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What hot hatch do you own? This poll is closed. |
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| Golf GTI / R / R32 |
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196 | 0.02% |
| Impreza WRX / STi |
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133 | 0.01% |
| Mazdaspeed 3 |
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92 | 0.01% |
| Veloster Turbo |
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20 | 0.00% |
| Focus ST |
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149 | 0.01% |
| Other Hot Hatch |
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230 | 0.02% |
| Elantra GT |
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1000001 | 99.92% |
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fknlo posted:I didn't get any noticeable NVH increase from mine.
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Mar 1, 2018 17:13
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guy who doesn't know gently caress about transmissions watch these two videos in order: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPaUJfA1KsY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj1Vk7SE-TI
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Mar 1, 2018 17:22
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I was reading the owner's manual again over lunch, but I'll watch those instead. Thanks!
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Mar 1, 2018 17:46
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Here4DaGangBang posted:Apparently EcoBoost motors end up with ring land damage from this, a local tuner who really seems to know his poo poo with Ford hot hatches gave the directive on a Facebook group to keep your revs above 2k if you’re about to get into it, seems like good advice and was already pretty much how I operated. I guess people get a bit lazy with torquey motors and just put the boot in from low speed and let the boost do its thing. I doubt LSPI is the issue here though because the DSG shouldn't allow it to happen. Its manual mode will still downshift on its own when it needs to, and at least in the MkV would upshift if you bounced off the limiter long enough. KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:do not tell the guy who doesn't know how a loving transmission works to install a dogbone mount 
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Mar 1, 2018 17:53
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Those videos were very informative and I think I'm more confused than when I started. I kind of miss the "a bunch of magic happens" steps that I could safely ignore when driving automatic. Ignorance is bliss. Methinks the self preservation elements of the DSG computer weren't ready for my dumb rear end. (I apparently live fairly close to the beard guy.) Take aways: Don't push the shifter to the right.
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Mar 1, 2018 18:09
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Warbird posted:
Bingo. The DSG programming detects throttle position (or so it seems) so it can pretty much tell if you're in a hurry and it will shift much faster than if you're using a minimal amount of throttle. For the time being, just mash the go pedal and enjoy the ride. The DSG got this.
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Mar 1, 2018 18:20
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a mysterious cloak posted:Custom mode: everything sport setting, Sound Aktor off. I didn’t think you can turn it off entirely from there. I did it with VCDS.
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Mar 1, 2018 18:45
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Just unplug the drat thing, it takes 30 seconds
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Mar 1, 2018 18:46
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:I didn’t think you can turn it off entirely from there. I did it with VCDS. I believe this is true. I'm hoping to shut mine off and toy with other poo poo with OBDeleven.
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Mar 1, 2018 18:56
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How much of a pain is it to unplug? I was planning on stopping the cords on mine per the advice of RCR, but a less destructive option would be nice.
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Mar 1, 2018 20:48
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Warbird posted:How much of a pain is it to unplug? I was planning on stopping the cords on mine per the advice of RCR, but a less destructive option would be nice. You... just pull it out. Takes all of 1 second.
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Mar 1, 2018 21:10
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wait is that a fake vroom vroom soundbox?
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Mar 1, 2018 22:08
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yes. I plugged the one in my FiST with a $1 hose plug on day 2 and unplugged the one in my GTI by the end of the first week
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Mar 1, 2018 22:12
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i just did the symposer delete but when i swapped the intake its pretty much just as loud just more wooshy than vroomy
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Mar 1, 2018 22:15
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I left the stock intake on my GTI but I did remove the snow catcher and removed the blockoffs on the left side of the intake snorkel. Sounded a lot better like that alone
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Mar 1, 2018 22:19
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So over the weekend I hit a pothole and broke one of the clips on my rear bumper cover on the RS. The dealer can't even find the part to order, much less give me an estimate on cover + painting it. This is going to be awful.
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Mar 1, 2018 22:29
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xsf421 posted:So over the weekend I hit a pothole and broke one of the clips on my rear bumper cover on the RS. The dealer can't even find the part to order, much less give me an estimate on cover + painting it. This is going to be awful. Ugh, that’s a nightmare for me too. Are you on the Focus RS Enthusiast group on Facebook? I’d ask Jessica on there, I’m sure she could tell you the exact part number and where to order it. I posted on there today the amazing job she did on my head gasket recall.
