Polo GTI vs TDI

[James]

hey guys,

im new to this forum and to the vw scene,

i recently bought a brand new Polo TDI,

i have been browsing this forum for a little while and i notice that most of the mods and parts available are aimed for the GTI,

so my question: are parts interchangeable between the GTI and TDI, what are the differences; besides fuel, spark plugs etc...

thanks for your help,
James

[GoLfMan]

welcome mate good choice car there, they are quite a fun car to drive those TDi Polo's!

are you going to get it chipped?

as for parts yes, most should be like brakes, suspension, bumpers all that kind of stuff should technically bolt straight on!

[James]

thanks golfman,

yeah the tdi really is a lot of fun to drive!!

yeah im looking to get it chipped soon, i just need to read through the forums more and suss out what is the best option.

thanks for the response

[DaveMack]

Welcome, James. Excellent choice of car ... hope we'll see some pics soon and maybe (when we get off our collectives ...) see you at a drive or GTG. What part of the country are you from? (Please update your details.)

Dave

[SoVeReIgN]

Welcome to the forums!

Just remember - A Chipped TDI is quicker than the GTI!

[Funkdancer]

AFAIK the GTI is the only Polo in our line up to get the life saving ESP system. Unless they just changed the line up for 2008 or something...

Comparing apples with apples, a chipped TDI = faster than the chipped GTI?

[FL00DY]

Welcome to the forums!

Just remember - A Chipped TDI is quicker than the GTI!

How bout a chipped GTI? Apples with Apples I say haha Funkdancer beat me to it, great minds

Welcome to the forums, wish I had your L/100

[Funkdancer]

The TDI is a great car though, but I'm peeved off with VW for nerfing it (ESP/DSC/ESC or whatever you prefer to call it). My brother in Norway has a TDI, absolutely rocks, but their spec has stability control as standard.

Maybe I should be thanking the tendency of Australian importers to nerf our cars, I'd be driving the new Civic Hybrid otherwise. VSA (ESP!) is standard in pretty much all markets but our own. Civic would have been good, if but a completely different kettle of fish.

[James]

thanks for the quick replies everyone.

ive had a look around but its little hard to get a lot of info in one spot.

in regards to the ecu chip/flash what are the different brands and their respective prices vs results??

also another question; what size wheel/tyre do you all use for more performance handling?? i would tend to stick to the size of the gti wheel, is that a 17x7??

have many polo owners out their changed just your springs and not your shocks?? what sort of results have you got? what would be the better bang for buck suspension mods you can recommend??

thanks for all your help
James

[EL Burito]

Polo GTI has 16's, but a increase to 17's wouldnt hurt

[MrNamjama]

My Tdi has 16's and they absolutely transformed the car in terms of handling.

Word on the street has it that dpchips work very well in the diesel Polo: www.dpchip.com.au

[James]

thanks for responses guys,
ok il have a look for 16" wheels,

and thanks for the link to dp chip, looks quite good for diesels!!

[GoLfMan]

adding to that APR also does a chip for the diesel that brings it up to something like 100kw's and 320nm of torque!

[James]

adding to that APR also does a chip for the diesel that brings it up to something like 100kw's and 320nm of torque!

ok, that sounds good as well,

are the 'chips' tunable??

for eg if you have them installed then change your exhaust or turbo, can another map be loaded??

do you know the rough price of a new unit?? installed or just supplied?

[dammfool]

dp chip

ok, that sounds good as well,

are the 'chips' tunable??

for eg if you have them installed then change your exhaust or turbo, can another map be loaded??

do you know the rough price of a new unit?? installed or just supplied?

Ive had my dp chip fitted for about 6 months now and a remus muffler.U have ten settings which u can change with either a small screw driver or via your pc.I set mine anywhere from 1 to 5.Anything above that and the thing wants to take off.And on the higher settings the cruise control has alot of trouble keeping the right speed.One the no.1 setting u can pull away from a standard 6 cylinder ford ute.And u get better fuel economy with the lower settings.The best ive got so far is 4.7 litres per hundred ks