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VW Golf GTD Mk7

Checking someone else’s claimed figures

Job from October 2016

Job sheet Tuning
Vehicle
VW Golf GTD Mk7
Came in with
Owner had a third-party tuning box fitted and wanted to know if the claims were true.
What we found
Dyno run measured the output independently.
What we did
Figures confirmed as quoted.
Result
240 PS, 513 Nm

Rewritten from PK’s original post of October 2016. Old address: /blog/dyno-run-confirm-customers-figures-quoted-spot/ (now redirects here).

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