I've looked at a few kits for an fmic, most list the kits for the mk4 golf, octavia etc under the same umbrella but I've found a market place one (Gravity performance) which says it'll work with the A3, the Leon, the golf and the octavia from that era but won't work on the octavia vrs. 

 

Any ideas why that might be? I assumed the mk1 vrs was the same in many ways as the golf, with the same 1.8t as the rest listed but for some reason the vRS is excluded. 

I've seen that maybe the connection to the turbo is a few mm different but aren't the turbos the same across the range except for the ko4? 

I believe it's due to the front slam panel as there're a few differences between the VRS and the MK4 Golf.

A popular upgrade would be a Welly cooler, or a Forge. Personally, I went for a more stealth setup and used a twin pass intercooler. The means both the pipes are on the left hand side so when goes into the TB and the other joins up underneath where the original intercooler was. This was nothing can be seen from the bumper (no ugly pipes/joins).

Ah right, I've emailed the manufacturer for more info, hopefully if it is the slam panel I may be able to work around it without hacking it apart! 

 

Which twin Pass have you gone for? I'd seen some and liked the idea but they all seem to need chunks of slam panel removed. As for the forge etc, I'm happy to spend bigger money on parts but I just can't justify the money on a radiator and a few pipes, but I guess you get what you pay for somehow with them

15 hours ago, JMu said:

Ah right, I've emailed the manufacturer for more info, hopefully if it is the slam panel I may be able to work around it without hacking it apart! 

 

Which twin Pass have you gone for? I'd seen some and liked the idea but they all seem to need chunks of slam panel removed. As for the forge etc, I'm happy to spend bigger money on parts but I just can't justify the money on a radiator and a few pipes, but I guess you get what you pay for somehow with them

I have a THS setup. A very small amount of modification to the slam panel, I didn't want to hack it up as it's obviously quite important.

Small cut here to allow the top pipe to sit in

 

You'll see how it all sits here

 

Thanks, that's actually a big help I'll have a look into those as it looks like you've got it in there quite nicely! 

You could have a look through this thread.

 

Whilst Gee is no longer on this forum, there is still some good info in there.

 

Hope it helps.