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  1. pompeysteve

    B8 or B14s?

    My S3 has been my daily driver for over 3 years and 50k miles, but now has been promoted/relegated to my weekend fun car. With this in mind its time to replace the tired struts. My first choice was the bilsein b8s keeping my eibach springs, but currently there are sets of b14 coilovers on ebay...
  2. pompeysteve

    Yet Another Boost Problem.

    Firstly let me apologise for another boost issue thread. I've been running a 325hp Backdraft big turbo kit on my AMK for 70k miles now, and never had an issue until a week ago when the turbo died on me. rather than making the long trip to backdraft, I thought I'd trust the job to my local race...
  3. pompeysteve

    Hindhead tunnel noise!

    How exciting to have a tunnel here in the south UK at long last, I drove it today in the hope of creating that lovely tunnel sound only to find a average speed check of 40mph!! Here's a small clip trying to keep the speed down. I imagine this post is in the wrong forum, sorry in advance if it is.
  4. pompeysteve

    Introducing myself and my S3

    I thought it polite to introduce myself and my car. Been a VAG fan for sometime now, Mk4 R32, 1999 S3, A4 TDI (sensible period) now 2001 S3. My last S3 was a bit of a dog to be frank, always something failing or falling off, but i knew they couldn't all be that way. Had the new one for 2 months...
  5. pompeysteve

    Newbie here saying hi

    Hi guys and gals, Bought my second 8L S3 last week, a beautiful car and I still love it even after it threw a con rod down the motorway some 5 hours into my ownership! Sill hey ho, nobody said owning an S3 was cheap did they!
  6. pompeysteve

    4WD Problem, any ideas?

    My 2000 S3 has developed a problem, with the drive to the rear wheels, to be more precise, there just isn't any. Having all those revo horses running through just the front wheels isn't much fun I can tell ya! I had my local garage have a quick look but they dont really know where to start...