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Mar 2, 2018 00:13
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xsf421 posted:So over the weekend I hit a pothole and broke one of the clips on my rear bumper cover on the RS. The dealer can't even find the part to order, much less give me an estimate on cover + painting it. This is going to be awful. Good luck. I pulled out of a driveway too sharp and broke a clip off my side skirt on the FiST. The dealership said they could not get the clips without me buying the whole $700+ side skirt They have treated me well in the past and gave or sold me other miscellaneous parts (I frequent there with company cars) , so I don’t think they were just jerking me around
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Mar 2, 2018 02:50
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So it wasn't my dumb shifting. Putting the GTI into sport and accelerating out of a stoplight caused the knocking again. This wasn’t foot to floor either, normal acceleration. It for sure seems to be having trouble grabbing second gear or at least I think it does. I’m for sure not hitting the shifters. Normal mode works fine. Thoughts?
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Mar 2, 2018 02:59
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Warbird posted:So it wasn't my dumb shifting. Putting the GTI into sport and accelerating out of a stoplight caused the knocking again. This wasn’t foot to floor either, normal acceleration. It for sure seems to be having trouble grabbing second gear or at least I think it does. I’m for sure not hitting the shifters. Normal mode works fine. Thoughts? Does it stutter / pause when the knock happens, or is it just a normal knock from the front end? (or was it rear???) How many miles are on this thing? Are you sure it's not just a DSG fart? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh1vxPZ0EhQ Dr.Caligari posted:Good luck. I pulled out of a driveway too sharp and broke a clip off my side skirt on the FiST. The dealership said they could not get the clips without me buying the whole $700+ side skirt Time to buy a broken sideskirt from car-part.com or eBay. Maybe the normal Fiesta uses the same clip somewhere, I'm too lazy to find a fiche now.
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Mar 2, 2018 03:11
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Stutter/stop, rear, 4500 miles, and I honestly don’t know.
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Mar 2, 2018 03:14
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Was the car crashed before you bought it or something? I'd assume it still has a warranty
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Mar 2, 2018 03:21
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No crashes and yes
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Mar 2, 2018 03:25
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If you've got a friend or know someone who knows about cars or has experience driving a DSG, get them to take it for a quick spin and see what they think.
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Mar 2, 2018 03:44
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Is your parking break rusted up and locked tripping the traction control?
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Mar 2, 2018 04:19
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have a passenger record a video and post it on youtube for us to watch it was it wet out? i still think you're just losing traction. its extremely easy in a turbo fwd car.
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Mar 2, 2018 05:14
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Everyone I know drives automatic, but I'll try and strike up a conversation with one of the GTI owners in the neighborhood if the opportunity presents itself. I'm used to a level of driving that consists largely of "Put in D and press gas until you arrive at your destination" level of thought, so I'm still fairly sure I'm the root cause here. I don't know if the parking brake would be rusting, but I did double check that the traction control was engaged. It has been wet, so that may be what's up. I took it out on a longer drive on the backroads to try and reproduce the issue. We had one incident of "slippage" which was in a higher gear than the others (right at the start), but it behaved itself pretty well. I'm getting annoyed I can't reproduce it. Common throughlines for these are: jackass driver (me), wet/damp roads, sport mode, fairly recent (~2 minutes) car starting, recent switch to sport mode (~10 seconds before acceleration), and semi stops (right on a red light, pulling onto highway). I remember someone mentioning it takes a moment for everything to warm up, so that could potentially be it. I also wonder if the mechawhatchamahoozit computer thing got thrown off by by slowing down prior to trying to accelerate.
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Mar 2, 2018 05:49
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Don't accelerate hard on a cold engine. What part of the world are you in? Maybe local to somebody here that can show you how to drive car. Also in the wet you're more liable to get wheel hop. This is what wheel hop sounds like. Whole car sort of shakes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZANbsFAu_s&t=75s
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Mar 2, 2018 12:34
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NC and that’s it minus the tires squealing.
