Happiness is an Octy VRS tsi with 3 adults in, outrunning a VW Golf R32 with one in & yes he had to pull in to let me pass. :sun: :sun: :sun: :sun: :sun:

MK4 R32's I eat for lunch MK5's are a little more challenging.

I wish :( lol.

I wish :( lol.

Will let you see how fast this old mans' VRS is when I get back from Germany.

MK4 R32's I eat for lunch MK5's are a little more challenging.

I don't understand this. Mk4 and Mk5 R32s have similar power to weight ratios of 163 and 165 bhp per ton respectively. A remapped vRS should have considerably more.

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My old man had a mk5 R32 a few years ago. Lovely car, super noise but heavy and no quicker than the mk5 Gti I ran at the time. I would expect a mapped TSI vRS to be significantly quicker in the mid-range as it has a lot more torque than the NA v6.

[just googled it - stock r32 has 320Nm, my Tsi has somewhere north of 400Nm.. ]

My old man had a mk5 R32 a few years ago. Lovely car, super noise but heavy and no quicker than the mk5 Gti I ran at the time. I would expect a mapped TSI vRS to be significantly quicker in the mid-range as it has a lot more torque than the NA v6.

[just googled it - stock r32 has 320Nm, my Tsi has somewhere north of 400Nm.. ]

Would expect the mk5 R32 to be marginally quicker than the GTi, better power to weight ratio and 4wd to get the power down from a standing start. I know which I would rather have, the R32 is so much more special, but take the point that there's not much in it despite +50 bhp.

I had the mk 1 TT with the 3.2 V6 engine. Sounded awesome and pretty quick, especially at silly speeds, but I know my vRS would walk away from it.

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Other than a standing start the 4wd does not give you much (any?) advantage. The R32 has haldex anyway which only puts power to the back if there is slip at the front, so it won't do four-wheel skids from a standing start like an RS audi/gallardo etc.

Btw - my old man swapped his R32 for a pirelli mk5 gti (k04) and found it quicker even though his stayed on the stock map (much to my frustration!) and guess what - he's just mailed me to say he's got an order in now for an Edition 35. Git!

Other than a standing start the 4wd does not give you much (any?) advantage. The R32 has haldex anyway which only puts power to the back if there is slip at the front, so it won't do four-wheel skids from a standing start like an RS audi/gallardo etc.

Btw - my old man swapped his R32 for a pirelli mk5 gti (k04) and found it quicker even though his stayed on the stock map (much to my frustration!) and guess what - he's just mailed me to say he's got an order in now for an Edition 35. Git!

I would expect the pirelli to be quicker; they were 230bhp out the box iirc. The ED35 is nice, remaps to over 300bhp. Worth the money? Questionable IMO.

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Yup, I've had that conversation more than once. Why swap your limited edition mk5 pirelli for a limited edition mk6 gti ED35 given that they both have the EA113/k04 and other than a few exterior cosmetic tweaks are essentially the same car. The pirelli has about 12k miles on it IIRC. Cost to change about 16k i would guess - I wouldn't bother personally but I'm hoping he might let me buy this off him in a few years time.

I don't understand this. Mk5 and Mk6 R32s have similar power to weight ratios of 163 and 165 bhp per ton respectively. A remapped vRS should have considerably more.

There was never a mk6 r32 though, the mk4 wasn't hugely powerful and like you say are heavy beasts I've never actually had any run in's with a MK5 R32

With the Pirelli on that sort of mileage, versus that cost to change = madness in my book.

A good friend of mine has an ED35 and it's a lovely bit of kit, but would imagine the ownership of a Pirelli is really pretty similar. That said, some people just like to replace cars after X amount of time and if it adds upto them and they can make it stack up financially - then to each their own

I had a little drive with my friend who has a 2008 A4 3.2 v6 quattro,it was a bit quicker than my standard 2.0 tfsi but that is to be expected.

i wont tell him when ive completed a stage 2,im hoping to wipe his grin off his face

There was never a mk6 r32 though, the mk4 wasn't hugely powerful and like you say are heavy beasts I've never actually had any run in's with a MK5 R32

I meant mk4/5

Other than a standing start the 4wd does not give you much (any?) advantage. The R32 has haldex anyway which only puts power to the back if there is slip at the front, so it won't do four-wheel skids from a standing start like an RS audi/gallardo etc.

Haldex makes a huge difference in the twisties & in the wet. Any oik can drive in a straight line once the cars hooked up & on sweeping curves but it takes skill to get a 2WD car to pull well in tight bends. the average driver can do far better & safer with 4WD, Downside to the R32 is the weight of the engine giving it understeer issues when pushed. Some haldex systems run some power to the rear as std, the Scout for instance is running 10%

With the Mk5, GTi vs R32 I never really thought the R32 felt that 'alive' compared with the GTi. Steering feedback seemed dull in comparison and ended up feeling a bit lacklustre, if secure and capable of delivering decent cross-country pace.

Haldex makes a huge difference in the twisties & in the wet.

Tbh I only drove the r32 a couple of times in the wet but when I did it felt just like fwd to me - maybe I wasn't going fast enough

I meant mk4/5

i thought that

I want to fit a Quaif LSD to cope with a Ko4 turbo but although Quaif show an LSD for the DSG (poetry ) no one knows how to fit one.

It would appear that the policy is to replace the whole box & not just the dif if it goes wrong which so far is never .

So, if anyone knows the answer .

Well, looks as if it's a box out job & down to Kent then.......... then :sun: the limits the limit