Simple Ways to Improve The BHP of Volkswagen Golf

by Paul Busby CEO @Viezu

Since its origin back in 1974 the Golf hatchback from German luxurious car maker Volkswagen has been one of the coolest cars developed under its flagship. Sold with different names as Volkswagen Rabbit in United States of America, the Volkswagen Caribe in Mexico, Volkswagen MK1 and MK5 in Canada today after 43 of its birth the Volkswagen that we see today in going through its seventh generation, and surprisingly still till date it is the heartthrob of the various car enthusiasts across the world.

During this journey of 43 years the hatchback has undergone wide changes not only in terms of cosmetic updates but also in terms of mechanical updates. And therefore when it comes to enhance the performance of Golf hatchback the owners of erstwhile versions consider enhancing the performance of Volkswagen Golf as the simplest task to enjoy the power that is close to power generated by existing avatar of Golf by tuning its chip and remapping the engine. It would be interested to know that there are different ways by which the owners can improve the Volkswagen Golf BHP.

Tuning the engine: It would be interested to know that whatever type of car you drive, when it comes to upgrading or modifying its power and performance almost common approach is applied by the car owners. Therefore it is imperative that a person applies appropriate method and strategy to enhance the power of his Volkswagen Golf. Before I proceed ahead let me tell you that adopting the right approach will not only deliver the best desired results but also minimize your investments on reaching the desired output. There are different ways to tune the Volkswagen Golf:

a. Upgrading the turbo engine: Replacing the existing turbo engine with powerful turbo or configuring forced induction to naturally aspirated engine is the best way to enjoy the improved performance of the engine. Here it would be important to mention that while upgrading the existing turbo also upgrade the attached parts which are compatible to the new turbo.

b. Fast road cams: Installing the new camshaft will aggressively modify the timings of air intake and exhaust which adversely impacts the power of engine. The only which you need to keep in concern while installing the new camshaft is its computability to the engine of your car. Because the camshaft will improve the power of an engine only at its high RPM. The combination of compatible camshaft along with supercharger pulley will help the engine in generating more power according to your expectations.

c. Upgrading the transmission system. The power to wheels through engine is transmitted via gears and it is the areas where almost every next fails to offer enhanced power to the car. Upgrading the existing transmission system helps in smooth flow of power to wheels.

d. Converting front wheel drive into rear wheel drive: If you really want to enjoy enhanced power of Volkswagen Golf then converting the front wheel drive to rear wheel drive will help you in meeting your objective in the dramatic way. For instance if your car enriched with front wheel drives generate the power of 225 bhp then with rear wheel drive it will be able to generate the power between 260-270 bhp. The car equipped with rear wheel drive controls the steering wheels and pushes the weight at the rear portion of the car during acceleration. Going through this benefit the high powered cars and sports cars are enriched with rear wheel driving option.

e. Other engine upgrades: It includes reboring, balancing, crank grind, cryo treating, and polish. In other words it can be said as striping the engine and re-developing it. This however is the lengthy process but doing will undoubtedly help you in enjoying improved performance of your engine developing high power. Moving ahead performing all these activities over the existing engine offers you modest, modified and reliable engine which is capable of exploiting high levels of RPM.

Following the above mentioned steps you can improve the power of Volkswagen Golf according to your requirements.