When do people change up in there fr/cupra tdi's?....

[WeeG]

at full tilt in a "spirited" manner? In first gear my remapped fr tdi will jump to about 27,28 on the dial, in 2nd i change at about 48, in 3rd about 71 4th i only take to 90, 5th 115, and then 6th for the remainder. On my rolling road results my maximum power kicked in at 4161 rpm. Also what "dialled" top speeds have you got your cupra/fr to "on a track obviously"
Cheers guys

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Why?

 

[WeeG]

lol just trying to find out if people rev right up to the red line or if some people cut in before 4k revs? Just wondering people opinions on best way to get the best out of there tdi's

 

[Gooner_Mike]

lol just trying to find out if people rev right up to the red line or if some people cut in before 4k revs? Just wondering people opinions on best way to get the best out of there tdi's

Ok then mate! Can't comment as I have a petrol 20VT.

 

[techathy]

When giving it some beans in the FR I test drove somewhere around the 4300 mark felt like a fresh gear was required but latter that week I drove a Cupra, that was starting to feel breathless around 4000 rpm. Not being mine I didn't really get enough time to know the engine well & never got past a slightly quick motorway cruise. The thing is service history, production variances & how the engine was bedded in will have effects on the torque curve & power delivery.

PS. Is it just me that feels Cupra/FR brakes are weak? Or is comparing them to Wilwood Powerlite calipers gripping 298mm discs on a 1 ton car silly?

 

[cupra.al]

PS. Is it just me that feels Cupra/FR brakes are weak? Or is comparing them to Wilwood Powerlite calipers gripping 298mm discs on a 1 ton car silly?

comparing fr brakes to cupra brakes is silly.
cupras have 4 pot calipers and they stop at a blip of the pedal and they have 312mm discs. i cant comment on the fr brakes as ive not tryed them but i know there not as big so to me there wont be as good.

 

[jamest87]

the fr breaks are shocking the ABS comes in way to early..

 

[techathy]

comparing fr brakes to cupra brakes is silly.
cupras have 4 pot calipers and they stop at a blip of the pedal and they have 312mm discs. i cant comment on the fr brakes as ive not tryed them but i know there not as big so to me there wont be as good.

Yeah the FR brakes felt sharp but under powered to me, however this is common to all modern VAG cars I've driven, with the exception of the Cupra. That said, though the Cupra didn't feel under powered in the braking department it never really instilled a sense of real confidence or power when wanting to scrub off 50mph in a hurry. It just felt like it would be easy to ask questions of the brake that they couldn't answer.

In contrast to the Ibizas, in my Panda from the moment you start to lean on the brake you just get this feeling you could do something daft like flip the car onto it's roof with a really hard jab of the brakes. I have an impression that every time the brakes are called on that they're working well within their abilities & the chassis will be the limiting factor. Though this may be the fact I'm using a competition front calipers & discs with fast road/light race pads.

Back on the original topic; Thinking about it, if you're wanting to make progress as quickly as possible without any obstructions your earliest change point will be at peek power. Change earlier than that & you'll almost certainly be getting less thrust at the wheels & so accelerating more slowly that hanging on to the gear until peek power. It's more a question of how much beyond peek power do you hold before changing up.