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IF i do the project it would be with a used one, not the factory. I did the same with air filter box, kept as original the one and modify the other. I don't want to shorten the A part, i can not drive with a gear stick like this because my console is lower than this MX-5 and every time i have to bend so my hand can reach it.

Not for me, i have already installed and aftermarket knob which had 3 plastic cones as accessories to fit it properly. Now the height is as it should be, in M3 or MX-5 a factory short gear shift it suits, not in my case. GR is not USA where everyone can sue anybody and ask for compensation. Many years ago an American cigar smoker sued a cigar manufacturer because one night fell asleep in his couch with the cigar in his hand and later put the blame for the fire on the cigar company.

Here as is in the manual, high resolution photo which don't fit in a post so i put a link. https://img.7zap.com/images/oem/vag3/SK/Bilder/101/101711000.TIF.png Shortening the A is not an option, making bigger the B is but i have to find an electro welder to take the responsibility. Even so, how much length? 2-4-6cm longer?

Haynes does not say anything but i have found something useful in the manual.

Yes but it's not mandatory, mine lasted about 7 years. If yours is in good condition keep it another year at least.

That's a good brand. Yes, that is what Skoda suggests, me i believe in personal test mainly (sound, cracks).

If i rememeber correct Skoda says for Pulley belt (Poly-V) in 5 years. Buy a quality one, not a 6-7 euro VIKA.

Turn the belt with your hand, if there are no cracks leave it. Pay attention to the noise, in videos they mention it as ''squeaking noise'', do you hear something like this?

Due to high temperatures here i don't use the car often (i take my small motorcycle) but for the test purposes i will do at least 50-60 km distance to see the affect in Fuel Consumption at City Traffic. As always i will post photos no matter the result.

Different approach, first the coolant out and later the radiator flush additive with water.

If there was something negative i would post it, i have a spare air filter box so if things could turn otherwise i would install it and everything would be as ''stock" but now i see improvement even in Fuel Consumption in hard City Traffic. As for the cutting on that cover, i don't regret it, i didn't like it from the beginning and when @Papez show me the pictures i took my decision.

Here are 2 photos from inside the expansion tank, isn't compleately clear. I want to do a 2 stage flush, first with a 80% of a radiator cleaner (as Liqui Moly or Wynn's) and the existing coolant BUT then another one with the 20% remains and tap water. I wonder it's absolutely necessary for the radiator cleaner to work ONLY with coolant? That 2 stage task won't clean the whole system better?

Don't jump to conclusions, obviously you don't know by close any Greek. On the other hand i meet British from 1975 (all seasons) as residents, i know many things about your cook-code dress-behaviour-way of speaking etc. We have things that you have not and you have things that we have not, don't start the criticism because you will hear unpleasant things, the days of Colonialism are over and if you think that we don't know how to drive then are these with those supercars know? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11480883/Albanians-flash-cars-grind-central-London-standstill-toast-Independence-Day-home.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-2826869/Video-Moment-Albanian-Lamborghini-grinds-central-London-standstill.html Does these (which till last year didn't even had even a their own donkey back home) know how to drive and have taken lesson in your AD schools? ________________________________ returning back to the point, as for the quick shifter: Here is the Felicia mechanism. i have installed some years back that kit because was a bit loose, not any other oprion except VIKA.

We have but as i said the tracks are far away from many drivers home and costs a lot, we also have courses for drivers as Bodyguards, Cart, Rally (WRC). If you are young and your father has money you can learn many things. GR is not USA with many tracks

Except the work inside the air filter box i reinstall a hose which brings air from the grill inside, so what are the results from that increased amount of air in the throttle? Gold start: The sound of the motor (idle) is covered a bit from the air filter box noise, we all have heard that deep ''Moooa" of some exaggerations in air filters (extra holes or cut big pieces from the bottom of the plastic box etc), well this exists now but it's not loud and does not bother me, has one click more ''bass" than normal and it's pleasant. 1st gear and go on: the car is one click smoother especially at night when i am on a basement of underground parking and making circles to reach the exit. In the past i though that someone was ''pushing'' me a bit and was annoying. Drop of the needle: when i am in 2nd or even 3rd and i had to stop while pressing the brake pedal and engage neutral for the last meters the movement of the needle is smoother, it's not abrupt. The car does decelerate quieter, more softly, before the sound was different and i had the thought like someone suddenly ''brake'' the engine, the feeling that we have when the throttle is dirty or we are about to run of gas. Remind me back in the car carburettor days or still today the feeling with my small carburettor motorcycle, my throttle isn't dirty but every time (for example a sudden traffic light) that feeling and sound of that ''cut'' was unpleasant. Acceleration middle rpm: one click better, more smooth although in 3rd gear if the rpm dropped (uphill) to 2000 i hear the sound of the engine more ''Moooing" so i downshift to 2nd or take that small uphill all the way with 2nd and not 3rd. I will pay attention to this in the future. Acceleration high rpm: far better than before, no problem at all, i reached the 140 with 4th and i could go more but there was no reason and i don't like speed traffic tickets. Ok with the 5th too, no problem in Highway. Fuel Consumption: Dropped even in City Traffic, soon photos as proof. I am not an engineer or a scientist but in my car (ECU chip, custom exhaust, gauze air filter) that patent worked. Keep in mind that i have tested paper filters, another brand gauze filter, 2 kinds of POD filters, factory air box with or without the inner flap and so far that combination works, if i had a problem i would mention and accept it in public but as is now it's an all around Winner.

