What did you do to your mk8 today.

[mk8gti907]

Awesome, thanks for the advice! I've seen a lot of your autocross posts on the golfmk7 forum. Our RE71RS only have one event on them so far. I've got these numbers written down for when I go to the alignment shop, supposedly he's done alignments on a lot of our autocross guys.

 

[mk8gti907]

Aren’t the offset front LCA bushings allowed in GS? That can add up to -0.5° IIRC.

If you can get away with slightly enlarging or slotting your upper strut mount and ball joint holes…….that could be another -0.5°

The Mk8 loves extra camber. I haven’t experimented with any crazy toe yet. I set my front at 1/32” of toe out last night, I’ll see how it acts on track today. I just can’t bring myself to add toe, when I know it accelerates tire wear. If I had a tire sponsor or was part of Tire Rack’s testing process…….then I’d be happy to test toe changes!

Unfortunately, can't do any of those in Street class.

 

[Jmitchell4873]

Awesome, thanks for the advice! I've seen a lot of your autocross posts on the golfmk7 forum. Our RE71RS only have one event on them so far. I've got these numbers written down for when I go to the alignment shop, supposedly he's done alignments on a lot of our autocross guys.

If you are handy and can read a tape measure, Tenhulzen toe and camber plates make adjustments super easy. I still use my five year alignment deal every 6 months or so, but I use the toe plates to make adjustments between events to keep daily driving from having extreme wear from excessive camber. Going from -2.2° to -3.7° creates over 3/4” of toe in. I had that all adjusted is about 20 minutes with my son sitting behind the wheel to swing the rack from full left to full right so I could get the tie rods adjusted while the car was on the ground.

 

[GTIfan99]

Aren’t the offset front LCA bushings allowed in GS? That can add up to -0.5° IIRC.

If you can get away with slightly enlarging or slotting your upper strut mount and ball joint holes…….that could be another -0.5°

The Mk8 loves extra camber. I haven’t experimented with any crazy toe yet. I set my front at 1/32” of toe out last night, I’ll see how it acts on track today. I just can’t bring myself to add toe, when I know it accelerates tire wear. If I had a tire sponsor or was part of Tire Rack’s testing process…….then I’d be happy to test toe changes!

No, they aren't. Also can't slot the holes in street.

To me, if you don't have DCC, konis sports and a RSB would be money well spent in GS.

I have DCC and the stock springs and DCC work better than the APR springs and konis I had on the mk7.5. I'm amazed at how well DCC controls brake dive and squat under acceleration.

 

[mk8gti907]

Majority of our events are at a local race track.

 

[aspro_gti]

Do we know for a fact that the mk8 manual transmission is the 02Q?
Any chance we know about the gearing and how it compares to the MK7?

 

[aspro_gti]

Majority of our events are at a local race track. View attachment 304899View attachment 304898

That backdrop is iiinnnnssaaaannneee!!!!

 

[aspro_gti]

Do we know for a fact that the mk8 manual transmission is the 02Q?
Any chance we know about the gearing and how it compares to the MK7?

Turns out the MK8 uses the MQ350, different from the previous generations.
For those of you that own a manual MK8, how's the gearing?
What RPM are you at on the highway cruising at 75?

 

[GTIfan99]

I'll tell the VAQ quit working on the 4th autocross run Saturday. So annoyed.

I'll have to see if gearing is same. I know top of second was 72 mph in my mk7.5.

 

[mrmatto]

Gearing appears close, but not quite the same. Notice the final ratios are different.

MK7:

MK8:

 

[aspro_gti]

Gearing appears close, but not quite the same. Notice the final ratios are different.

MK7:
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MK8:
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I saw gearing from VW that was 0.01 off on all the gears, not just 3rd

 

[mrmatto]

I saw gearing from VW that was 0.01 off on all the gears, not just 3rd

These numbers are screenshots from VW’s official specs docs. It could be just a rounding difference. 0.01 is negligible.

 

[GTIfan99]

These numbers are screenshots from VW’s official specs docs. It could be just a rounding difference. 0.01 is negligible.

Exactly what I was thinking. It was rounded differently, but it's the same gear.

What's final 1 and final 2? I know it's final drive, but does the manual have two final drives???

 

[mrmatto]

Exactly what I was thinking. It was rounded differently, but it's the same gear.

What's final 1 and final 2? I know it's final drive, but does the manual have two final drives???

Final I applies to gears 1, 2, 3, 4. Final II applies to gears 5, 6. Gear ratio x final = total ratio.

Edit:

mk7 on left, mk8 on right

 

[GTIfan99]

That would mean the gearing is shorter in the mk8, which I'm totally fine with. Between lower gearing and a better clutch, that should extend the clutches life. The mk7 GTI's super tall gearing is really hard on the clutch and it was a terrible clutch to begin with.

I wonder if the mk8 R clutch is the same as mk7R/mk8 GTI clutch?

Humble mechanic says his mk8 R clutch is holding stg 1+ power with no issues, which wasn't the case with the mk7 R. That clutch would slip in a mk7 R stg 1 setup.