2nd gear acceleration delay

[gazbrum]

when i accelerate hard in first then change to 2nd. it takes about 0.5 seconds in second gear to realise its gettin flored then it kicks in. Is this just normal . my self explanitory aint good i know but try to imagine it lol thankyou . gary

 

[rosscopecotrain]

I had the same problem , I replaced the factory Dv for a forge 007p and everything has been fine since then .

 

[olliep]

interesting. theres been a few posts about this flat spot over the last few months dv comes up a bit as a cause/solution however i have a forge split-r on fully recirc (so in essance the same as the 007p i guess) and it still does it. the odd thing is that on the boost guage it seems asif the turbo is still boosting however not much else is happening. i took mine to the dealer for a look and they couldnt identify the problem. and its ONLY on the 1st to 2nd change

 

[rosscopecotrain]

mine only did it 1st to 2nd as well . maybe you could try borrowing someones 007p to see if it sorts it out . I know your dv is the same in principle but you never know , it may work !

 

[gazbrum]

Hw much are them forge 007p dv's. And are they easy to fit

 

[rosscopecotrain]

Paid 90 squid for mine off fleabay

 

[Mylo]

gazbrum, piece of cake to fit mate

Why risk fleabay when one of our forum sponsors will sort you out with a discount price?

Forge, Badger5, etc etc

 

[gazbrum]

Thanks mate. You reckon itll solve my problem of when i accelerate hard in first and change to 2nd it takes a while to respond

 

[vee_dub_modder]

nope... mine did it with a 007, other mods were a cat back exhaust. i fitted an induction kit and popped down to Revo tech and got it stage 1 mapped! needles to say the map Cured it.
I blame stupid fly by wire!
never had the problem since and now upto stage 2! (on standard re-circ atm too.)

 

[rosscopecotrain]

I think needless of whether it will cure it or not you should fit one !

 

[vee_dub_modder]

agreed! get the forge splitter one, its adjustable so you can adjust it pending on state of tune and you can always run it on recirc (£98) on fleabay

there's an apr one (available from awesome gti store) its meant to be pretty good too, its diaphram based and as a result is faster reacting than the piston based items in theory better as you should loose less turbo rpm's??

of course you could always get a launch control set up... a good one will allow flat foot shifting meaning you never come off boost (a good santa-pod toy)

 

[ricky2609]

I get a similar problem some times, If a floor mine from stand still in first gear it will just lose power for about half a second jerks the car like if you drop it into low gear going too fast then picks straight back up again and takes off

 

[olliep]

i'm of the impression that its just a mapping issue as opposed to anything more sinister. most people with the problem have the standard ecu

 

[gazbrum]

Just to give you an update of this . i tryed clicking the TCS button erlier and it seems to be fine now :S witch is strange i thought that was turning the traction control on and would not make a diffrence unless it was already on and when i clicked it its doing the opposite turning it off lol mmm