it through the gears rather than using the increased torque to be lazy