Anna's VW GLI DSG

[brando]

thats a pretty nice car. i like that she did most the work.

[scheides]

Update! EPL stage 1 chip, DSM Recirc'd DV, and Prosport boost gauge installed!

A few weeks back I went to vegas, and while I as out of town I let Tony @ EPL (European Performance Labs) throw their stage 1 flash on the car. I did before/after logs with Jordan at CPS here in MN and we saw boost rise from ~13 up to 18 peak, clean up the AFR, and timing looking strong. I was impressed, but something was not quite right.

I decided to ditch the stock DV, as everything I see about it makes me want to cry. I took the car apart and removed the noise box from under the dash and used the main portion of the hose to plumb in a BOV from a 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX. I had originally planned on using one out of my evo, but this one held 20psi just fine, so it will stay for now.







Next, block off OEM DV with ATP's plug:




(this same 'kit' is available with a Forge valve for $300!!! YEOW!)

Prosport Boost Gauge w/ NewSouth Performance gaugepod:

I read the how-to on this, and yes you gotta remove the battery, but NO, you do NOT have to remove all of the crap from under the steering column. Just extend the wheel all the way out and down, pop off the one little cover, cut a small hole in the leather, and from there you can easily run power, ground, and the tube up to the top of the steering column.

Plumbing is nice and clean thanks to the factory wiring tunnel thingy:


$10 in parts to get manifold pressure to the BOV/DV and boost gauge:


The car feels like it actually has some power now We logged again and N75 Duty cycle is much lower, meaning the turbo is working less to provide boost, leading to cooler intake temps (not much though due to the stupid factory intercooler setup ). Boost is also higher, peaking around 19. This says a lot, the skirt on the stock DV was in good shape, but it was obviously leaking while under power somehow.

Up next, ebay catless downpipe!

Here's the link to the DIY I wrote on doing this BOV setup:
http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60503

Hrm, could this be the car for name dat powa?

[FattyBoomBatty]

Neuspeed. AKA poo-speed, lol.

Just don't spend too much money on vw parts, if you can make your own (like I/C pipes and new fmic) please do that instead of buying an overpriced kit. For some reason, german parts, aftermarket or otherwise, are really really expensive for what you get.

[A//// Guy]

Haha nice mods! Everything looks good, but I dont like that guage location, just looks odd. Do they make a vent pod at all? I know they do for the auuudiis.

[Kracka]

It definitely is faster than it used to be!

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Nice, looks like this thing is really coming together

[rose0529]

Looking good, be fun to see howthe DSG does now with some more power!

[123abc]

Lets see a pull vid!

[TkrPerformance]

looks good all back in there

[craig]

I think we require some pulls

[scheides]

Craig, it's a plan. The DSG seems to handle the power just fine, not like it's making 400wtq or anything, it's only a teensy K03. The turbine housing is about the size of my fist....

[mdost03]

Name Dat Powah!

[craig]

I then require a race

[scheides]

No racing, just FWD vs FWD, testing & comparing. When is your car getting tuned?

[craig]

well it has all the base maps loaded I am trying to get them to email me the program because it wont load off the disk for some reason

[scheides]

$187 shipped for ebay downpipe

Stay tuned....

[Goat Blower]

The TT came in the 180hp and 225hp variants. The 225hp is really peaky and pretty much sucks to drive because the turbo spools too quickly. Hopefully the Dub doesn't come out this way.

[craig]

any guess on whp when everything is said and done?

[scheides]

The goal for this car has always been simple: 200whp on DB's dyno. It *should* make more than that with the downpipe, but I'm not counting on any of the other BS dyno sheets I've seen online. VW'ers have a knack of being particularly inaccurate in how they post numbers, use correction factors, crank numbers (LOL), etc. BEST guess is 225whp on Dyno Dynamics, and torque should be above that, maybe 235-240wtq. On MAP's dynojet all bets are off, no idea how that thing reads.

Steve, this car is the 2.0t, not the 1.8t. I know what you mean about the peakyness on the 225hp TT. It had the K04, this car has a K03, like the 180hp version, but spun up a bit more It is for sure an insta-spool turbo but with the chip power is smooth and linear, making power all the way up to about 6k, then falling off (6500 redline). EPL has done an awesome job of tuning this thing, it really is fun to drive, even just with FWD.

[craig]

sounds good my car should be about at that aswell