@@timmetjuh070 Same. Its ain't fast but for sure super fun for a 1.6 hatchback. Simple, squeaky plastics, dual mass dying, yup 220 000km, still loving it. 👍🏻
That was such a fun and eye opening lap. Thank you Misha. Can't wait to be back in 2023. Some upgrades are planned to make the car more suited for the track.
I barely make it through a month and bought a red Mk5 GTI like this one last year on impulse that had a chip tune (about 250 hp). I love to drive and I thank Volkswagen for creating such a nice car for the masses. I wanted a sportscar but this is plenty fun and you can go on roadtrips with friends and family. Actually brought home my first child in it from the hospital. It has rust and paint is peeling off but I'm so happy. It also have coilovers so it's very flat in the corners. I will have it until it doesn't work anymore. Whenever I have free spare time and half a full tank I just go and drive! Love you my fellow car friends, it's not about what you drive it's about if you enjoy driving it and cherishing it
Nice car & hell of a ride in the second half. 👌🏼 I Like the sound of GTI with DSG (arguably ok). And prefer seeing the rev counter as well; but understand if it‘s not showable at a time. 👌🏼
i love my mk5 gti it handles so well as stock , but now i thinking about a tune :D.........its also the best car i ever owned :) Mine is 16 years old runs like a dream and surprisingly nice in snow lol
210 ia respectable through the first compression. LSD would definitely help. The alignment seems a bit off. Very nice car! Thanks for sharing. You have a gem there.
Did some research into these as was considering buying one in the last few months, more so a manual and not going for tons of power as stock power or stage 1 would be more than enough for me at the moment. Anti lift kit and anti roll bars are the two main things people recommend, as well as good set of coilovers, but the anti lift kit is the main thing
Roll bars, anti lift, camber adjustment and polybush suspension with some good coilovers its very good. If u have money go buy lsd something like blackline (They are cheaper copy of wavetrack). Mk5 golf drives very poor without cambers so this is one of must have mods
Hello, i m still loving my 2008 Golf 5 GTI Edition 30. With 308 PS, 470 NM and now still running since 245000km very nice and well. Thanks Björn from NET Tuning and Hasan from HG for the support. This is the best car i ever have. Everyday so much fun with the best Golf GTI
I still own my MK5 GTI with the K03 turbo with all the modifications as yours, but I am also running water Meth, upgraded inter cooler, and some other bits. Also, I do have a LSD , and power flex bushings throughout the whole suspension, along with KW coil overs. For the brakes I am running stock size 2 piece rotors with Porsche 986 calipers.
Great driving as always! Have a mk6 dsg with just a remap on e30 and it's such a fun car to drive. The dsg is done surprisingly well by vw and really keeps the car in boost.
I always loved the Golf 5 GTI but rumours of the DSG box always put me off from buying one…… this car’s acceleration from 60 - 150 is quick. Fast car👌🏽
Man I wish here in NZ we got coupe GTI's. I got a mk5 and had it for 3 years. I have had APR stage 1 tune exhaust and Cold air intake, bigger brakes and running PS4 tyres. Makes 260hp
Some better LCAs and rear sway bar helps the under steer a lot, plus a Wavetrac LSD and you’ve got a big improvement here. After that might consider even more power and 265 tires.
16:40 anybody notice the action around - the guy cleaning the beauty and the 230i driving around the apex parking area. Great driving, these are speed from a stock m3 e90/92
Dude throw those standard front brakes in the bin .. They are terrible, and with 330bhp levels uprated front brakes are a must. A much stiffer rear ARB will help with under steer too, plus the front diff as Misha mentioned. I love these cars I have an edition 30 myself. Enjoyed the vid, great to see a fellow owner on here. :-)
apparently they're on the limit at stage 1 power like below 300, so yeah stock brakes should be gone. everyone seems to vouch for anti lift kit which is another thing
@@Stallzyx absolutely the anti lift kit is a great mod, I really noticed the difference. Also consider alu lightweight lower front control arms when fitting the anti lift kit. Superpro do some great bits for our cars :-)
i ran stock brakes on my stock Mk5 and overheated them way too easily, upgraded to 8P S3 fronts with DBA racing pads and rotors and its insane now, just need the power to match lol
Think the TSR kit is just for manual GTIs. The bkd diesel engined A3, Touran or Passat shafts fit the DSG cars though. Its on the list for mine along with an lsd at the same time as currently lack of traction on slower corner exits is very annoying.
