Tigger73's 162TSI Sportline

[Melbourne_Tiggy]

It was only said in jest, however it would be interesting to put some lightweight wheels on your car, strip out any unnecessary weight (spare/tools) and re-run the times. I know when you get down into the lower numbers it gets increasingly difficult to make a big difference in the time without fairly sizeable increases in output and traction.

Lol - I know you were kidding...

Got a child seat and a bucket of kids toys in the back seat, prob an extra 10kg there...

Traction is my archieles heal, you will experience that shortly with your mods....

I think anything that improves traction will be shaving tune off...I’ll try lighter rims and better rubber on a cooler day and report back....

[Melbourne_Tiggy]

We'll see how we go... though I suspect the difference will be in the 100th's and not something that you'd be able to reliably measure.

I think rule of thumb measurement is good enough for our purposes....doesn’t need to be an exact science at this stage.

[tigger73]

Lol - I know you were kidding...

Got a child seat and a bucket of kids toys in the back seat, prob an extra 10kg there...

Traction is my archieles heal, you will experience that shortly with your mods....

I think anything that improves traction will be shaving tune off...I’ll try lighter rims and better rubber on a cooler day and report back....

Yes weight reduction and traction are the keys.

I know I’m chirping the tyres at stock power levels so once tuned I can tell traction is going to play a big part. Hence need for some wider street performance tyres all round.


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[tigger73]

A couple of photos with the new wheels:







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[Janus77]

Nice wheels.

[tigger73]

Nice wheels.

Thanks. I think they're growing on me even more now. When they first went on I wasn't 100% sure but now I think they suit it even better than the stock Kapstadt's - particularly at the lower height.

The only thing that is missing now are some 255 wide tyres as the 235's are a little stretched.

[Janus77]

Get some 255’s with the white writing in the sidewalk, I reckon it would look great. My Sportline‘s in the dark grey, no money for wheels unfortunately, am going to get an APR stage one and that will be it for me.
Towing a caravan with a tune, will need to drive it in eco mode and wedge some wood under the throttle so I can’t go WOT.


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[iDiesel]

Towing a caravan with a tune, will need to drive it in eco mode and wedge some wood under the throttle so I can’t go WOT.

This is something I would like to do as well...
I'm sure the extra NM would be welcome for towing
Just need to pack well in the 'van as well, otherwise everything will be plastered on the rear wall of the 'van...ha ha

[tigger73]

Get some 255’s with the white writing in the sidewalk, I reckon it would look great.

Yes to 255's but I think I'll pass on the tyre lettering. Wanting to go for the more subtle sleeper look rather than in-your-face-I-drive-a-race-car look

My Sportline‘s in the dark grey, no money for wheels unfortunately, am going to get an APR stage one and that will be it for me.
Towing a caravan with a tune, will need to drive it in eco mode and wedge some wood under the throttle so I can’t go WOT.

We would have gone with the dark grey if we couldn't get the black. I think there's some nice contrast with the silver trims, wheels, darker grey plastics and body colour.

This is something I would like to do as well...
I'm sure the extra NM would be welcome for towing
Just need to pack well in the 'van as well, otherwise everything will be plastered on the rear wall of the 'van...ha ha

If you want more torque then go stage 2

[tigger73]

Package incoming....