Pulled hard on a Golf TDI

[Racing Rice]

Originally posted by delsolvtec
Actually the 1.8T's aren't all that fast. 180hp to the crank, and VW outsmarted themselves. They wanted a turbo car that felt like a naturally aspirated car. The drive by wire gives poor throttle response and major turbo lag. Of course a chipped 1.8T will smack you up...

Ill agree, a bone stock isnt super fast. But they are so easy to mod and make faster its not even funny.

Ive seen a new 1.8T with intake, downpipe and exhaust dyno at around 220 hp to the wheels.

It gained over 15 hp to the wheels just with an exhaust alone. Thats pretty impressive.