Altea Freetrack 2.0 tfsi - modifications help!!!

BASH29 · Mar 24, 2017

Hi all

its been a while since i last owned a seat! bigger family this time round so have decided to try the freetrack!!!

straight away i can see that theres not many fans on here!!!

can anyone help with advising on the best way forward for the following mods....

*most cost effective way to lower the freetrack by 40-70mm - can i use the standard XL springs to reduce height by 40mm???? or potentially 70mm lowering springs designed for altea xl???

*most cost effective way to increase the performance of the front brakes - i did like my brembo's on my cupra R. but there not cheap for the freetrack. what can i utilise from the VW/audi group that will help?? S3 set up?? R32 setup???

looking to complete a stage 1 map to get approx 250BHP. hence the brakes above.

any suggestions would be appreciated.

minimarvel · Mar 27, 2017

Octavia scout, yeti. Tiguan, 4 motion golf, A3 quatrro, Q3

Phone some advertisers from out a PVW mag. Shocks and bumpstops as well as springs? rollbars? airride?

Brake donors Audi TT, A4, S4 S6, SQ3, SQ5, Golf TSI-R, Passat R36, Toureag, Porsche boxter, cayenne?

BASH29 · Mar 27, 2017

Could I use brakes from an Audi s3 2010 plate 8P?? The 345mm discs n s3 embossed calipers???

BASH29 · Mar 27, 2017

minimarvel said:
Octavia scout, yeti. Tiguan, 4 motion golf, A3 quatrro, Q3

Phone some advertisers from out a PVW mag. Shocks and bumpstops as well as springs? rollbars? airride?

Brake donors Audi TT, A4, S4 S6, SQ3, SQ5, Golf TSI-R, Passat R36, Toureag, Porsche boxter, cayenne?

Appreciate the help on the springs, will have a look.

Does anyone know if the altea xl stanard springs would fit the freetrack as this would give me a 40mm drop.

m0rk · Mar 27, 2017

Kev @ Revo bought my Freetrack, it's sat on coilovers with a set of their brakes

It also has Stage 3+ so is fairly quick too now

BASH29 · Mar 27, 2017

m0rk said:
Kev @ Revo bought my Freetrack, it's sat on coilovers with a set of their brakes

It also has Stage 3+ so is fairly quick too now

Thanks appreciate the pic n info, looks nice. Are they 18" or 19" wheels?? Ride height looks good, but I don't want to spend to much on lowering hence looking at just springs or utilising oem altea xl springs. Need to do some more research.

minimarvel · Mar 28, 2017

BASH29 said:
Could I use brakes from an Audi s3 2010 plate 8P?? The 345mm discs n s3 embossed calipers???

These sound awesome. Callipers and carriers.

Sounds like Kev at Revo will have all your answers. You Could hit them up for a map too??

eddyb99 · Mar 28, 2017

BASH29 said:
Hi all

its been a while since i last owned a seat! bigger family this time round so have decided to try the freetrack!!!

straight away i can see that theres not many fans on here!!!

can anyone help with advising on the best way forward for the following mods....

*most cost effective way to lower the freetrack by 40-70mm - can i use the standard XL springs to reduce height by 40mm???? or potentially 70mm lowering springs designed for altea xl???

*most cost effective way to increase the performance of the front brakes - i did like my brembo's on my cupra R. but there not cheap for the freetrack. what can i utilise from the VW/audi group that will help?? S3 set up?? R32 setup???

looking to complete a stage 1 map to get approx 250BHP. hence the brakes above.

any suggestions would be appreciated.

I've cupra r fronts on my altea tfsi... I bought it with them already fitted but was told they were off a 2015 cupra r...

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BASH29 · Mar 28, 2017

eddyb99 said:
I've cupra r fronts on my altea tfsi... I bought it with them already fitted but was told they were off a 2015 cupra r...

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They look good, looks like you got them in with the original 17" wheels, bonus. Have you ever thought of lowering?? If so please share!

eddyb99 · Mar 28, 2017

BASH29 said:
They look good, looks like you got them in with the original 17" wheels, bonus. Have you ever thought of lowering?? If so please share!

I have thought about dropping it 30 mil just but have decided not too as it's a family wagon after all so don't want to spoil comfort plus nearly every street in a 100 mile radius from where I live has speed bumps lol

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BASH29 · Mar 28, 2017

eddyb99 said:
I have thought about dropping it 30 mil just but have decided not too as it's a family wagon after all so don't want to spoil comfort plus nearly every street in a 100 mile radius from where I live has speed bumps lol

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How were you going to go about dropping 30mm, what make springs were you going to use.

eddyb99 · Mar 28, 2017

BASH29 said:
How were you going to go about dropping 30mm, what make springs were you going to use.

Was going to use lowering springs... H&R are meant to be decent... around £170 for a set on Ebay.

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BASH29 · Mar 28, 2017

eddyb99 said:
Was going to use lowering springs... H&R are meant to be decent... around £170 for a set on Ebay.

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I can't find any springs for the freetrack at all! Just finding altea xl 30/40mm drop. That means a total drop off 70/80mm which will not be gentle on the current shocks!

H&R that you found were they specifically for the freetrack???

minimarvel · Mar 28, 2017

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TA-Techni...898310?hash=item33b53b5bc6:g:2vEAAOSwgApW~T5a

A mate got 100k miles out of set of TA technics. Quality is open for debate though.

The Front OD is stated as 50mm but comes with a sleeve the fit the 55mm bore in the hub.

minimarvel · Mar 28, 2017

You may may to measure your strut OD where it goes into the hub. These state 50OD only.

eddyb99 · Mar 28, 2017

BASH29 said:
I can't find any springs for the freetrack at all! Just finding altea xl 30/40mm drop. That means a total drop off 70/80mm which will not be gentle on the current shocks!

H&R that you found were they specifically for the freetrack???

No mate they were for the altea... being a sort of off roader and it generally sitting higher because of that lowering it may cause all sorts of problems for you but I really can't say... I'm sure someone here will know though.

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BASH29 · Mar 28, 2017

minimarvel said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TA-Techni...898310?hash=item33b53b5bc6:g:2vEAAOSwgApW~T5a

A mate got 100k miles out of set of TA technics. Quality is open for debate though.

The Front OD is stated as 50mm but comes with a sleeve the fit the 55mm bore in the hub.

Appreciate this info, maybe an option...

BASH29 · Mar 28, 2017

At the moment it looks like for a 40mm drop the best option is to use the OEM altea xl springs, will have a better look once the freetrack arrived in the weekend.

m0rk · Mar 28, 2017

minimarvel said:
Sounds like Kev at Revo will have all your answers. You Could hit them up for a map too??

Do that.

I bought mine deliberately to map... It was done within 40miles of being collected & was hilarious at blitzing people

BASH29 · Mar 28, 2017

m0rk said:
Do that.

I bought mine deliberately to map... It was done within 40miles of being collected & was hilarious at blitzing people

Did u have to do any mods for the stage 1?? Wat power did u achieve??

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