Mk7 Golf GTI Performance upgrades

[Fridgie877]

The biggest thing i am hoping for is to amplify the noise of the gear change with the dsg under open throttle. Thats an amazing sound.

I have watched a few vids on the Akrapovic and the quad tip remus. The akra sounds amazing and the remus looks good with the quad tips, but i think you have to change the rear bumper skirt.

I watched a few unitronic ones as well and they sound pretty good.

Just looked and the Akrapovic is 6.6k lol wow

[Lucas_R]

Akrapovic are unbelieveably expensive. The English and US brands are much more affordable and do the job just fine. Any exhaust will give you more DSG "fart" noise, this can even be made more obvious with the stock exhaust by having your resonator removed (popular thing to do on Polo GTI and Golf GTI).

As far as im aware, the quad tip exhausts will not fit on a GTI without some sort of modification to the bumper or buying a new diffuser. Twin tips look much better IMO...especially on a 4cyl car. Quad tips are a bit much on a 4cyl car.

[LibraR]

The lower stance and quad tips are really the only OTT styling elements on the R. And even the tips are partly tucked away beneath the diffuser. I really like that aspect (quad tips).

I did see a modded GTI with aftermarket quad tips and have to say the single tips suit the GTI better. Not sure why but the diffuser shape and slightly higher stance makes the GTI proportions perfect to my eye in standard guise.

[Fridgie877]

I do agree, 2 bigger tips look better on the gti. I got some bad news from my brother in law, he said thay they have stopped making the gti performance..... im not interested in the standard gti.. i have read that the 2017 mk7.5 will come standard with the performance pack so the gti may still be an option for me. This was all overseas reports though so i am unsure if it will apply to us.

Suposidly the 2017 gti was meant to be released at the paris car show this year but i have seen or heard anything yet and i think that the car show is happening now.

It makes it a little hard because i need to order the 162tsi within a month but i wont know any info on the new aussie gti untill almost next year, even then i have read that england wont see the mk7.5 untill half way through the year. Frustrating to say the least lol. I swear im just gunna save my bum off for the next 2 years and buy a C63

[Lucas_R]

Just buy the GTI 40th Anniversary....solves all your GTI problems

[Fridgie877]

I cant drive that, i have to revert to the start of my green p plates due to comming off a disqualification so i have 2 years before i can drive the 40 years.... but if i wasnt limited to certain vehicles, i would buy an RS3 tomorrow

[Lucas_R]

How is the 40th anniversary any different to a normal GTI or the performance pack - surely if you cant drive one of them, you cant drive any of them?

[Fridgie877]

The power to weight is much more in the 40 years.
The normal gti has 163kw which is 122.4kw/t
Gti performance has 169kw which is 123.9kw/t
40 years has 195kw which is 143.7kw/t

So its over the allowed 130kw/t. But in saying that, the office of road safety pick and choose which care are legal. There are plenty of cars under 130kw/t that they have banned. The new wrx, not much torque and less power to weight than the gti but thays banned. Same as the new 206tsi which is banned.

If the 40 years wasnt registered as a gtin40 years then you would be sweet, but id say it would be in the rms system as a 40 years

[urxtream]

Speak to Arthur at Exoticars in Parramatta. He's REALLY good and experienced with VAG cars. He's also a supplier/retailer for GIAC and CTS products. I'm thinking of getting A CTS downpipe and intake there done soon.