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Mar 2, 2018 13:24
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Warbird posted:NC and that’s it minus the tires squealing. Wheel hop. Take it easy in the wet, it exacerbates this but is totally normal on stock cars. FWD (and RWD can as well) cars with high power do this, it's from the drivetrain having slop and from the wheels getting traction and then losing it again very quickly. When you get it, get the gently caress off the gas. It's hell for the drivetrain. https://nasaspeed.news/tech/suspension/wheel-hop-causes-effects-and-cures/
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Mar 2, 2018 13:40
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Warbird posted:NC and that’s it minus the tires squealing. Welcome to the world of high powered FWD cars my friend! If you're feeling saucy you could try installing one of these: https://store.034motorsport.com/mqb-dogbone-mount-insert-mkvii-volkswagen-golf-gti-r-8v-audi-a3-s3-billet-aluminum.html It's tough to really eliminate wheel hop in a platform like this but it would probably help at least if you're willing to trade some noise and vibration for it. My Focus ST had a really soft stock rear motor mount so swapping it out really helped- I only notice the vibrations at idle sitting in traffic with increases in vibes when the air conditioning compressor is running. You should do some research on your own on the various forums for your car before you do anything though- wealth of information and active users out there on pretty much any enthusiast-geared car like the GTI.
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Mar 2, 2018 16:59
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Whoulda thunk going from a 150HP automatic to 220HP weird auto clutch thingy would make for driving differently.  Good to know it's not the car. I most certainly backed right the gently caress off of the accelerator when that happened, so hopefully nothing was harmed.Another idiot question: Is the "sport" mode that you get from pressing the shifter down once past drive the same as the "sport" mode you get from fooling with the driving style button over to the left of the shifter? The manual is a bit ambiguous about this. It seems one tweaks the logic on shifting and the other messes with the handling as well as the shifting. Also, wasn't installing the dogbone ruled to be a bad idea as I'm an idiot? Warbird fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Mar 2, 2018 |
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Mar 2, 2018 17:16
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Isn’t your car used? Maybe the previous owner flash tuned it?
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Mar 2, 2018 17:44
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Given the custom pedal shifters, it's entirely possible. How would I verify it? It's CPO, so I'd like to think the dealership would have checked for modification at some point.
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Mar 2, 2018 17:52
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Ok, so you have a Sport trim 17 right? Going from D to S or M is only the control of the transmission. The button by your shifter to change the drive configurations, since there's more options than just the transmission: default/comfort sport custom (which you can change the parameters of) Default/comfort will leave your transmission in D, and default/comfort settings for: active headlights, sport differential, traction control and soundakator off sport: transmission in S, sport setting on active headlights, differential, traction control and soundakator on custom: you can mix and match settings as you want from the above options. ---- I dont think transmission sport makes any changes to power output or throttle input, just shift points, holding gears longer and generally not as upshift friendly as D mode.
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Mar 2, 2018 18:00
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:I didn’t think you can turn it off entirely from there. I did it with VCDS. It doesn't turn it off in all the modes, just that one.
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Mar 2, 2018 20:29
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Warbird posted:Given the custom pedal shifters, it's entirely possible. How would I verify it? It's CPO, so I'd like to think the dealership would have checked for modification at some point. You can either call/email all the major tuners and ask if your car has been tuned (give them your vin #). COBB, APR, and Unitronic are the common ones. Or you can get OBDeleven or something and read the boost pressure to see if it goes above stock levels (20 PSI).
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Mar 2, 2018 20:35
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The DSG is basically built to handle a tune though. If it was a manual I would be much more concerned.
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Mar 2, 2018 23:59
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Big ole pile of parts ready to install as soon as the weather gets nice. Rigging up some brake ducting, swapping the gas and brake pedal cover to more heel-toe friendly ones, mountune radiator, and some maintenance stuff like plugs/oil/etc. Also ordered some stickier tires, Hankook R-S4's.
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Mar 4, 2018 00:20
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PaintVagrant posted:Big ole pile of parts ready to install as soon as the weather gets nice. Rigging up some brake ducting, swapping the gas and brake pedal cover to more heel-toe friendly ones, mountune radiator, and some maintenance stuff like plugs/oil/etc. Also ordered some stickier tires, Hankook R-S4's. Have you had your car on a dyno with the new turbo? Was it dyno tuned or off the shelf?
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