Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Friday, 5 July 2019
Golf GTI Edition 35 : A year of ownership
A year since I bought the Edition 35
9th June 2018 @ 20,000 miles
9th June 2019 @ 37,344 miles (!)
lets make that 17,000 miles and nearly doubling the mileage in 12 months.
In that time
- boost guage
- 2 new front tyres Michelin Pilot Sport PS4
- Rtech stage 1 remap (Engine and DSG)
- 2 Oil and filter services
- DSG oil change
- Intake cleanup
- a lot of VPower
cleaned last weekend , still looking as awesome as ever.
Previous owners Gyeon cermaic treatment is still working well.
Wash regime is using Gyeon Bathe+ which is simply awesome
Friday, 17 May 2019
Saturday, 27 April 2019
Monday, 22 April 2019
Friday, 12 April 2019
Golf GTI edition 35 mpg update : 404 miles at 33.6mpg
50% trip to London
50% normal commuting
Rtech stage 1
Monday, 8 April 2019
Golf GTI Edition 35 mpg possible : 220 miles back from London 34.4mpg (35226 miles)
On way back from London , 220 miles 75 mph average , 1 stop , this is what it could be.
Golf GTI Edition 35 mpg update : Trip to London 363 miles 33.1 mpg (35007 miles)
Trip to London at 75mph average with some 50mph areas.
Stage 1 Rtech and precat delete definitely dont harm consumption. could easily have gone to 400 miles +
Stage 1 Rtech and precat delete definitely dont harm consumption. could easily have gone to 400 miles +
Golf GTI Edition 35 mpg update : 30.2 mpg 353 miles (34644 miles total)
Post RTech Stage 1 remap commuting mileage
Monday, 25 March 2019
Golf GTI Edition 35 : Maintenance and Edition 35 Stage 1 mapping R-Tech Performance
Having missed the power of my old REVO Stage 1 Edition 30, I finally took the plunge to have a number of items looked at included a power increase.
After all the rave reviews I decided to make the pilgrimage to RTech
Due to current offers it also made sense to have the intake/injector clean
Given the age of the car 7yrs and 34k miles I also wanted a DSG service
- inlet removal and walnut blast valves
- injectors flow testand ultrasonic clean, fit new performance filters and teflon seals
- precat delete (extra mpg and bhp!)
- dsg oil and filter service
- oil and filter change (5/40)
- cam follower (more worn than expected for 34k miles)
- bkr7eix spark plugs
- powerflex lower dog bone mount (black series)
- rev g dv (revision D ok but preventative action)
- stage 1 map
- stage 1 dsg map
In the morning it had all the maintenance work, then a quick test drive, then onto the rollers for a before/after session.
Before 247 bhp @ 6089 rpm / 258 lbs/ft @ 3093 rpm
After 310 bhp @ 6050 rpm / 345 lbs/ft @ 3966 rpm
Precat delete was for Before as well, so probably +10bhp on standard
Difference + 63 bhp + 87 lbs/ft
On the boost guage the peak went from 14psi (0.97 bar) to 21psi (1.44 bar)
To say Im happy is an understatement, its amazing how quickly you miss the K04 stage 1 power. Cant fault RTech service and people, was a great experience, car runs better than ever. With DSG even a Stage 1 flies, very progressive seamless pull. Gearchanges quicker and snappier, great to be back driving a sleeper. Only downside is the brakes and suspension now need upgrading to match.
Im sure Stage 2+ cars with 360+ bhp are incredible but for bang for buck (and reliability) you cant beat stage 1.
If you have a standard K04 car (Ed30/Ed35/Scirocco R etc) dont think about , do it.
Monday, 4 March 2019
Golf GTI Edition 35 script keychain
simple keychain item find from ebay.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132974458436?ViewItem=&item=132974458436
VW GTI 35 Emblem Schlüsselanhän
