£750 to spend on my car, what should I do...?

[james walker]

right guys having a few thought and opinions welcome...

i have roughly £750 to spend on my baby

what i already have is

1. full koni street shocks and springs
2 18 inch inovit cts
3, green induction kit
4. milltek dp and sports cat
5. p-torque stage 1 generic map.
6. liquid tt lcd screen system race diagnostics
7. samco tip

im after the following for handling and, power upgrades whaddya think, anything else you guys think id be better spending my(the wifes) cash on?

1. p-torque custom map £325
2. rear arb 22mm whiteline.
3. front s3 brace
4. lower s3 brace
5. ina engine mounts (worth it??????)


anything else and opinions welcome

cheers

 

[ChrisGTL]

Nuespeed ARB's & a weekend in Amsterdam tbh.

 

[james walker]

he he, just had 2 weeks in florida pal...

neuspeed arbs a bit pricey, just want the rear really to combat a bit of understeer.

 

[ChrisGTL]

neuspeed arbs a bit pricey

Get what you pay for.

In this case quality product which will make a massive difference, once its on its on.

 

[james walker]

got the whiteline for £65 delivered mate, my mate had one on his mk4 gti and was impressed with it, for £65 its a massive improvement on standard.....

 

[james walker]

oh, another one

does the front strut braces really make that much difference to handling at all, as i want to tighten the rear end to reduce understeer??

 

[caveo]

750 ... right then rear ARB ( eibach or whiteline are a good price ) upper & lower strut brace are also cheap ( i have both S3 ones ) .
I'd leave the remap unless your getting another turbo as you will only gain another 10-15 bhp ( you @ 220 ish now? )
Or the best handling mod available ( just add another 250 ) a Quaife diff .

 

[james walker]

im thinking stage 2 map as it incorporates custom mapping for the dp and cat

quaife,peloquin,, love to but that is a bit hefty isnt it matey(unless your wifes super rich)

is the upper brace really worth it, did you notice a difference?

 

[caveo]

yep it keeps the front end level and tyres down when corning , steering seems a little sharper too and will pay for its self soon as tyre where is alot more even.

 

[james walker]

what about the ina mounts, i see you have vibratechnics?

worth it for the cash?

 

[caveo]

Yep nice little mod , sometimes overlooked , really helps get the power down and for somereason helps it seem nippyer

 

[P-torque.co.uk]

im thinking stage 2 map as it incorporates custom mapping for the dp and cat

quaife,peloquin,, love to but that is a bit hefty isnt it matey(unless your wifes super rich)

is the upper brace really worth it, did you notice a difference?

Hi James

Its 100% worth stage 2 mapping with your new exhaust set up.

I will run it on the dyno and see what we can get out of it

 

[caveo]

so hes at 220 now and he dont have a high flow mani or fmic , so i would say 235 bhp tops with 300 rmp better spool ???

 

[P-torque.co.uk]

so hes at 220 now and he dont have a high flow mani or fmic , so i would say 235 bhp tops with 300 rmp better spool ???

Hi Caveo

The stage 1 software produces approx 210bhp and 230lbs/ft torque.

Stage 2 with full exhaust produces approx 230bhp and 265 - 270lbs/ft with much wider power band

 

[caveo]

FULL exhaust , thatll be another part he needs then. lol

 

[P-torque.co.uk]

FULL exhaust , thatll be another part he needs then. lol

I think he does have a full exhaust on order...may have it wrong though.

Theres always something else to get

 

[james walker]

hi p torque

i have a dp and sports cat mate, stock oem cat back.

for £325 15 bhp seems a lot of cash for not a great amount of gain, also thats half way to a peloquin etc...

got stage 1 p-torque, i think 325 to go to stage 2 is a little steep for me to see another 15 brake.

 

[Willie]

If I were you I'd do the INA engine mounts (street density engine and transmission and track density DBM). Very very nice feel to this set up, this is what I have £165 plus say £50 shipping and customs stuff £215 + £10 for OEM bolts £225
S3 upper and lower strutt brace, deffinately £100 inc OEM bolts
Rear ARB, deffinately £65
Plus you'll need a 4 wheel alignment check after these aswell £50
Stage 2 remap. £325

225 + 100 + 65 + 50 + 325 = £765 close enough

 

[james walker]

mmmmmh, desicions desicions

worth just uprating the dbm not the engine mounts as im not running mega bt power?

 

[P-torque.co.uk]

hi p torque

i have a dp and sports cat mate, stock oem cat back.

for £325 15 bhp seems a lot of cash for not a great amount of gain, also thats half way to a peloquin etc...

got stage 1 p-torque, i think 325 to go to stage 2 is a little steep for me to see another 15 brake.

You'll get more than 15bhp The torque hike is very big, and torque is held stronger for longer. You'll see this on the before/after dyno runs