... on mods!

Now all the niggles on the car are sorted, apart from a nice little service, I'm getting a list prepared for 'what comes next'.

I now have a nice new clutch on the way, courtesy of gac, which will be fitted before anything else.

This realistically gives me around 380lb/ft headroom to play with, being conservative.

This is my list of thinking so far...

1) Clutch

2) Panel filter (already coming)

3) Milltek non-resonated exhaust system

4) Front mounted intercooler - this is where I'd like some guidance. Firstly, is it really worth it? Second, how much will a decent setup cost and is it easy to fit?

5) Remap

Apart from that, job done. Happy to accept other suggestions though- would a PD150 turbo make a huge difference? Not really going to consider a hybrid turbo as it'll cost a fortune.

Rear arb will transform handling.

don't hold me to it but i had a golf pd150 and i thought the turbos were the same as the 130 it was a few other differences that made the extra power

Rear arb will transform handling.

+ 1 and is quite easy to fit yourself. Plenty of "how to" posts on here.

Noted, will spending a truckload on one make a noticeable difference or is there just some fairly decent, popular one that goes for a song? I'm fairly mechanically-minded...

I seem to remember that the Golf PD150 had maybe a larger front intercooler..? I could be wrong...

Picked up a new amp and wiring kit today, after spending a lot of the day building a sub box for a 10" JBL Power Series sub... not easy!! It may have a small diameter but it's bloody deep (about 6" deep) and the cavity I've hidden it in is about 5.5" deep haha!

That was the pre-stages, before we had to cut about a million bits off it so it would fit properly.

Got the new panel filter coming this week, and will be uprating my foglights, main beams and sidelights this week too... should be fun!

yeah the 150 had a front mount intercooler and the 130 had a side mount like the 20v turbo. and the mapping was different i don't know of any other differences

As said, Turbo/Front Mount/Map are the only differences between the pd130/pd150.

A stage 1 map with a pd150 turbo/fmic should see you close to 330-350ftlb / 195-200bhp My PD130 Stage1 with miltek ran 343ftlb & 184bhp, so upgrading to a FMIC/PD150 turbo might not make sense financially.

Don't forget the other bits, Suspension/Brakes

Matthew

Thanks Matt I'll look into the suspension and brakes when the time is right. Brakes are pretty good at the mo and I'm not really a B-road Batterer anymore, so suspension's not too much of a fuss... it is a bit pudding-like though!