02-03-2017, 12:45 PM
Ken Wrote:My brother had a VW/APR dealer do his and they serviced it fine. Granted it was the previous gen GTI, but it was stage 2. One thing i will say though, new wider wheels and tires were pretty much necessary if you wanted to do anything past like 50-60% throttle from a standstill.
Yeah my MKV chassis couldn't handle the torque from the Revo Stage 1. It was funny to stand on it in 1st and 2nd and let it squeal but it did get irritating having to mitigate wheel slip/traction control intervention until you got to 3rd gear. The MK7 handles about the same amount of power as that Revo tune made well, but if you went and cranked the torque up to the upper-300s, I'd imagine you'd run into similar issues (especially on my non-diffed one). It creates a slippery slope of adding better wheels, tires, mounts, etc just to put down the power, when the stock car is already pretty darn quick and well balanced.
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S