Golf R to be 'detuned' for Oz

[CatonaPC©]

Australia’s extreme temperatures has forced Volkswagen to reduce the power of its performance hero.

Australia has been denied the most powerful version yet of the Volkswagen Golf.

Read on . . .

http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-new...0201-n78l.html

[team_v]

Australia’s extreme temperatures has forced Volkswagen to reduce the power of its performance hero.

Australia has been denied the most powerful version yet of the Volkswagen Golf.

Read on . . .

http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-new...0201-n78l.html

This has been covered many times so far in the Mk6 section.
It is the same aengine as the S3 so we expect the same stats.

Guy H says the TT-RS is higher due to a varied intake setup which allows more airflow.

A simple ECU program will push the power figures over what they were originally quoted form the factory anyway so no real issue that i can see.

[Bboy_Sparx]

Retune it

[CatonaPC©]

A simple ECU program will push the power figures over what they were originally quoted form the factory anyway so no real issue that i can see.

Retune it

Well, then . . looking forward to hearing about overheating engines in future posts on this forum.

[Sharkie]

Well, then . . looking forward to hearing about overheating engines in future posts on this forum.

.... Audi S3's with the identical 188kw "detuned" engine have been tuned to 240kw+ successfully for a number years and to date none that I know of have had any overheating issues ....

If you don't actually know or have no proof, please refrain from making comments that have no substance ....

[static1800]

It must be rather under engineered if it can't take the Aussie heat.

[Bboy_Sparx]

Well, then . . looking forward to hearing about overheating engines in future posts on this forum.

However, if there are no problems racking the power up to 240+ Kw, than I suppose that advice is better than any we could possibly get from VW engineering.

After all, what would VW know?

Everything is detuned from the factory.

But a 10kw reduction isn't bad. If you're not going to tune it in the first place, you probably wouldn't notice the 10kw difference if the torque is the same.

If you were going to tune it, then you wouldn't have the tissue box out and you'd just do the damn thing.

[CatonaPC©]

I honestly find it difficult to believe 'Aussie heat' could be the sole reason for it having to be de-tuned.

Something in the back of my mind is thinking the real reason for the de-tune is because of the quality of our fuel. We still sell 91 octane unleaded while in Europe, the lowest is 95. Perhaps it's just a precaution in case someone inadvertently fills up with 91, and I don't think higher octane fuel is available everywhere is Australia.

Just a thought.