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VW Golf Engine Tuning Tips and Performance Mods

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VW Golf Engine Tuning Tips and Performance Mods

By: Pam Kenterton

Oringally the MK1 Golf was superb and many will tell you that it improves as it gets older and the engine loosens up. The non GTI models can be a bit boring and lacklustre but if you are looking for a way to improve your Golf with better performance than ever before? Many people are peering into the ever popular hobby of car tuning and making impressive power gains on relatively normal cars with a measure of ease. Unusually for a family targetted car the Golf is available with a number of very high perfromance engines. The 1.8T, VR6 and 2.0 FSi Turbos are fantastic proposisions and even the Golf GT TDi is a hot hatch with almost legendary performance.
It is fair to say that many people are attached to their Golf and this might go some way to answer why they invest so much money in tuning their cars. For impartial advice you really need to go to specialist tuning forum and chat with their members. We can heartily recommend that you join a site called TorqueCars as they have one of the friendliest forums and communities we have ever encountered. Typical make and model specific forums do not always have the tuning experience and instead you need to consult with a specialist car tuning forum where the members are used to performance modifications and the problems associated with them.
The Golf was popular ever since the very first edition of the GTi hit the streets and it has spawned no less than 7 model revisions and has a wide selection of engines with our favourites being the 1.8T and the VR6. There are plenty of Golf Performance parts around that give anything from modest gains, to full track day prepartion in your Golf.
Which mods you go for there is no substitute for the voice of experience. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others a fool makes his own. It is also handy if you know which parts work well as sadly many performance parts are worse than standard ones. Tuning cars can become a crazed obsession on your Volkswagen Golf, and it certainly will pay to get good impartial advice before beginning your project.
Don't ignore the legalities involved with Volkswagen Golf tuning with some states restricting all mods but even this applies to you you can see benefits stripping down and reconditioning the engine and tweaking the insides to a better than factory spec.
Which ever modifications you go for it is worth getting some extra advice and opinions for your Volkswagen Golf tuning project. The wise man, after all, learns from the mistakes of others whereas a fool makes their own mistakes. Beware of marketing hype and manufacturer claims as sadly many performance parts are of a very poor quality cheap is not always best and certain not cheerful consult with the guys on a good tuning forum like TorqueCars. Tuning cars can get to be a an obsession and it is easy to overspend or go over budget when you get going we recommend you seek good advice before starting your tuning project. A Tuned Golf can also be hard to insure with many insurers refusing cover. If you change the engine capacity or cars colour you may even have to get the car re-registered. This often requires some paperwork or in some cases a full engineers report.
The best cars for tuning up are forced induction cars because they, already are over engineered and doing some remapping it is possible to greatly increase the power from 30% to 40% with diesel power gains being slightly less than that for petrol models. We like the 2.0T and 1.8T engines as the
High cc engines generally prove to give a greater return on your tuning outlay with proven gains of 20% on NASP engines depending on the modifications selected. Typical tuning modifications would include a fast road cam, induction kit, sports exhaust, sports catalyst, custom headers and fuelling upgrades as recommended on sites like TorqueCars and Car Tuning Tips.
Remapping the ecu after these mods offers more power and quicker acceleration. Many people have made mistakes tuning their Golf tuning and we strongly urge you to consult a specialist for impartial advice.
Mistakes can be costly. There are parts divided into stages of tune with stage 1 meaning a single bolt on part, stage 2 meaning you need 2 or more parts to fully release the power and for competitions the full stage 3 which is strictly for track only use due to the reliability issues and the requirement to use the higher rev range.
There are lots of people out there spending a fortune on rather modest powered Volkswagen Golf, hoping for a dramatic increase in power and ending up with an uncomfortable and noisy car instead. It is also true that the bigger your base power the larger the gains on offer will be with typical performance parts offering a percentage power gain over standard. Don't be fooled you end up paying a lot more if you use cheap parts.
To go the Do it yourself or enlist the services of a specialist mechanic can be a hard decision to make but with practice and a good guide book and a dose of common sense you will generally be able to tackle whatever comes along and the advantage of DIY is that the costs will be so much lower plus you get the satisfaction from going it alone! Really get into car tuning because it is rewarding and pleasurable and turns your car into something special.

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Pam Kent is a is a consultant for sites like TorqueCars VW Golf Tuning and custom cars pro with extensive experience on the VW Golf. He has rebuilt a number of small and large block engines to to a competition standard and regularly goes racing.

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