aspro_gti
Autocross Champion
Bruh
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Calling All Tuned MK6's how many miles on it?
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supreme_gti
Go Kart Champion
the race track eats your car's brakes, tires, fluids, etc.... but if you do decide to track your GTI's... make sure to do pre and post inspection/maintenance!
tdream1
Autocross Newbie
Exactly the reason I don’t.
JOHNDERS2586
Ready to race!
I am curious, what was your impressions going from KO4 to the GTX2867? Huge difference? I doubt ill go this route being I'm getting up in mileage an just seems like a lot of investment for the age/ risk at this point.. but I cant say I'm not curious/ tempted..
supreme_gti
Go Kart Champion
I will do so as well BUT after I have a Toyota Tundra to move the GTI to the racetrack and back home. I Want to own the Tundra pick up truck prior to tracking my GTI. In the works!
I would go GTX2867 once my bank balance is in the high six figure range.... financial freedom is way more important to me at the moment...
tdream1
Autocross Newbie
It definitely pulls much harder and power is available even higher in the rpm range. It’s definitely a big investment. My car had such low mileage that it wasn’t a concern for me. I was actually working with Alex from Stratified with a custom tune for my K04 set up. He was just starting to dial it in for my WMI system and I just decided to bite the bullet and go with a bigger turbo. I’m super happy with it using APR Stage 3 software
aspro_gti
Autocross Champion
You probably should... check with obd11 or vagcom how much stretch there is.
Alpinee30
Go Kart Newbie
There's none like 1.9 degrees of adjustment. Having an early tensioner is the scary part.
Chains don't stretch they wear.
aspro_gti
Autocross Champion
They stretch. I replaced mine.
If you don't believe me, I can show you pictures of the difference in lengths.
LightningRhod
Go Kart Champion
So I'm at 210k miles and counting 
Bought her brand new back in 2010 and the car was APR Stage 2 for the majority of it's life until 2 years ago (flashed back to Stage 1 and removed downpipe to stay CARB legal. Got tired of "knowing a guy" to pass smog for me). Car was also getting tracked about once or twice a year as well, but that's on pause right now with the amount of oil leaks found recently coming from the engine and transmission.
The GTI is still my DD by the way. I drive a lot less due to WFH most of the week, so I only drive about 7k miles per year.
Bought her brand new back in 2010 and the car was APR Stage 2 for the majority of it's life until 2 years ago (flashed back to Stage 1 and removed downpipe to stay CARB legal. Got tired of "knowing a guy" to pass smog for me). Car was also getting tracked about once or twice a year as well, but that's on pause right now with the amount of oil leaks found recently coming from the engine and transmission.
The GTI is still my DD by the way. I drive a lot less due to WFH most of the week, so I only drive about 7k miles per year.
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aspro_gti
Autocross Champion
Still on the original timing chains?So I'm at 210k miles and counting
Bought her brand new back in 2010 and the car was APR Stage 2 for the majority of it's life until 2 years ago (flashed back to Stage 1 and removed downpipe to stay CARB legal. Got tired of "knowing a guy" to pass smog for me). Car was also getting tracked about once or twice a year as well, but that's on pause right now with the amount of oil leaks found recently coming from the engine and transmission.
The GTI is still my DD by the way. I drive a lot less due to WFH most of the week, so I only drive about 7k miles per year.
LightningRhod
Go Kart Champion
Yep still on the original chain. Only updated the tensioner, that was about 7 years ago.