This is all about my Golf 5 GTI. This was a great project car and I loved it. Here I talk about everything I did to this car. Every upgrade I did and what is worth the money and what is a waste. I also talk about the issues I had and how I fixed them and also how I lost the beautiful beast.
The Golf 5 GTI is a really nice platform to have as a project car. The amount of aftermarket upgrades is endless and you will lose yourself on the net finding what you want. I was always looking at what is the next step, what can I do to make the car run better and […]
At this stage of the fight, I was on the internet on a daily basis looking for what else I can do to my Golf 5 GTI. It is almost like an addiction, you get used to it and then want more. I came across something that Neuspeed makes. It is called “Power Pulley”. It […]
My Golf 5 GTI is now an absolute joy to drive. The car is really strong and stable on the road. I started noticing that some times the car has a bit of lag on the turbo spool up. For a regular person, this would not be a problem but for me, it needs to […]
With the Golf 5 GTI being so strong, driving the car just becomes so much more fun. The problem comes in that you get comfortable with the power the car delivers and you start pushing it harder and harder. You want to see what the car will do in the corners. How fast can you […]
I have heard people talk about watermeth or water-methanol injection on performance cars. I have never been a fan of it. It was just another tank that you need to keep your eye on. Keeping your eye on your petrol tank gauge was bad enough. Doing some spirited driving you can go through a tank […]
I have been enjoying the KO4 Golf GTI. There was one thing I was noticing that was bothering me. It seemed that when the car started the boost the exhaust sounded that it was struggling to get the gas out. I started reading up on the net and there were a lot of mixed emotions […]
So the next Monday morning after I did the carbon clean and the turbo install I drove through to the tuner. The car drove pretty much the same with the KO4 turbo. I couldn’t notice anything different. I was starting to think I may have a bigger expectation for KO4 conversion that what I was […]
The fact that I could not run the REVO Stage 2+ software was a bit of a disappointment. I started looking for new injectors for the Golf. Soon found out that the injectors are very expensive because they were direct injection injectors. I started thinking where am I going with this car. My friend had […]
There is something that caught my eyes. I was currently running a Superchips tune called Bluefin. Till now I didn’t have any issues with the tune, but I needed more. I came across two tuning brands, APR and REVO. These were the tuner brands with the biggest following. APR is more set on selling kits […]
Till now I haven’t changed out big parts on the Golf 5 GTI. The car runs really well but you get used to the power very quickly. My one friend is driving a Golf 6 GTI Edition 35, he too likes to scratch around on the car. As standard, the Golf 6 GTI 35 Edition […]