GTI owners, do you have traction in 1st gear?

[McDub]

Check your motor and trans mounts aswell as suspension, when they move too much it affects initial power transfer to wheels

interesting point, my motor does rock quite a lot when you start it, seems a bit exceessive. i've upgraded the dogbone/torque arm. and when i got suspension put in locally i got them to check the engine mounts too. apparently were ok

i'm not really trying to diagnose my supposed problem in this thread (though any suggestions are welcome), i'm just curious about how all the other gti's with simillar mods perform. dyno runs, maf readings, descriptions of traction in 1st etc... everyone should have an answer for at least one of those!
At least that will give me some sort of idea as to whether or not there are any "problems" at all, and to what extent, etc. cheers

[McDub]

ok i've since logged the car multiple times, peak MAF reading is a fairly consistant 150g/s.

my alter ego posted in this forum here: What peak MAF (g/s) readings do you get? - uk-mkivs

apparently it should be around 160-170g/s

So my advanced "wheel spin" diagnosis seems like it has worked well to indicate this missing powa!

Now for an indication of where those ponies are actually escaping!

I know it is running rich, about 10.5:1.

So i guess what makes a car run too rich???

[h100vw]

Paul, the vast majority of UK GTIs have a K03s so as someone in the thread pointed out a K03 would flow a bit less.

I'd still be keen to see the AFR checked on the street.

When Beau and I went up the road last thing Friday, it was on fire.

Gavin

[McDub]

yeah i was about to edit my post after that same guy cleared that up
so apparently 150g/s is about right for our AGU's.

I know you've seen it happen where AFR improves on the road, but i get the feeling my car still runs rich on the road cos at night i've seen it blow smoke out the back like a diesel! I know, very technical.
And I can backfire on queue if i want to (used to be fun with the full BB exhaust, but not so fun now the stock back box is back on)
Yeah damn american, must have been the wrx keys he left in the boot