Quote Originally Posted by Angryman View Post
Further to the above question (and yes I did already ask this in the chipping section with no response...coreying (I'm onto you buddy))
Sorry! Although I read all the posts in the MK6 forum, I don't often venture outside.
But as you know, there are dedicated sections for electronics, general discussion, tunning, wheels, etc, so there has to be some really good reason for a thread to not be moved into those sections!

In this case, the question is so simple that I thought I'd improvise and merge it into this thread

In relation to the heat issue.
There are a few theories. One is that the R was detuned to bring it into line with the S3's figures. Afterall, they're the same parent company and we couldn't have the R being priced significantly cheaper and out performing its more expensive sister.

As I mentioned above, the R's intercooler is actually the same size as the GTI's, and the S3's is larger. So maybe VW do have a valid point since they decided not to put the larger/more expensive S3 intercooler on the car.

But beyond that, there have been many people running chipped and hardware modified S3's in Australia for 3 or more years now without issues. If you are concerned about heat, then upgrade your intercooler too!