PowerDemon
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Richmond, VA
- Car(s)
- Golf GTI, Camaro ZL1
PAG Parts
you can save a few bucks by buying and separate basket and doing the install of a kit on your bench so its still a "drop in" on the car.
2015-2017 Volkswagen MK7 GTI Fuel Pump Assembly / 52k / M7004 - Redline Auto Parts
and do the stage 3 kit for $369 -MK7/MQB Audi/VW Performance Fuel Pumps (precisionraceworks.com)
I say stage 3 because you may as well just do the 450 with the duty cycle neutered in the tune VS the 305 at full duty cause the 450 will give you more room in the future should you ever decide for some ethanol blend.
Im only running a 305 cause my friend sold it to me for $100 bucks -lol
The risk is the same either route.
Yes but the tuner will need to turn down the duty cycle percent.
This is making me bitch out and go IS38.
Is38 is a waste of time. Get a bigger turbo.
Acadia,
I never modified a fuel basket before. I did it on my own. Pulled it again because I thought a did a step wrong (was fine), then pulled it again to put a bigger pump in. It's not bad, just try to keep gas off of things. Or pay money for a premade unit. Either way, you paid for the turbo might as well use it to most of it's capabilities.
This place has been a bad influence for me.Is38 is a waste of time. Get a bigger turbo.
Acadia,
I never modified a fuel basket before. I did it on my own. Pulled it again because I thought a did a step wrong (was fine), then pulled it again to put a bigger pump in. It's not bad, just try to keep gas off of things. Or pay money for a premade unit. Either way, you paid for the turbo might as well use it to most of it's capabilities.
I think it’s like @CaptainRatty noted… it’s just the roll of the dice of which specific cars are fine… you even see it with people with upgraded pumps too - so people’s 450 or 525/535 flow their cars to xxx power and fuel type fine then another person who’s cars is in the same realm of power and fueling run out of headroom.It just makes me wonder why you read all over the place "Yeah, you're fine with just a HPFP on a Vortex if you're running pump gas".
Clearly it's not. Even the tuner is telling me to consider a LPFP!