Irish's Pearl Black 2015 MK7 GTI

[Irishace]

This is my first VAG car and I am extremely thrilled that I went down this path. I was looking for a daily driver such that I could limit the amount of KMs that were going on my E92 M3. I want to keep my glorious V8 M3 in mint condition as it will one day be a collector's item.




I did a lot of test driving and searching, my criteria was as follows:

• Must Have Dual Clutch or Equivalent Transmission
• Must be AWD or FWD
• Must be Light
• Must have solid fuel economy
• Must be a turbo car
• Must be under $40,000 CDN

I narrowed down my choices to A3 and GTI. GTI was hands down the better drivers car and a hell of a lot more fun than the Audi. I fully optioned out my vehicle and selected pearl black, leather and the technology package. I have a significant modification addiction and some solid history modifying several BMWs including a 2009 135i that ran the 1/4 mile in 11.5s @ 123mph. Drag racing video of the car here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOh-WwIlrmk

I will be documenting all of my modifications including conducting a baseline dyno and follow up dynos with any perceived power modification that is added to the vehicle. I will also be capturing videos throughout the exhaust modification process to show the sounds and whatever hardware I bolt up to the car.


Plans are as follows:

• Tune
• Downpipe
• Intake (debating the value of this)
• Springs
• FMIC
• Michelin Pilot Super Sports or NITTO NT05
• Neuspeed Rims

Stay tuned as I progress through my build. Following is a pic of the car, first modification was fulll 30 tints all around.

Stock Dyno Graphs SAE & STD Correction

 

[Irishace]

Update 1: Eurodyne Stage 1.5



Below are the results of my dynos for both bone stock and Eurodyne Stage 1.5. The tune only dyno produced 278 hp and 317 lbft of torque at the front wheels. Things to note:

• Baseline and Tuned Dynos were conducted on the same Dynojet, Neetronics in Oakville, Ontario, Canada
• The Eurodyne Dyno is Tune only, no other modifications to the car
• Petro Canada Ultra 94 Gas
• Baseline Dyno Conditions: 60F 41% Humidity
• Eurodyne Dyno Conditions: 45F 31% Humidity
• Dynos each conducted in 4th Gear
• Car is DSG Transmission
• Results are the highest of each of the 2 passes for Stock and Tuned
• Second tune Dyno pass made 275 whp & 314 lbft

STD Correction

SAE Correction

Dyno Video

http://youtu.be/nkv8mIS3k3Y

 

[Irishace]

Update 2: CTS Catless DP & Eurodyne Stage 2

Below are the results of my Eurodyne Stage 2 + CTS Catless DP Dyno and a comparison of Stock vs. Stage 1.5 vs. Stage 2. The Stage 2 dyno produced 301 hp and 334 lbft of torque at the front wheels. Things to note:

• Baseline and Tuned Dynos were conducted on the same Dynojet, Neetronics in Oakville, Ontario, Canada
• Petro Canada Ultra 94 Gas
• Baseline Dyno Conditions: 60F 41% Humidity
• Stage 1.5 Dyno Conditions: 45F 31% Humidity
• Stage 2 Dyno Conditions: 46F 50% Humidity
• CTS Catless Downpipe is the only other modification on this car beside Stage 2 Tune
• Dynos each conducted in 4th Gear
• Car is DSG Transmission

STD Correction

SAE Correction

Stock, Stage 1.5 and Stage 2 Comparison

Dyno Video
http://youtu.be/UTW7JpiFK8w

 

[enkil]

Congrats! Breaking the 300whp with just tune and a dp. Awesome

 

[Irishace]

Update 3:

Exhaust Video created.

http://youtu.be/JGkqGBaSls8

 

[RjRacing]

Nice man, thanks for sharing! The catless DP def has a little more rasp/crackle/pop to it from the sounds of things.

 

[Irishace]

Nice man, thanks for sharing! The catless DP def has a little more rasp/crackle/pop to it from the sounds of things.

Yes it does. I like it, a touch of rasp but certainly not ricey.

 

[Irishace]

Update 4:


Exhaust WOT Montage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETYG2vYZ0ZU

 

[Irishace]

Update 5:

Enkei Raijin's gloss black wrapped in Michelin PSS 235s.

 

[worldacgti]

I think I saw you on the 403 friday at around 4.... I was in a white 4 door gti..... A girl was driving it....

 

[Turbo V]

Great job! The car looks awesome. The eurodyne tune stage 2 torque really flattens out nice. I am thinking of going with eurodyne due to the self flashing ability. Nice to know the testing came out well. Any other comments on how the car feels stage 2 from the butt dyno?

 

[Brinkmen]

Clean car man, props on getting over 300hp already. I cant wait to get Stage 1 on my R. Should be in that range.

 

[Irishace]

I think I saw you on the 403 friday at around 4.... I was in a white 4 door gti..... A girl was driving it....

Yep that was me, was heading home from work. I do remember seeing a white GTI. Very cool.

 

[Irishace]

Great job! The car looks awesome. The eurodyne tune stage 2 torque really flattens out nice. I am thinking of going with eurodyne due to the self flashing ability. Nice to know the testing came out well. Any other comments on how the car feels stage 2 from the butt dyno?

I will tell you that light weight rims and proper rubber really make this car. I loved the power of stage 2 but the car was clumsy. Now it's nimble and feels much more planted as I am able to put the power down to the ground. I am very happy with my choice of mods. If I don't trade up to an R, next up for me will be Meth.

 

[Irishace]

Clean car man, props on getting over 300hp already. I cant wait to get Stage 1 on my R. Should be in that range.

Yep, very nice. You should easily be in the 340whp range stage 2 in the R. I am having an internal struggle now of just moving to an R as well. We shall see.