This post may not be that interest for many of you, but I think some may find it interesting....
On the way back to the bay area, we had little traffic and the road was for us. So, we all had radios and played some games...let's call them experiments. We tried to compare different TDIs with different modes on 70-100 mph pick-up in 5-th gear..... Well, all this is not numbers, no dyno, just visual comparison, but it gives an idea for those of you interested in modes......
So, basically we put the cars parallel and set the cruise at 70..... gave few seconds for the speed to stabilize and then somebody gives the GO on the radio....so, here are some results:
Golf Stock with about 4K miles on it vs. A4 Jetta Upsolute, 225 tires, 7K miles, no other mods .......The Jetta pulled away with ease almost immediately after hitting the go pedal, even if it was not that dramatic. Anyway, by building up the speed was better and better.....
A3 Jetta Upsolute and straight pipe exhaust, about 130 K miles with full trunk vs. same A4 Jetta as above ....... between 70 and 90 mph, there was NO difference even an inch....... after that the A4 started pulling away, but by very little bit, almost insignificant......
Golf Upsolute & Tuning Box vs. same A4 Jetta as above ...... The Golf pulled away with ease, but it was not really like flying away. It was almost exactly like between the stock and the Upsolute....at least this was what my eyes were telling me......
I may not be that precise, but for what I saw, I would say that whatever the Chip gives to a stock is almost what the Box gives to the Chip..... Of course, we must also say that smoking with Box & Chip is way more than double than just Chip. On the way to SJC we all got very similar fuel consumption, between 47.3 and 48 mpg (among Stock, Upsolute & Upsolute + Box)..... I will refuel today, so later will post my consumption on the way back, which will definitely be more as we had more fun coming back....
Then we did something else...... Norman was driving at steady 70 mph on cruise control and I put my car slowly behind his, being separated by just few inches...almost bumper to bumper....... This does not happen every day to be that close, so it was very interesting for me to notice that I had to release my go pedal almost by half once I was that close ..... ALL wind noises were gone, my car got so quiet, so I was able to hear only my engine (at that speed I can't hear my engine otherwise).........
I thought some of you may find all this interesting .....we had fun
peter
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