[Gotian]

Originally Posted by liquid_d00

the GTI doesnt come with alot of power stock. still more than the tc or the tib. but the GTI is soooo tunible. easy upgrade to the ecu and you have yourself a low 14 sec car! I would go with the GTI for sure.

yeah, it is very tunable, but so is every turbocharged car. and also why buy a car that can run you close to 28k with the same options of a car that will run you about 25k max and the 25k car will be faster.

So I ask again, why buy a more expensive car that is slower? the GTI will NOT run low 14's after spending an extra 500 to upgrade the ecu while the mazdaspeed 3 will just run low 14's out of the box and with slight gearing adjustments, through ecu tuning, and a flywheel (which is already available) im sure it will run mid 13's, crank up the boost to 20pounds and now your talking low 13's with no lag. And even after doing that to the Mazdaspeed 3 it would still be less than the GTI. Everything that can be done to improve on a GTI can be done to a mazdaspeed 3, FMIC, CAI, turbo back exhaust, fuel injectors, FPR, I could go on and on.

Also even if you swapped the GTI turbo from a Ko3s to a Ko4 (which is the same turbo as the speed3 ) by using the turbo kit, you only get 240hp and you barely break into the low 14's maybe even hit a 13.9 to make this shorter it would cost you too much to equal the power of a mazdaspeed 3 in a GTI.