Can a performance exhaust be too big for your car? This is a question I have heard many times. The answer to that question is yes and no. It all depends on if the engine is naturally aspirated and if it is forced induction. So why is it different for the two setups you may […]
Turbo or supercharged, that is one of the big questions out there. What is better? Which one will make my car faster? What is more reliable? These are just some of the questions people ask when they start looking into going forced induction on their cars. It all depends on what your plan is with […]
The Golf 6R is a really good package, there is only one thing I don’t like about the car. VW made the car too quiet. When you put your foot down it roars a bit, but it isn’t spectacular. The Golf 6R is supposed to be a flagship performance model and the sound of the […]
So what will my next project car be? This was a really difficult question. The plans for buying a small day to day car was something of the past. I was thinking of maybe buying another Golf 5 GTI, but the issues were they would all have high mileage. Then I started looking at getting […]
This is how my dream project car died! I have been working at my current company for about 4 years now. The commute to and from work each day as about an hour each way. The Golf 5 GTI has been building up kilometers on the clock fast. The car has gone over 240 000 […]
I haven’t done a lot of km on the BFI single mass flywheel and clutch kit on my 2006 Golf 5 GTI. I have driven it like this as long as I could but the flywheel needs to go! From a performance standpoint, this was a great clutch. Because the single-mass flywheel and clutch setup […]
I have always been a big fan of big brakes on performance cars. The bigger the discs and calipers are the better. It just makes the car look faster. When you get to the point that your car is making a lot more power than the standard form it is always a good idea to […]
There is one thing that has always been a good idea to have on a turbo car and that is a boost gauge. On production cars, it is not needed as they ECU looks after the engine. As soon as you fitted a bigger turbo and run more boost then you need to be able […]
So I decided to play a bit with my REVO setting on my Golf 5 GTI. I could set the timing setting a bit more aggressive or up the boost setting by one point. Then change the water meth injection setting a bit to bring the knock count down a bit if there was any. […]
My Golf 5 GTI has become a beast. It was making 260kW and in the region of 450 to 460Nm of torque. The mileage on the car was on the higher side and the car was still running on its original clutch. Till now I haven’t had any clutch issues. One Sunday I took the […]