I'm in the process of ordering a 2016 Golf Sportscombi GT here in Sweden (aka Variant, Estate, or SportWagen, depending upon the market). My wife insists on a manual transmission and we need a trailer hitch, so the R is not an option. 4Motion might be good to have here in the Frozen North, but we have done just fine with FWD for years now and we don't rack up enough mileage for the fuel economy of the diesel to outweigh the additional purchase price, so we are focusing on the benefits of the smoother, lighter, potentially better handling 1.4 TSI version, optioned up with DCC. Of course I would rather have a GTI wagon with the Performance Pack and all that entails, but VW has not seen fit to make that available, so this is as close as we can get.
That being the case, I've seen that ABT has a tuning upgrade available for last year's 140hp version of the 1.4 TSI that takes the horsepower up to 170 and raises the torque from 250 to 300. They do not yet list a comparable update for the current 150hp version (neither with nor without ACT), and they need me to provide a VIN before they can tell me if they have something that can work with my car (which has not yet been built), so I will just have to be patient with that.
In the meantime, I'm interested in tips regarding power upgrades from other tuners for the 1.4 TSI 150 engine. Not interested in boy-racer sound or markedly reduced reliability, just some extra urge.
That being the case, I've seen that ABT has a tuning upgrade available for last year's 140hp version of the 1.4 TSI that takes the horsepower up to 170 and raises the torque from 250 to 300. They do not yet list a comparable update for the current 150hp version (neither with nor without ACT), and they need me to provide a VIN before they can tell me if they have something that can work with my car (which has not yet been built), so I will just have to be patient with that.
In the meantime, I'm interested in tips regarding power upgrades from other tuners for the 1.4 TSI 150 engine. Not interested in boy-racer sound or markedly reduced reliability, just some extra urge.
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