Well after owning a mk1 vrs estate for a few years and getting it to 240bhp and 300lbft with all the bolt ons and a rtech map, I decided to sell it for a mk3 vrs hatch. The idea was to take it stage 1 only. Well...

 

Heres how I picked it up

 

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I then bought a dtuk box and had it dyno tested. stock was 235bhp 260lbft and with full settings 280bhp and 330lbft. Now bear with me Ive had 4 years worth of mods done!

 

Black grill and mirrors next. Rear sill plates. Ramair panel filter. HR springs, Kenwood Garmin Satnav. Dog bone mount, Reiger rear splitter, genuine boot guard thingy,

 

 

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ok so I changed the grill with a hammer

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later I fitted a cosworth honda s2000 filter I had spare in the garage with a ramair pipe.

then racing line elbow and turbo muff delete.

also got a golf r dv + and a scorpion dp cat

 

I got a scorpion system later on. (no pics of that)

 

I tried ebc again and was quite happy with them

then I went for a r600 intake during a winter sale

Trip to LeMans classic

 

added 19 inch bbs ch reps

 

 

 

and a roof rack!

 

 

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airtec cooler time. Also at around the same time I fitted a is38 turbo from a facelift audi s3.

 

 

swapped the elbow and pipe for a turbo technics setup. Much bigger.

 

Tuned at unicorn 390bhp and torque capped at 380lbft. Also had the dsg mapped. The power was lower than he had hoped but i was using rainsport tyres which are really soft and they had to remove hadfulls of rubber off the dyno and it was a bloody hot day 26c i think,

next up was a alloy audi a3 subframe, new arms fully superpro bushed including caster increase.

golf clubsport 2 discs and pads. mtec rear discs and pagid pads.  golf mk7 rear wiper, new dog bones and full insert, new drop links, strut brace. wrapped the dp. brake fluid. reiger front splitter. tour de france rear seat covers.

then I started getting a leak near the cam cover. turns out this is common. so got a new one and internal seals. also had to get new top mounts and bearings as mine were making a noise.

 

 

yay new wheels time. racing line 19s with mich ps4s tyres.

 

 

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fitted the extra 034 dogmount insert and cleaned the filter

few weeks back the car was idling funny and stalling. I did some research and bought a new cam magnet. Bingo all fixed! The pipe in the middle should move freely. Mine was sticking ever so slightly and was messing up the vvt.

 

 

 

 

Dyno'd the car again last november at the orignal place I used (gotboost) and then hit 405bhp and again the capped 380 lbft.

 

So I'm pretty happy now.

I also just bought a Draggy gps. 0-60 5.1 and 100kph-200kph 8.34

more pics because i Don't think I've added enough lol

 

 

Breathtaking transformation

Impressive build mate and you must have spent some time posting all those photos as well. Just had a good read of it all.

cheers guys. I had the car 4 years now. glad I didnt bore you with the pics. I recon I've missed louds out too.

my old subframe used a different type of dog bone. take a look at the pics. that style dogbone simply doesnt work!

they crack and bend.

 

 

I've changed to the below ones.they accept the better designed mount inserts

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