Alright guys, thought id finally get round to doing this as ive now finally started to get the car to a decent stage
the love affair started back in early March 2010 when i finally decided i wanted to change my car, after doing masses of hunting to find the spec that i was after i finally saw this one
with in a few days of seeing the add i was down at the dealer for a test drive, 2 hours later after a lots of haggling, threatening to walk out i signed on the line and payed my deposit
a week later on the 26th March i went and picked up my new toy
at this point i had said to myself that i wasnt going to touch it, it was perfect as it is.... later that week i joined ASN and the very very slippery slope started, first thing that went on was some pressed metal plates from dubmeister, really simple and cheap mod that means up the front no end, later that week, on went my '09 rear clusters the original ones were just too dated looking imo so off they went
the car stayed like this for about a month, and then my finger started itching again, this time i really wasnt sure what to do, i sort of knew it was going to get some more power so i found a deal on an Evoms CAI off John on here. it sounds amazing, sounds like got darth vader under the bonnet
come October i got the itch again and this time i wanted some proper power, i was originally of thinking of Shark Performance but a good friend of mine pointed me in the direction of Evolve Automotive based up in Luton, after a bit of a chat with them, got the car booked in for a stage 1 map and a cat back Milltek non res with special tips
car before, producing an average 285 bhp with the stock exhaust system
the car on the dyno at Evolve getting the full treatment and exhaust system now producing an much more healthy 319 bhp
the change in the cars peformance and noise was amazing and well worth the damage!
come november i was able to pick up some H&R springs and H&R spacer, so was off to AMD to get them slapped on, really helps sort out the stance, tho the mis-match on the springs to dampers can cause issues at hight speed... but thats on the list to fix lol
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the next change was a right impulse buy, one of those late night on ebay things, a nice shiny set of TT air vents, oh so much nicer then the standard S3 ones that i just didnt like!
the next area that got some attention was the braking system, now the S3 set up isnt bad, but given a bit of abuse and it really cant cope, fades really badly! so had an opportunity to pick up a decent BBK for silly money so back to AMD for another change!
before:
after:
they were seriously warped when i got them, so got them skimmed and now all is good, tho finding new rotors and pads has been a right pain... but ive finally sourced some... from Italy lol so will be picking them up later in the summer
that was all back in February so its been a while, but now the weather has stated to heat up it was time that i did a little mod to my CAI to help fight some of the heat soak it suffers from, so on with some shinny tape... still needs finishing off, but just not had the time, but this is it so far
and finally on friday i was able to get back down to Evolve for some my stage 2 software, so on with my new down pipe
unfortunately i didnt get a chance to get it on the dyno, but im up in the area in a week or so, so will pop in and see what its now making... cant wait as its made a massive difference!
and comments, views or suggestions, be good to hear them and cheers for looking!
the love affair started back in early March 2010 when i finally decided i wanted to change my car, after doing masses of hunting to find the spec that i was after i finally saw this one
with in a few days of seeing the add i was down at the dealer for a test drive, 2 hours later after a lots of haggling, threatening to walk out i signed on the line and payed my deposit
a week later on the 26th March i went and picked up my new toy
at this point i had said to myself that i wasnt going to touch it, it was perfect as it is.... later that week i joined ASN and the very very slippery slope started, first thing that went on was some pressed metal plates from dubmeister, really simple and cheap mod that means up the front no end, later that week, on went my '09 rear clusters the original ones were just too dated looking imo so off they went
the car stayed like this for about a month, and then my finger started itching again, this time i really wasnt sure what to do, i sort of knew it was going to get some more power so i found a deal on an Evoms CAI off John on here. it sounds amazing, sounds like got darth vader under the bonnet
come October i got the itch again and this time i wanted some proper power, i was originally of thinking of Shark Performance but a good friend of mine pointed me in the direction of Evolve Automotive based up in Luton, after a bit of a chat with them, got the car booked in for a stage 1 map and a cat back Milltek non res with special tips
car before, producing an average 285 bhp with the stock exhaust system
the car on the dyno at Evolve getting the full treatment and exhaust system now producing an much more healthy 319 bhp
the change in the cars peformance and noise was amazing and well worth the damage!
come november i was able to pick up some H&R springs and H&R spacer, so was off to AMD to get them slapped on, really helps sort out the stance, tho the mis-match on the springs to dampers can cause issues at hight speed... but thats on the list to fix lol
before:
front:
back:
After:
front:
back:
the next change was a right impulse buy, one of those late night on ebay things, a nice shiny set of TT air vents, oh so much nicer then the standard S3 ones that i just didnt like!
the next area that got some attention was the braking system, now the S3 set up isnt bad, but given a bit of abuse and it really cant cope, fades really badly! so had an opportunity to pick up a decent BBK for silly money so back to AMD for another change!
before:
after:
they were seriously warped when i got them, so got them skimmed and now all is good, tho finding new rotors and pads has been a right pain... but ive finally sourced some... from Italy lol so will be picking them up later in the summer
that was all back in February so its been a while, but now the weather has stated to heat up it was time that i did a little mod to my CAI to help fight some of the heat soak it suffers from, so on with some shinny tape... still needs finishing off, but just not had the time, but this is it so far
and finally on friday i was able to get back down to Evolve for some my stage 2 software, so on with my new down pipe
unfortunately i didnt get a chance to get it on the dyno, but im up in the area in a week or so, so will pop in and see what its now making... cant wait as its made a massive difference!
and comments, views or suggestions, be good to hear them and cheers for looking!
Bet you cant wait to see what she running now
