Reply With QuoteThe mechanic that used to service my GT Sport advised against it as it had 100,000km on it.
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Determining whether it is worth the $'s or whether I should just enjoy/drive it until it dies as this is my daily runabout. Mechanically mine is quite solid and feels similar to MK5/6 GTIs that I drive many years ago with much lower kms.
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The mechanic that used to service my GT Sport advised against it as it had 100,000km on it.
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You will shorten its life for sure. Depends how long you want/need to keep it going.
Also whether you’re going to get a good return from tipping $ into modifying a high km car. It’s not so easy to take the tune with you but easier to swap parts if you end up scrapping it at some point.
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The GT Sport was a 1.4L Twin charger right? Probably not a bad call.
As for the GTI, I probably would. What's the worst that could happen
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Yeah, that is true. I sold it and bought an R instead - a better/safer use of my money!Originally Posted by The_Hawk
The GT Sport was a 1.4L Twin charger right? Probably not a bad call.
As for the GTI, I probably would. What's the worst that could happen
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MY14 Tiguan 118TSI - sold (Mazda3 SP25GT in its place)
MY16 Golf 7R: sold (Caterham Super 7 and Hyundai i30N in its place)
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I've had a cheap $600 Bluefin remap on my EA888 1.8tsi since 30,000km. Car is now 10 years old and has 190,000km. I don't thrash the car (according to others I do) but I do use the added torque.
Anything that has broken has had nothing to do with the tune. It's probably the best thing I ever did to the car.
If you do tune the car, budget for spark plugs, coils, PCV assembly and a diverter valve.
Get something like a JB4 from Burger Motorsports and when the car dies you can remove it and sell it.
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im in the exact same boat. Car has done around 210k kms and wanting to tune it, ive serviced it regulary & hasnt skipped a beat. my only worry was that the tune will put more stress on the engine and kill it quicker but then again if you get a Bluefin you could just pull the remap out and sell it right?
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Do you thrash the car everywhere now? A mild tune won't kill the engine unless you suddenly start flogging the car & driving like a *****.
I've had my tune for ~160,000km and the clutch is starting to feel sad but the engine itself is great. I don't do many hard launches. It might see >5000rpm a handful of times every week. I do tend to use the increase in torque and use the powerband between 2k - 4k rpm.
Bluefin is only worth $100 unless you pay to reset it. JB4 is the most transportable / resellable solution as a generic tune.
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