I have been talking about it on here too saying, 300+whp is way too much for FWD. Not to mention there is a tad bit extra lag too for daily driving and a voided warranty. Yet you will get flamed saying you have to be "gentle on the throttle" IMO it defeats the point of having more power to begin with because you can't put it to the ground, or through the turns etc.
Front wheels are steering accelerating and braking. They are asked to do a lot of work.
any one that has never been in a K04 car will think its overkill.. it's not enough.
I do think that a UB and a FSB will help mitigate some of the front to rear and left to right separation this car exhibits so horribly in turns.
this. i think it's more than just driving a ko4 gti for while before one can say it's overkill. i'm not taking anyone's opinion away but c'mon man look at what this mod has done to the car that a thread has been dedicated to such cars. i'm also not saying i'm denying my car's limitations but heck like any other car, there will always be limitations subjectively or on paper. yes i've clearly learned to accept my car from stock form to where it is today, my sig says so. nuff said.Meh. Overkill is completely subjective. The difference in lag is really trivial, and the warranty claim parts at risk with a k04 are already at risk with a stage 1 tune. The full throttle wheel spin stuff was no joke, but you deal with that in any high horsepower 2wd car, it's just less pleasant when it's your front wheels. No, FWD cars don't turn as well all else equal. I don't strongly disagree with anything else Max said.
The idea that you can have a transformed hot rod GTI for the 3k extra the k04 kit and software cost is false. The car needs a lot of supporting hardware if you're going to use k04 power anywhere but on the highway. I think mine was as close as I could come without starting to seriously sacrifice comfort, but I also probably spent more on it than I will on the Evo in total (that will probably end up being false, but that's the plan as of today). A K04 GTI is a bad ass sleeper, and for m/t cars it's probably much better with an LSD, but you guys know what else you can do with 35k+.