tdi chipping

[13twelve]

how much does this cane economy?

would a mk5 tdi give a gti a run for its money once its rolling?

[carmadaaron]

i presume u have a mk5, 1.4 TDI 75hp

chip from Revo will give ~100hp , get a better zorst/air intake,
strip the car and ull b looking at a close comp IMO

[13twelve]

s'what i thought

i can only imagine the economy would suffer though

the gti would have the edge on acceleration from 0 and with top speed though

[Tahrey1043]

from 0, surely it depends how vicious you are with slipping the clutch?

maybe you could have a switchable mode chip put in that would crank the idle speed up a bit to remove both the diesel and the turbo lag...

(done deliveries in a diesel van, went like the clappers once rolling, but was hellish to get moving because of the almost binary clutch.. you'd either bark the tyres something rotten and look like a right herbert, or get bogged down at 1200rpm going nowhere... oh if only it was more easily slippable)

the economy, hmmm ...... well the diesel-cycle heat engine is at its most efficient under full load / full acceleration, so it might not be as bad as all that...

[Gareth_GT_Hatch]

you just have to get used to the "throttle lag." My TDI was pretty quick off the line and even better once moving. I don't think that chipping a diesel causes a big difference in fuel consumption (it may even improve if the map is "better")