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Jun 2, 2010 | 09:22 PM

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i don't know about you guys but i have personally witnessed several gm stage 2 cars with intake, downpipe and cat-back lay down just over 250whp. thats pretty damn good for a car that keeps its warranty

Oh it's definalty possible to make good hp with a stage 2. A friend of mine started with a GM stage 2 and put on a 2.8 pulley, a wack of cooling mods and a good tune with stock exhaust and layed down 281whp and 232wtq.

Jun 3, 2010 | 01:27 AM

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283whp.

Jun 3, 2010 | 01:32 AM

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Just GM stage 2 is not worth the $. I 2.9'd it w/ full exhaust / intake and got a custom tune and it seems to pull wayyy harder.

Jun 3, 2010 | 01:41 AM

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ughh my buddy just ordered a chip for his mk6 gti... i was hoping his car would still suck *****. apparently power jumps to like 244hp and 275ft/lbs with it...

Jun 3, 2010 | 01:45 AM

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not **** stage2 sucks....its sucked since forever.

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Just GM stage 2 is not worth the $. I 2.9'd it w/ full exhaust / intake and got a custom tune and it seems to pull wayyy harder.

when the **** did you get back!?

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Jun 3, 2010 | 02:01 AM

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no way that they get 260 to the wheels from just a chip, mk5's run 200 hp to the crank stock so lets say 185 hp to the wheels i dont think a chip gives them close to 80 whp. does anyone have a zz stage 3?

my buddys is stage two with charge pipe upgrade and full exhaust...he put down 240+ to the wheels.

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revo stage two

Jun 3, 2010 | 02:25 AM

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Oh it's definalty possible to make good hp with a stage 2. A friend of mine started with a GM stage 2 and put on a 2.8 pulley, a wack of cooling mods and a good tune with stock exhaust and layed down 281whp and 232wtq.

hahaha. so much for being stage 2 then huh. wish i could have raced him too. those numbers are off...

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going for the tune saturday morning...hopefully this thing makes me happy with the power gains...any way with the stage 2 kit that the tune puts me in the low 14's quarter mile?

high 13s

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Jun 3, 2010 | 02:29 AM

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The whole point of the GM Stage 2 was to retain the warranty. OTTP's is much better, but if you're trying to not void the warranty, it won't fly.

Jun 3, 2010 | 10:17 AM

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cant wait to get the tune

Jun 3, 2010 | 10:30 AM

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Should have went with OTTP's stage 2. Much cheaper and more hp

Or ZZP S3

Jun 3, 2010 | 10:42 AM

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my brother has a '09 jetta tsi which has the same motor as that gti, the 2.0 turbo.. he has this thing called an "APR tune" which is ridiculous, all it is is a tune with a higher octane mode that increases his WHP by almost 73.

http://www.goapr.com/products/ecu_up...tsi_trans.html

good luck competing with any vw for that matter that goes this route, they are tough to beat.

Jun 3, 2010 | 10:48 AM

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my brother has a '09 jetta tsi which has the same motor as that gti, the 2.0 turbo.. he has this thing called an "APR tune" which is ridiculous, its like a miniature "carbon fiber" intake and a higher octane mode that increases his WHP by almost 73.

http://www.goapr.com/products/ecu_up...tsi_trans.html

good luck competing with any vw for that matter that goes this route, they are tough to beat.

lol VW's are tanks. they weigh too much to do any damage to us

Jun 3, 2010 | 10:55 AM

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ok so I bought my car with stage 2, the injectors are black, and the bolts on the sc pulley are blue, car has an airbox mod, and resonator delete......but i push 17 lbs, is this right??

Jun 3, 2010 | 10:57 AM

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boost is a little higher than normal, you might have a smaller pulley than gm stage 2 on there

Jun 3, 2010 | 10:58 AM

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lol VW's are tanks. they weigh too much to do any damage to us

lol I agree they are heavy as hell. thats the saving grace when i run my brother in my balt. we are dead even unless he puts in 104 octane.

Jun 3, 2010 | 11:36 AM

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hahaha. so much for being stage 2 then huh. wish i could have raced him too. those numbers are off...

high 13s

But it's still based off a gm stage 2. Just bolting in a gm stage 2 with nothing else sucks *****. The numbers are off? The guys name is kennyspec. He posted 5 above you're first post. I've seen the dyno sheets

Jun 3, 2010 | 11:40 AM

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boost is a little higher than normal, you might have a smaller pulley than gm stage 2 on there

that;s what I was thinking, what size would you guess?? isn't stage 2 a 3"?

Jun 3, 2010 | 11:46 AM

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that;s what I was thinking, what size would you guess?? isn't stage 2 a 3"?

It is. Sounds like you are running a 2.8"

Jun 3, 2010 | 12:00 PM

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I have the ZZP stage 3 and have already commented on your other post.

Jun 3, 2010 | 02:15 PM

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how is it based off a stage2 when the pulley is changed, injectors are changed, tune is changed, and massive amounts of cooling mods are added??? has nothing remotely associated with stage2 at that point

Jun 3, 2010 | 02:29 PM

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Agreed !! I love when people still call it GM Stage 2 after they completely changed everything.

Jun 3, 2010 | 02:32 PM

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you don't need stage kits, or mods guys, come one.....you just need all the stickers on the car, that adds like 600 hp at the wheels.......well that's what most of the people think where I live