VW POLO 1.9 TDI

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DanielJames

7,543 posts

167 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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GregK2 said:
Defcon5 said:
Less weight will give you less traction.

By better mapping I don't mean more power, just a less severe power curve.

I imagine at the minute its nothing > nothing > nothing > OMGBOOST > wheeze > change gear
Mine certainly was, and could definitely have done with a smoother torque curve
All PDs are.

willmagrath

1,207 posts

145 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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ILoveCorners said:
Is that the one from potters bar to hertford I believe?
Yeah that's the one smile

C.A.R.

3,967 posts

187 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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That's some good figures, but is it sustainable? Be interesting to see the printout.

If anything for a 1.9 PD doesn't that torque figure seem a bit low? Is it limited for the benefit of the clutch? It's only up ~20 lb/ft on standard?


RobbieKB

7,715 posts

182 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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I thought "5 pages for a Polo TDI? Huh?"

I read from the 8th to the 11th words of the OP and let out an audible "ahh".

civiclegend

166 posts

169 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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I had a Cupra 160 TDI, remapped to death. It was fast when on boost, it smoked a lot.

It rode and handled like it was riddled with aids. No car has ever provided such determined understeer with such a lack of compliance to its ride quality.

Also, shifting from 2nd to 1st at the governor will break an engine mount.

bozzy101

506 posts

138 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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civiclegend said:
I had a Cupra 160 TDI, remapped to death. It was fast when on boost, it smoked a lot
No smoke, no poke!

willmagrath

1,207 posts

145 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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bozzy101 said:
No smoke, no poke!
My fabia vRS smokes like *insert word here* in standard form! A boost leak i think, no loss in power though

ILoveCorners

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181 posts

134 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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This car does not smoke but the exhaust have turned black. Quite surprised as I only had them done on Saturday. From that new silver chrome to black is quite awful. Any ideas on how to get that sparkle back or cleaning tips?

GregK2

1,650 posts

145 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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civiclegend said:
It rode and handled like it was riddled with aids. No car has ever provided such determined understeer with such a lack of compliance to its ride quality.
laugh

GregK2

1,650 posts

145 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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ILoveCorners said:
This car does not smoke but the exhaust have turned black. Quite surprised as I only had them done on Saturday. From that new silver chrome to black is quite awful. Any ideas on how to get that sparkle back or cleaning tips?
Autosol is great for exhaust tips. Do you really want to bother if it goes black after a couple days though!

aspirated

2,539 posts

145 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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ILoveCorners said:
This car does not smoke but the exhaust have turned black. Quite surprised as I only had them done on Saturday. From that new silver chrome to black is quite awful. Any ideas on how to get that sparkle back or cleaning tips?
There's no point, diesel fumes will produce black smoke so it'll be back to black within a day or too...let it add to the stealth factor!

ILoveCorners

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181 posts

134 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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I know what you mean but you when you spend a lot on it, you want it to look new all the time. haha

ILoveCorners

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181 posts

134 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Sticker is put on yess! First one and many more to come on future vehicles.





A sticker of my favourite band aswell biggrin

ORD

18,085 posts

126 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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"Please stop me and take my details, officer!" screams the little Polo with the stickers and silly wheels.

No sense is picking on a young enthusiast for being excited by his car. It doubtless feels very fast indeed (because we feel jerk - the rate at which the rate of change in speed is changing). It would probably FEEL slower but be faster if you got a flatter torque curve.

Two things are worth saying, though:

(1) It does not get 77mpg. Something is broken / has been tampered with there!

(2) Removing the back seats will make it handle even worse than it currently does. It is monstrously front heavy as it is, and the weight transfer away from the driven wheels when you hit boost is causing the slip. Also means that it cannot punch out of slow corners without going into a hedge, presumably.

Please be careful going around left-handers. It is the kind of car/driver combo that will easily find itself in the opposite lane and mashing some kids in a car coming the other way.

Usget

5,426 posts

210 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Just be a bit careful with it. Jack-in-the-box torque curve + not much grip + inexperienced driver could lead to a sudden and unwanted restyling of your PnJ. If you're unlucky, there'll be someone else involved. That's not to say don't have fun, but try and learn to drive around the wheelspin - it'll make you a better (and quicker) driver.

BeirutTaxi

6,627 posts

213 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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Have to be honest, I've driven an Ibiza with a 1.9 TDI PD130 engine and although quite punchy, it wasn't particularly entertaining. It didn't 'feel' very nice. It was quite well refined, and despite the engine I nearly bought one. However, I would have bought one for logical reasons, not because I really wanted it.

I've recently bought a Polo GTI with the 1.6 twin cam engine. It feel slower than the PD130/TDI but it's just.. nicer. Great to rev, sounds nice, sharp throttle response.

Quality over quantity and all that.




Best regards,


Matt

Edited by BeirutTaxi on Friday 25th April 12:26

MarvGTI

427 posts

124 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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This really just might become a cop magnet wink "just follow the smoke"

ILC, did you think about taking it to a track day to get to know it at its limits ?


ILoveCorners

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181 posts

134 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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That`s what its all building up to! My dad has a westfield ztec which he does trackdays in, we are planning to take the polo aswell to donington-park. The plan is to finish the polo first then take it out. The polo has become a second car, I use it on the weekends and soon shows. My dad has recently acquired an audi a8, part of the new company. So I drive his car which is an 07` BMW 320d its much more comfortable to drive in to work as the polo is a bit un practical now. Its boring and normal.

ORD

18,085 posts

126 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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I bet the BMW isnt much slower than the Polo and probably handles better. Strange how subjective people's experiences are!

ILoveCorners

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181 posts

134 months

Friday 25th April 2014
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ORD said:
I bet the BMW isnt much slower than the Polo and probably handles better. Strange how subjective people's experiences are!
All I said it was boring and normal in my opinion. Its just a normal car, it handles well and has good acceleration all round good car. Its a good work horse.