Hi Mark!
EVERYONE has stalled their TDI, heck I sure did several times. It's just learning a new way of driving, that's all. The powerband is indeed narrow, but that's simply a diesel. Chipping it will raise the length, something to look forward to one day. I find I'm driving 2-3.5 all the time, and am just used to that now. You will end up GREAT with the gears, with excellent clutch control. I'm amazed how much more involved I am as a driver now.
The trick in my opinion is to slip the clutch. I can get 0-100k in the same time as the falcs and commie auto's, but it all comes down to the launch and control. Mashing the pedal and dropping the clutch results in wheel spin / hop, and isn't cool. I find when I take off, I throttle "in" to the slipping clutch, and let it out entirely once on boost. It's kinda like not dropping the clutch when the light goes green, but taking a split second to spool the turbo up, feed in the throttle and then go. You'll get it, don't worry.
About 7.5 seconds to 100k is possible, but you have to perfect the launch, in that horrible go nowhere first gear.
Driving slow, and changing up will inevitably leave you in the lag hole, but again the clutch, and a little slippage is your best friend. I do sometimes get stuck there, and hold up traffic momentarily while she comes on boost, then race off, no doubt annoying people. Shizzle happens.
There are definate downsides, but after a little while, you'll be used to it, and the only time it's a pain is in start stop traffic, or when you're trying to eat something and you are stuck rowing the gears as per usual!
You need to hear from some of the guys with tunes, for I know it makes the power delivery a lot smoother everywhere, but me, I'd hate to lose the feral nature of the engine!
Stick with it man!
Last edited by Greg Roles; 02-07-2009 at 07:11 AM.
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