Na its all covered in on mine, if you look at my picture there is a bit of the same material as the arch liner covers all that area in.

Looks like iam wrong then.What does everyone think to the slit and hair dryer mod i described earlier?

That's what I tried doing on mine, looked crap so I just cut larger slits of material out.

The hair dryer trick looked cr*p on all the examples I have seen in a number of VAG forums. Too fiddly for my liking.

The hair dryer trick looked cr*p on all the examples I have seen in a number of VAG forums. Too fiddly for my liking.

I agree,and for £17 its a lot easier to fit the TT vent.

Ordered a Forge TIP and have been told I need to do a throttle body allignement after fitting so the question I have is do I need VAG.COM to do this or is there any other way of realligning the throttle body?

I didn't bother

I didn't bother

Me neither

Thats handy thanks guys I won't bother worrying about it then . So what kind of difference does this make to the standard car? I want to get all the little bits done before I go to Jabba or P-Torque (Havent decided which mapper I'm going to yet) so the map is done with the new bits in place

I never noticed any difference tbh.

I think it's a bit smoother and feels a little bit faster....

Could all be in my head though!

Little more noise from the DV with the TIP . I agree with Ethos a little smoother running. My Turbo spin up does feel slightly better, but could be in my head too. I look at it that all these little mods make up to the better overall running of my car. certainly seemed that way when I took it to the JKM RR day.......... My BHP and Torque graph was spot on.

Looking good and a healthy 219bhp!

Cracking torque bowders. Who did the remap?

I will try and dig out. I took a flyer with the remap by sending my ECU off to a company to get a map loaded. At 200 quid I was well chuffed.

Hi,

Does the wheel arch mod that you all have done really help with the cooling of the standard intercooler substantially?

I'm running at 239bhp & was going to fit a FMIC before the warmer weather, but the money I had put aside for it will possiblly have to be spent on other maintenance issues that have cropped up on the car.

I cannot answer that as I have just done mod and do not know what its like in warmer weather.All I can say is that getting an airflow though the intercooler must make some difference,as you know as standard it can't get much flow as it vents into the wing.

Oggy , what have you had done to get 239 BHP? That not a bad BHP figure at all. If you are on standard turbo that must be about the best I have seen on a standard 1.8 block. I was thinking of getting a FMIC but then cost, possibly getting a K04 to make it worthwhile put me off. You start getting into a whole new ball game. I also considered traction on the car to be a issue pushing any more significant bhp. I am also considering gettng the Milotec front bumper side vents to also help keep intercooler in better shape.

Have you got the name of that mapping company yet Bowders?

Cheers

Oggy , what have you had done to get 239 BHP? That not a bad BHP figure at all. If you are on standard turbo that must be about the best I have seen on a standard 1.8 block. I was thinking of getting a FMIC but then cost, possibly getting a K04 to make it worthwhile put me off. You start getting into a whole new ball game. I also considered traction on the car to be a issue pushing any more significant bhp. I am also considering gettng the Milotec front bumper side vents to also help keep intercooler in better shape.

All I have done is Carbonio CAI, Forge TIP, forge DV, Miltek sports cat, Blueflame exhaust & JBS custom code phase1 remap with standard turbo.

This produced on JBS rollers 223.3ft/lb torque & 238.3bhp @ 6607rpm at the flywheel.

I think I have come to end of limits of the standard turbo, might be able to squeeze some more horses out with a custom remap when I get a FMIC, but To me at the moment it feels just right amount power & I'm happy.

Well took the wheel off and have done this. Just did the drilling method and it looks quite discreet.

Don't know if it will make any difference though.

Cheers

martziniuk,

Sorry took a while to find the remap details, lost the info.

Here it is:

eBay UK Shop - Ultimate ECU Remaps: VW Remaps, Audi Remaps, Motorhome Remaps

Great guy, Jason was the name, very helpful.

Cheers

Mark.

Still considering drilling my arch...wheels are coming off for a clean at the weekend, so perfect chance.