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    London Volksfest (North Weald this Sunday)

    http://www.vwaction.com/vwlvf/ this. its a general VAG day and it has a quarter mile strip as its an airfield. a bunch of us are going from club gti, a fair few are bringing two cars as there is a small competition going on to see who has the fastest girlfriend hence their cars and our...
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    driveshaft interface

    finally got round to lowering the mk4. car feels lovely now but i have the expected driveshaft and arb interface. what extendable drop links work and are worth going for?
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    valuation

    hi there was working on customer's car this weekend, a 98 2.8 quattro avant in kingfisher blue, black leather, auto etc. the car has sat about for 2-3 months, its no longer used as the owner's husband (ie her chauffeur) died. she wants to put it up for sale as she has no use for it...
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    coil pack wiring

    i wanna do something with my coilpack wiring. under bonnet temps seem unreal on these cars and something i feel that is bound to become a casulty is gonna be the coil pack wiring. mine seems generally intact at the mo. i wanna devise a way of having it not clipped to the cam cover and...
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    timing pull. what is a little and what is a lot

    ideally you want zero. but whats a litte and whats a lot. whats acceptable to see on the measuring blocks?
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    which a3 did these wheels come from?

    i want some in my life. which a3s got these??
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    20vt fwd lower intercooler hose (pancake pipe)

    anyone here had any experience of changing this part of the system and know how it effects the engine's response? ive always thought this had to be a bit of a bottle neckand im going down the route of either making or buying an off the shelf replacement gonna be testing the before and...
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    your oil pump pick up

    did two of them over the weekend, a 98 agu and a 02 (or 03) AUM. the agu has lived on 10k service intervals. the sump and pick up were moderately dirty. only had to wire brush parts of the sump, the rest came back to bare metal with brake cleaner and a cloth. the pick up was again...
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    whats the length of the bodywork warranty?

    my golf has orrible bits on the roof
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    i wanted to be more like you guys

    ive recently bought a mk4 golf off one of members from CGTI. its a 2000 ARZ, 148k miles and all in all it seems pretty good. i gave it a bit of a once over today because i could feel all wasnt well with the new acquisition. firstly the car had quite noticable lag, ie on par with an escort RS...
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    rear crank seal. 20vt generic?

    ie this http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Audi_A3_1.8_2000/p/Car-Parts/Engine-Parts/Engine-Parts/Gaskets-and-Seals/?369440390&1&091c72f11b335dc423d9bc0ff1a2358051fec6fb&CKSS rear crank seal. states it goes on an aum and auq etc. any reason why it wont go on an AGU? states tis for an 81mm crank
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    baffled by a 20vt. engine knock

    its a 2000 agu, drive by wire. on the over run you can hear a knock. ive been over the engine with a stethoscope and at first it wasnt clear where the noise came from (not bell housing, not exh. man. turbo area, not the crank case) the aux belt tensioner moves with the engine revs and it...
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    washed the S4

    i hadnt washed it since i got it 6 months ago, but at least it was clean when i got it. one wash, one clay, another wash, one machine polish, hand polish and two coats of sealant. wheels were washed and waxed and all the bright work was brightened up i cleaned the leather yesterday...
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    changed my opinion of the S4 a bit

    the other week four of us took a trip to Thorpe Park, so we took the S4 four adults on board (my two 20 year old brothers in the back) and our gear for the day in the boot everything is absorbed easily. my youngest brother is a shade over 6ft tall, no issues fitting him in the back (behind...
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    at what point do you throw in your keys?

    thats the breakdown of the cost of a litre of petrol. 57p a litre goes to duty for the govt. it makes me feel sick when i think about the extent our govt is ripping us off. theyre dipping into your pocket and taking 57p every time you put a litre in your car that has to be the height of...
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    choosing your remaps

    not the usual hourly "what remap thread", this may be able to end it all.. have any of you arranged a meet in the past to line all the cars up with the different maps (and a standard one) to see which is capable of what? a simple drag race ought to show up what the differences actually are
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    FAO S4 owners. Performance Car mag review

    this is the review that sold the S4 to me, back in december 1997. http://community.evo.co.uk/forums/thread.cfm?threadID=46870&startRow=0 follow that down to the bottom and follow the link to the scan of the magazine Performance Car magazine was one of the best motoring rags ever known...
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    Are we allowed to comment on cars for sale etc?

    http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/1480023.htm the reason i ask is its obviously not nice to point out faults in other cars blah blah blah but i wouldnt want to go out there, buy this black car, when i know a few months back it was up for sale with a gearbox/rear diff problem thats now not...
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    Torsen quattro and braking

    i was thinking about this the other day. what happens when you brake, a wheel or two locks up on the same "axle", that happens to the torsen diff? does everything wind up in the centre box and lock the rears too?
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    Audi s4 sump sensor

    my understanding of this is that it tells the oil level but does it also show the oil temp for the gauge? im not even sure if my car has one (and ive spent enough time under there i should know) im going to disconnect it tonight and test it (if it has one) anyone know for sure though?