Polo GTI vs TDI

[DaveMack]

Welcome, James. Excellent choice of car ... hope we'll see some pics soon and maybe (when we get off our collectives ...) see you at a drive or GTG. What part of the country are you from? (Please update your details.)

Dave

[SoVeReIgN]

Welcome to the forums!

Just remember - A Chipped TDI is quicker than the GTI!

[Funkdancer]

AFAIK the GTI is the only Polo in our line up to get the life saving ESP system. Unless they just changed the line up for 2008 or something...

Comparing apples with apples, a chipped TDI = faster than the chipped GTI?

[FL00DY]

Welcome to the forums!

Just remember - A Chipped TDI is quicker than the GTI!

How bout a chipped GTI? Apples with Apples I say haha Funkdancer beat me to it, great minds

Welcome to the forums, wish I had your L/100

[Funkdancer]

The TDI is a great car though, but I'm peeved off with VW for nerfing it (ESP/DSC/ESC or whatever you prefer to call it). My brother in Norway has a TDI, absolutely rocks, but their spec has stability control as standard.

Maybe I should be thanking the tendency of Australian importers to nerf our cars, I'd be driving the new Civic Hybrid otherwise. VSA (ESP!) is standard in pretty much all markets but our own. Civic would have been good, if but a completely different kettle of fish.

[James]

thanks for the quick replies everyone.

ive had a look around but its little hard to get a lot of info in one spot.

in regards to the ecu chip/flash what are the different brands and their respective prices vs results??

also another question; what size wheel/tyre do you all use for more performance handling?? i would tend to stick to the size of the gti wheel, is that a 17x7??

have many polo owners out their changed just your springs and not your shocks?? what sort of results have you got? what would be the better bang for buck suspension mods you can recommend??

thanks for all your help
James

[EL Burito]

Polo GTI has 16's, but a increase to 17's wouldnt hurt

[MrNamjama]

My Tdi has 16's and they absolutely transformed the car in terms of handling.

Word on the street has it that dpchips work very well in the diesel Polo: www.dpchip.com.au

[James]

thanks for responses guys,
ok il have a look for 16" wheels,

and thanks for the link to dp chip, looks quite good for diesels!!