I don't want me or other driver in my car to ''reach the limits" in a public road. It would be good to have someone to give me some advises or make a correction to my mistake while i am driving in Mountain Roads. My gear stick was ''sloppy'' and few years back i bought and installed a factory specifications kit, things are far better now but i thought that there was a room for improvement (quick shift) but since there is no kit in the market and no time plus money for experiments i have to abandon the idea. I can't do anything then. 🙁

The ''moment of truth" came, it's time for a road test to see the behaviour of the car and the Fuel Consumption with that slightly modified air filter box. I choose to fill the tank with 98 octane gasoline from a specific gas station (more for this in a future topic), i have done about 45Km distance in hard City Traffic, about 50 Km in the Highway where i pushed at least two times the car to the red zone (5500 rpm and 140Km top speed) in purpose and return home in City Traffic. The whole test distance was 108.8 Km , the receipt in the gas pump station shown 9.020 ltr so the FC was 8,29 ltr/100Km or 34.075 UK mpg. 😍 The TC-6 shown 8,4% Average and 9ltr Total which is almost identical to the 9.020 of the pump which means the specific gas station does not steal from the pump. I could get lower MPG in Highway but that was not my purpose, i wanted to push the car to see the behaviour in high rpm, the torque, the behaviour in middle rpm later in an uphill etc with the modification. At 13:00 i am already in City, the distance is 102.7 Km The distance is 103.2 Km, normally the FC start rising due to traffic. and arrived in gas station at 13:28 so i did 6.1 Km distance in about 28 minutes (actually is 2 minutes less, it's the time to stop in the station and the time for the pump to do it's job) but you get the idea. So in the FC sector the modified air box filter worked very good, no problem with 4th gear and 100Km speed to reach the 140 Km, no hesitation to touch the 5500 rpm limit (with the previous damned-useless-crappy 15W-50 i couldn't even reach the 5000 rpm). No problem with the 10W-40 Synthetic oil, take a look the needle in the temperature gauge.

This is in Felicia, the A goes to the engine block and the B goes to the thermostat. it's absolutely impossible for my working in the side of the road to reach the end of the A, even @Thefeliciahacker didn't do it which works in his backyard. Except if a loose the upper end of the hose and spill coolant in the whole area beside the battery. I have found another photo from that messy previous expansion tank. Today i have taken some other photos plus a City Traffic test to check the Fuel Consumption with the new modified air filter box. The new isn't 100% clean, still has some residues inside, not something significant compared with the previous but still has.

This is not UK or USA, there are 2 tracks here in GR and the closest is 225 Κm from me so i need a whole day to go-return plus the enormous cost of gasoline-track ticket-instructor cost per hour-tolls etc so forget it !

As ''recommended" ? @Thefeliciahacker shows how much time a driver needs only for the Heater Core to pull out. He Is speechless till few minutes of the end of the video. Add the time to install it back plus time to add coolant, bleed air out etc.

IF i had a spare (used) mechanism and IF i could find a mechanic to take the responsibility for ''install-test-uninstall-back to the original" i would give a try. By the way i use the Double Clutching method the latest years.

So i am buying the non Pro?

Still hurts me. I had to stop watching video like this. 😢

Ok, so we lost again (as in the OBD port-Torque application). 🙁 The tower is huge (in the previous Cz links so i doubt if this could fit in our console. By the way did you notice the ''sandal" old man with his $300000 ferrari Dino above? Take a look at 6:39 at 8:38 at 9:00, no car chasing, imagine him in fast driving in Mountain Roads.

Maybe the Pro-line is for repair shops, one can car do the job for many cars so with one can can charge many customers. The other if for 1 maybe 2 vehicles at most.