3rd Apr 14 Offline virginVWman GTI forum regular *** Posts: 169 Location: Edinburgh View Profile Email Personal Message (Offline) Re: EA288 2.0 TDI 184PS Development thread.. « Reply #125 on: 02 April 2014, 08:10 » Quote Yup, all in, double checked! Roads are pretty wet here and its a 16 mile trip to work with most of the commute being 50/60 and 70mph speed restrictions. First and second don’t appear to be drastically different (obviously) but I couldn’t boot it off the line anyway due to the slippery roads, but 3rd and 4th are brilliant. As standard the power always appeared to almost tail off if not reduce pretty quickly past 3,500 rpm but with the box fitted this thing just keeps pulling at an alarming rate in 4th gear, you really can boot this up to near the red line and power seems to come from nowhere. There is a bit before you exit the motorway cutting off towards Dunfermline to the top end of Rosyth where I floored it in 4th to a speed I shall not repeat on here but my god it got there so bloody quickly!!! Just cant wait to try this from a standing start in the dry. Overall impressions are positive, however I want to try this in the dry before I praise it to high heaven! monkeyhanger I live here ***** Posts: 2,795 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne View Profile Email Personal Message (Offline) Re: EA288 2.0 TDI 184PS Development thread.. « Reply #126 on: 02 April 2014, 10:48 » Quote As you’ve already said, 3rd to 6th are phenomenally different. Above 70mph, unless you want a massive shove, you can quite easily leave it in 6th and accelerate to 80 when a gap opens up, rather than change down to 4th. 5th is probably the least used gear on my car, if I’m maintaining a speed between 30 and 40mph, I’ll have 5th, but if I’m accelerating it’s generally 3rd, then 4th to get to the speed I want and slot it into 6th to maintain it. I wouldn’t expect too much from 1st and 2nd unless you have some extremely grippy tyres. Even in bone dry conditions without the box on, I could cause wheel spin in 1st and 2nd with my Bridgestone tyres. With the box on, you may get nowhere by hoofing from a standing start, except massively shorter tyre life. monkeyhanger I live here ***** Posts: 2,795 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne View Profile Email Personal Message (Offline) Re: EA288 2.0 TDI 184PS Development thread.. « Reply #127 on: Today at 07:30 » Quote Got the car in for some warranty work today, so the box came off yesterday….what a difference without it. It just feels so sluggish right now in stock form. virginVWman GTI forum regular *** Posts: 169 Location: Edinburgh View Profile Email Personal Message (Offline) Re: EA288 2.0 TDI 184PS Development thread.. « Reply #128 on: Today at 08:43 » Quote I bet it does! I’ve had great fun driving to work today. 4th gear when it gets to 80 and you keep accelerating almost feels like you’ve strapped a massive frickin turbo to the car, so so good. Also loved powering up a huge hill after a roundabout in 3rd…smashed a boy in the new FR. Power just seems to keep coming, loving this!!!!
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