Stage 2 on the Cheap?

[MY95]

I've driven both stage 2 limited and stage 2 full blown.

The torque saves you on fuel money if your not driving it hard. I can nail my car and still get around 40mpg, which isnt bad all things considered. Realistically the torque will mean more fuel but you'll find you drive it less hard to 'get places' so you actually put the engine under less strain.

The limited torque map is almost like a petrol car in that its quite rev happy and you have to 'keep it up in the power band' to get places, i remember racing against friends and only seeing them off when i really let the car rev out. now I've left those same friends from the word go, torque makes all the difference.

Thanks for sharing your experience!
What other cars were you on about when you said you were racing against friends?

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it originally would just about beat the 2.0 tdi 140 hp range of volkswagens, now it will happily sit alongside the pd 140's & pd 130's with a map to ~ 180bhp.

eats the standard ones for tea, will sit with an ep3 type r easily now too, although they would eventually pass if you had a road long enough due to their increased top speed. Our cars will realistically max out around 125-130mph, although the speedo may read more than this.

Ah, I would have thought even a 125 bhp stage 1 would keep up with a 140 vw due to power/torque to weight?

Yeah the gearing isnt the best for a top speed run with a hdi, 125 ive heard is the max at about 5k with quite a bit of smoke coming out of the back