@@stephonramnarine714 if it’s a manual transmission I’m not surprised. But here in the states, Kia has a terrible reputation, they cannot figure out automatic transmissions, and their GDI engines always die for no reason. That’s just how it is for American Kia.
@@dylennkramer2753 From what I’ve read and seen, Racechip products do perform as advertised… I plan to buy one at some point, but I want to do more digging into information about the ECU, and if it will detect and log that a piggyback ECU tuner was used. My plan is to remove it when I have to take the car in for service, provided the ECU doesn’t rat me out to the dealership, lol
@@Verztex the GT has the 1.6T, of course it's faster than the 2.0. I was just saying my 22 Soul LX 2.0 is quicker than a 2.0 Forte, and since the Forte is lighter and more aerodynamic I assumed it would be the faster vehicle
That 1.6 sounds a lot better than I thought it would
I’m glad Kia gives so many different options for gearboxes and engines. And they’re all made by Kia so they’re very well tuned with the powertrain.
Yeah but they’re all Kia so none of them make it past 45,000 miles lmao
@@RoastFlea61 my dad's has 212000km on his, the only thing he's had to change really is his alternator and clutch
@@stephonramnarine714 if it’s a manual transmission I’m not surprised. But here in the states, Kia has a terrible reputation, they cannot figure out automatic transmissions, and their GDI engines always die for no reason. That’s just how it is for American Kia.
Both impressive
Thanks for the vid!
Wow gt looks fast!!
I just bought a 2023 Forte GT… they’re pretty fast for only 201 hp. It’ll be even faster once I buy a Racechip GTS for it (+49 hp and +116 lb-ft) 😈
@@theranterare racechips legit?
@@dylennkramer2753 From what I’ve read and seen, Racechip products do perform as advertised… I plan to buy one at some point, but I want to do more digging into information about the ECU, and if it will detect and log that a piggyback ECU tuner was used. My plan is to remove it when I have to take the car in for service, provided the ECU doesn’t rat me out to the dealership, lol
How did you get it to convert to kmh?
Bruh.. kia sells their cars in other countries where they use kph
@@bpearr8266 furthermore they have unit conversion options in the settings/setup of the car
Where's the timing
I got high 8 sec/ low 9 sec on the 2.0 and the 6.5 sec on the 1.6t
@@juty-p1w I got 6.3sec on my 2021 MY2022 cerato gt
@@reqalawad5556 they run from 5.5-6.5
The 1.6 turbo in the optima runs 6.8-7.3 seconds best time I got was around 6.8 in mine stock with the T-Eco model
I have a seltos with the 2.0 ivt combo and 0-60 is mid 9’s lol. Same power train in the forte is much quicker
Tuned from factory differently
Why is the Forte so much slower than the Soul with the same 2.0/IVT combo?
Probably more weight
Bricks aren't made to go fast
There's something wrong with it, a kia forte gt can do it 5.7-6.5 seconds
@@Verztex the GT has the 1.6T, of course it's faster than the 2.0. I was just saying my 22 Soul LX 2.0 is quicker than a 2.0 Forte, and since the Forte is lighter and more aerodynamic I assumed it would be the faster vehicle
@@Ieatpeople2 Oh nvm yes my neighbor has a soul, it's indeed faster, the soul is smaller