anotero
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Trust me, man. Humidity at 30 degC is worse than dry heat at 45 degC.
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Went Stage 2 with EQT, not performing as expected. Logs included.
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Trust me, man. Humidity at 30 degC is worse than dry heat at 45 degC.
anotero
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That is one shitty weather.
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
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I grew up in Ohio so I know all about humidity. I'll take 30* C and high humidity over 45* C and low humidity. I used to feel the same way as you but as I've gotten older, old, I've adapted differently. It's hard to even breathe when it's 118* F if you're outside for long.
anotero
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Listening to you, I don't want to get old now. Oh well. I'll most likely be moving to FL anyway, so back to the hot and humid.
JerseyDrew77
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Yep, born and raised in Jersey. I'll take the dry heat over humidity any damn day. The older I've gotten, the more I sweat my balls off and can't take the humidity anymore.
mk7_bk
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Went to vegas once, got off the plane and it was 112 @ 12am getting off the plane, def feels like your in an oven. I rather take less hot and humid
jimlloyd40
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I agree with that. The "it's a dry heat" is true up to about 107 - 110 degrees. Above 110* the dry heat is worse than a lower temp with humidity.
anotero
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Brooklyn native here. Same shitty weather as in Jersey. And then I lived in ATL for 6 years. NE summer weather felt like heaven after that.
Yeah all this heat is really making me see the value in an aftermarket IC. I couldn't believe the stock IC is only 8 liters, thats insane. In the meantime I have a question about plugs; the NGK Racing -8 plugs are out of stock everywhere however I found a really good deal on the -9 plugs making them about the same price as RS7s. Any issues in going with the -9 racing plugs? In one thread I read the guy was APR Stage 2 and (at the time at least) APR recommended he go with the -9 over the RS7s or -8 racing plugs.
A side note: I wanted to thank everyone for all the advice and help, I didn't expect this thread to get so much feedback. This is a great community to be a part of
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A side note: I wanted to thank everyone for all the advice and help, I didn't expect this thread to get so much feedback. This is a great community to be a part of
.I should add, I am from South Jersey. An almost literal swamp on a peninsula. I used to get out of the shower, and by the time I managed to dry off I'd be so sweaty I wanted another shower.
Yeah all this heat is really making me see the value in an aftermarket IC. I couldn't believe the stock IC is only 8 liters, thats insane. In the meantime I have a question about plugs; the NGK Racing -8 plugs are out of stock everywhere however I found a really good deal on the -9 plugs making them about the same price as RS7s. Any issues in going with the -9 racing plugs? In one thread I read the guy was APR Stage 2 and (at the time at least) APR recommended he go with the -9 over the RS7s or -8 racing plugs.
A side note: I wanted to thank everyone for all the advice and help, I didn't expect this thread to get so much feedback. This is a great community to be a part of
-9s are fine, but make sure you give it some full throttles to burn them off; I believe there is a slightly higher chance of them fouling if they don't get upto temp once in a while.
jimlloyd40
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- 2018 SE DSG
jimlloyd40
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- 2018 SE DSG
Yeah all this heat is really making me see the value in an aftermarket IC. I couldn't believe the stock IC is only 8 liters, thats insane. In the meantime I have a question about plugs; the NGK Racing -8 plugs are out of stock everywhere however I found a really good deal on the -9 plugs making them about the same price as RS7s. Any issues in going with the -9 racing plugs? In one thread I read the guy was APR Stage 2 and (at the time at least) APR recommended he go with the -9 over the RS7s or -8 racing plugs.
A side note: I wanted to thank everyone for all the advice and help, I didn't expect this thread to get so much feedback. This is a great community to be a part of
https://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-Golf_VII--2.0T_Gen3/Engine/Ignition/Spark_Plugs/
ECS Tuning has the RS7 plugs in stock for your car. Third one in the list.
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
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Yeah all this heat is really making me see the value in an aftermarket IC. I couldn't believe the stock IC is only 8 liters, thats insane. In the meantime I have a question about plugs; the NGK Racing -8 plugs are out of stock everywhere however I found a really good deal on the -9 plugs making them about the same price as RS7s. Any issues in going with the -9 racing plugs? In one thread I read the guy was APR Stage 2 and (at the time at least) APR recommended he go with the -9 over the RS7s or -8 racing plugs.
A side note: I wanted to thank everyone for all the advice and help, I didn't expect this thread to get so much feedback. This is a great community to be a part of
I would consult with Ed on that one since you are EQT tuned. Those racing plugs are a bit extreme for just a Stage 2 car. I used the RS7 plugs up till I slapped on a bigger turbo and then I upgraded my plugs to the racing plugs only because it needed it (after examining some logs and talking to Ed).