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  4. What would you do????

    in General Chat

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    £12k for a mint mk4 R32 with 32k on the clock and £500 worth of Milltex exhaust on it? I'd be at that cashpoint drawing out a deposit before he had a chance to breathe!

    I've been looking at R32s for over a year now and the only ones I've seen for that money are 80,000 miles+ or Cat D accident repairs.

  5. wooden steering wheel

    in General Chat

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    i got one off ebay last year that had the original box with 2 months use ' date=' was it sold on ebay as i think i bought it

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    That sounds very much like the one my brother sold. His was a half wood, half leather one. It had never been fitted or used when he bought it and he only had it fitted to his car (which he hardly used anyway) for a couple of months. It was mint!

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  8. jiggin an OBD2

    in Engine Maintenance and Problems

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    You can convert an OBD1 engine to OBD2 management, but to do this, you need the complete engine loom, throttle body, inlet manifold, ECU, MAF, transponder ring and key from an OBD2 VR. You might be able to get around needing the key & transponder if you get the immobiliser programmed out of the ECU. This is a fairly popular conversion on supercharged VR Corrados.

  13. ebay deep front spoiler

    in Bodywork and Styling

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    Defo brittle and they don't meet in't middle!

    OEM ones often don't meet in the middle either. Mine is OEM and there is the same 1/2" gap in the middle that you get with the aftermarket ones.

    I have no idea how much VW charge for the OEM splitters though - I was lucky and got mine free with the donor car my engine came out of!

  15. Inlet mani heat proofing

    in Engine Tuning

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    I've heard of people putting a layer of heat insulation between the rocker cover and inlet manifold on supercharged VRs and slight power & torque improvements were seen through doing this.

    There is also an insulating gasket ( http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/store/product.php?xProd=3507&xSec=129 ) that you can get that goes between the manifold and the head, which is supposed to reduce heat soak even further. Once again, this mod is mainly intended for forced-induction setups, where inlet temps are critical.

  17. Supercharger FAQ - MAF vs. MAFless discussion

    in Engine Tuning

    Posted

    That is one area that GIAC were spot on with. Idle speed and cold starting were both excellent. God knows what software they used to code these areas.

    Maybe with 4" MAF' date=' which has 33% more air flow, will give a corresponding 33% reduction in fuelling at idle against the reduced air mass, which with the red tops might just work out. Not sure, but I'm happy for Stealth to have my maf housing to experiment with. It can't hurt to try :-)

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    I had to take my stage 2 VF-E kit (Stealth map, MAF connected) off the car due to the cold overfuelling problem - it coked up a brand new set of spark plugs, rendering them inoperable, after just 2 weeks of VERY light use.

    This is not a trivial problem - continuing to run this setup would have carbon-fouled my valves and may even have resulted in hot-spots & preignition, causing untold damage to the engine.

    All the evidence is pointing at the Redtop injectors just being too big for an 8-10PSi setup. Vince said he was going to experiment with smaller G60 injectors. Did he ever get around to this?

  18. Should I be shot?

    in General Chat

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    A stage 1 VF-E supercharger kit is a safe bet. £2250 will get you a smooth & reliable 260BHP from a kit that can be fitted in a weekend. You can go with the bundled GIAC chip or, if you want to get a custom map done at Stealth for an extra few BHP then you can.

    The best bit is that the kit will still fetch £1800 second hand after 2 years of use.

    Don't get tempted by Stage 2 - the stage 2 GIAC chips don't work and Stealth really struggle mapping for the bigger injectors. The extra 20BHP ain't worth the extra hassle and expense.

  19. silly mate *pics of scooby*

    in General Chat

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    ^^ that and its looks shiiiiiiiiiiiite despite its power! i cant understand why everybody (under 25) raves about those shiiiiity cars? after all its a Datsun with a spoiler without the quality of a Honda!

    Oh yeah, they look like sh*te, no doubt about it. Nasty plasticky dash too, and no leather, even as an optional extra. But they ARE great fun to drive.

    Limited shelf life though. Ten quid says he sells it in 12 months' time. Then he will learn about arguably the biggest drawback of Scooby ownership - the monsterous depreciation.

  22. ebay deep front spoiler

    in Bodywork and Styling

    Posted

    The Aftermarket and OEM VW versions look exactly the same, but are made out of a completely different type of plastic.

    The VW one is much tougher and can take many many knocks without breaking. The eBay aftermarket ones crack at the first sight of a kerb.

    But then, the aftermarket ones are so cheap, you can afford to break a few....

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