Managed to take it for a run tonight, had only done short journeys until now. Definately an improvement on the standard FSI.
Being such a small turbo it spool up very quickly, there’s no lag at all and the extra boost is there straight away. The negative of this is that it’s running out of puff at around 5k revs and you can feel that the small capacity turbo is then holding the car back rather than improving it. In reality though how often do people take their cars over 5k revs.
My aim of having this done was to give the FSI a little bit of extra kick to make it’s a quick car (note not a fast car). If I’d wanted a fast car then I would go out and buy one designed for the purpose. It’s most certainly achieved that goal.
I know it’s all pie in the sky because my comparison is with previously tuned TDI’s rather than a petrol which deliver their power in a different manner, but having had A2’s of various levels of tune over the last 5 years I’d say it’s quicker than a remapped 90 (so more than 115hp) but not as quick as my old TDI90 with 158hp.
So with the combined, larger brakes, coilover suspension and low pressure turbo setup I’ve gained an A2 that stops on a sixpence, handles very well and has enough go to be enjoyable.
But, as you know, a project is never finished so watch this space for more to come.
(the first of which will be blacking out those shiny chrome pipes at the front of the car).