New ride: '02 MK4 GTI

[Manaz]

n75 is easy as to install. i didnt notice any power as i believe my car is in some kind of limp mode. ill report back once i have the car running right.

ohsnap! : do you know which ebay sellers sell a decenty vagcom cable for a good price. i bought a bluetooth obd2 adaptor, but it was junk. would rather not waste my time on something thats borderline broken again.

thanks guys

Just get a real VAG-COM cable and be done with it, seriously.

[noone]

It was stock when you bought it? Is it driving differently to when you bought it? It seemed you were happy with it at the end of Oct, then in Nov you thought it wasn't driving properly? Is this just as the boost gauge isn't giving you the numbers you want?

Could be as simple as a split vac pipe, but the mk4's seem to have issues with specific vac and recirc pipes degrading, and they are around a decade old now. If you are expecting to hit 5-7PSI, you need to be using 3rd gear or higher.

a basic scan with any OBD-II cable and some basic knowledge of VAGCOM will point you in the right direction, what you do with that information to resolve the issue comes down to how much time you spend searching...

[Speed]

Chip it !!! you don't know what your missing.
Is well worth the money.

[Fizz]

leighaus: Have you gone for a drive in a chipped mk4 GTI? i too was in the same boat as you thought car was pretty decent power wise until i went for a drive in a mates chipped GTI, needless to say I'm now chipped and as a bonus i now get even better mileage out of a tank of gas

[leighaus]

hey fizz. Cant say i have been in a chipped gti. Dont know any other mk4 owners at this point either. Ill try and get along to a VWW melbourne meet soon and hopefully have a passenger ride in one for a bit.

cheers.