Mountune Will Give Your Mk7.5 VW Golf GTI 375bhp

Via its M52 sub-brand, Mountune is offering a Stage 2 option for the outgoing Golf GTI

30 Mar 2020

Mountune Will Give Your Mk7.5 VW Golf GTI 375bhp

Although Mountune may primarily be known for its work with Fords, uber-powerful VWs are becoming an increasingly big deal for the Essex company. Via its new ‘M52’ joint venture with US wheel firm Fifteen52, Mountune is already offering Stage 1 tunes for the Mk7/7.5 Golf R and Golf GTI, and now there’s a Stage 2 option for the GTI.

With it installed, the GTI’s EA888 inline-four turbo engine is good for 380bhp and 376lb ft of torque. If you’re starting with a base Mk7 GTI, that’s a power increase of 70 per cent, which drops the 0-62mph time to just 5.2 seconds.

It all revolves around the fitting of an IS38 turbocharger - the more potent snail VW fits to the Golf R. It works together with the Stage 1 kit’s ‘mTune’ handset, which gives different calibration options, a shift light and performance measuring - just in case you want to try and put Mountune’s 0-62mph times to the test. If you’re upgrading from Stage 1, it’s possible to pay less and drop the device from the kit.

Supporting modifications will be necessary to “achieve and maintain the quoted power figures under hard use or in hot climates,” Mountune says. If you want to go down that route, you’ll need to budget for a new induction system, a turbo-back exhaust system and a better intercooler.

Without those bits, it’s you’ll need to part with £2475 for the full Stage 2 option, or £2099 without the mTune device. It’s available to order now if you fancy a nice self-isolation project, or alternatively, Mountune will offer a fitting service once the UK’s current Covid-19 social distancing restrictions are lifted.

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Comments

Lol that’s looking at a bill that’s going to come up higher than the option in itself in the first place, just so you can achieve the power figures that you’re supposed to get in the first place. An intercooler is not cheap, nor is an entire turbo-back exhaust. I know a lot of people will upgrade that anyway, and maybe it’s because I’m coming from a place that’s very strict with these kinds of claims, but if power figures of x horsepower are quoted for an upgrade, then I expect to have x hp when the upgrade is installed. It’s the equivalent of buying a swaybar and being quoted to have x % more rigidity or something, but being told that if you actually want x % more rigidity under hard use you’ll need to buy a brace kit, a set of strutbars as well as coilovers.

That said it’s kinda nice it’s not an oversized turbo and simply the Golf R turbo, it’s like OEM+. It’s like fitting the Evolution turbo to a Lancer Ralliart.

True, but that’s the aftermarket for you - as soon as you go beyond Stage I, it’s going to start getting expensive regardless of which company you’ve gone with

Matt Robinson I know I’m tagging you a lot lol, but I believe you might have forgot a verb there (“that’s/that is a power increase” over “that a power increase”)

Cheers!

Or you could go for the APR tune it only has 360 then but has a warranty

I have a 2019 Golf R (Stage 2 APR) with the same output and I can say that you won’t need a full catback. Just the downpipe, intercooler, intake, and cooler sparkplugs. I’m surprised the GTI can get by without the upgraded engine internals that are stock in the R.