I have a mk6 GTI which is nearly identical to this and if you find that it has an under-steer problem it’s all in the setup. Around higher speed corners on track I have to be back on the throttle fast after turn in to transfer load to the rear to keep it from rotating too much too fast and I’m running balanced anti-roll bars. But my car has XDS which works extremely well if your throttle application is smooth, I’m not sure if this car has that though. Also, visually it looks like this car is super bouncy mid corner like it’s hitting the bumpstops and then pogoing rapidly. The car needs more rebound in the dampers and probably fresh, stiffer suspension bushings in the rear position on the front control arms and fresh, stiffer rear trailing arm bushings. Either that or smooth out how you turn the car in so it can gently settle onto the bumpstops instead of crashing into them causing them to overcorrect with an abrupt shove into rebound.
As an R/C racer (used to FWD category), I can advise a stronger diff, a littre more camber at ftont, stronger antiroll bar at the rear and some weight shift from front to rear (battery in the rear would help for ex) Now, if it's only 'on power' understear, changes on the rear won't do much. From factory, mk4 and 5 golf are realy an all man's friend, really stable , no mather what you do behind the wheel. A 306 or 307 is the opposite, for whatever reason...
@@PxtoLV96 if a car is well balanced like bmws or hondas or ford it doesnt need antiroll bard in order not to understeer.only golfs and S3s do these shit😂
Someone knows if you can turn off traction control in VCDS? i mean mine doesnt have a button and I want to turn it off when on track. some say just pull the ABS relay and ur good but i rather set it up in VCDS.
Another awesome video with one of my favorite cars! Really impressed with the vogtlands😂 I passed on these coils but they seem to do very well, very capable setup for the price.
must be a K04 swap or some sort of other turbo. It has had the rear bumper painted like edition 30 and also the r32/edition 30 lights but it's a normal MK5 from what he said
@@Stallzyx Pretty sure it's an edition 30 dude, has the kit, half leather seats and the edition 30 badge in red on the dashboard on the passenger side if you look at 2:56 unless he did all that himself too :P
@misha, the mk5 kills power when left foot brake too when stock so this one must have it coded out too. My GTI was really annoying on track when used do it. In terms of handling, roll center adjustable front control arms and the H&R anti roll bars with front on medium and rear on stiff made an amazing difference for mine so would definitely recommend them. For brakes I have Cayenne S fronts and R32 rears and TTRS master cylidner which works extremely well. Next thing for me is a lsd as even with K03 turbo. Slower corner exits are a waste of time! The mk6 GTI steering rack fits the Mk5 too which would be a nice upgrade and think it's a prety common retrofit given many early mk5 racks can give trouble.
What an amazing drive. Its always been my dream to drive the mk4 golf R32 on the nurburgring! But that Porsche at 9:03 must be doing atleast 160mph or 170mph 😮
it's a standard mk5 with r32/edition 30 rear lights, painted rear bumper and some hardware, maybe a k04 swap to make it like an edition 30 without the engine differences
yeah the Edition 30 was never sold in the US unfortunately, its basically a Mk6R engine and turbo (so its BYD engine code and K04 turbo, Mk6R is CDL but internally the same). 230ish hp iirc. go super hard with just a stage 1 as well
I think the front is too low giving it roll centre issues. With some more height at the front, the grip may be better. I have run an Ibiza track car for years.... It definitely is faster when it's higher compared to low.
I got the Quaife LSD in my manual ed30, and I have to say it is amazing, it adds a lot of of grip to the front end. I am also running 330ish HP and the car could handle more.
I hope you get a chance to do a lap with a VW polo 9n3 GTI, i have the same car but with the little 1.4 3 cylinder TDI but i'd love to see your reaction to that little pocket rocket
Would you ever consider a series where u buy a budget car do a few laps for a rough time estimate Then do a budget build and see what it inproves That would be very cool Noone shows that they all have cars over 20k € I wanna get into it but don't have that budget I have a budget off 5k and would wanna spend about 5 to 7.5k to improve Hope someone gonna do a series
love to see that! Still have my MK5 2.0 TDI with ECU tune that we lapped in 2020. Very tempted to go MK7 GTI or even this one next year - just a tune is almost 300hp as well.
