Leonard

Don't forget the Mk3 Golf VR6 drivers inferiority complex weighs very heavily.....

I know what you are saying but I was talking about mods that actually give you some REAL performance gains not just 1 or two horsepower. My BMC filter probably gave me a couple of extra horses but I know I have lost some torque from fitting it also. Free flowing exhausts tend to only give up there true potential when fitted as part of a mapped package. Then normally only on turbo applications. Unless you are going back to some old V8's or a nice big Chevvy block you just dont get decent performance gains without optimising all the mods with a remap. :shrug:

Ok no need to show off :grin:

Altho you really should get that number plate surround colour coded ;) Done mate, painted it gloss black last week :lol: DSCN0170.JPG[/attachment:otdzv20c] Damn you that looks spot on as well LOL

That was an option I considered. But I thought it would be rude not to celebrate the fact that it was a VW 8) :grin:

Altho you really should get that number plate surround colour coded ;)

Well as I think your car looks shite hot and as that is how mine is at the mo, shall we just close the thread now LOL :grin:

Fair doo's. I quite like autoglym stuff because it doesnt give a shiny finish.

Damn I knew someone would say something that would cost me money lol :grin:

No that is stealthy, love it :norty: :grin:

Well that was the idea mate, when I had the car sprayed i was just going to stick new silver badges on. But when I went to put them on they didnt look right anymore for some reason :confused4: Probably because they clashed with the wheels, lights and de-stripped sides. Im not really sure :scratch:

Ok so no red badges LOL Just thought it may look ok with the all red rear lights. Any thoughts on sidestrips. Anyone taken them off and that put them back on again :grin:

Did you use the Autoglym leather feeder cream, or just the cleaner?

Right, I am pretty happy with my car the way it is now, however.... I cannot decide wether or not to put the side bump strips back on, I only took em off to begin with as the car was resprayed. Plus I cannot decide wether to put the VR6 grill badge back on or leave it stealthy. If I do put it back on shall I leave it silver, paint it red or colour code it like my front VW badge and rear Corrado badge? :confused4: I realise this isnt a particularly interesting thread :lol: But i am a bit bored and may end up doing something just for the sake of it, so any opinions welcome. Just dont tell me I re-sprayed it the wrong colour as thats way too much work :grin: Cheers for any input Matt

I think the point is the VR6 engine has never been an engine that responds well to chip tuning. You cannot compare it to modern engines that have a lot of safety margin built into their maps. Be it for longevity, or because the engine is shared accross model ranges or perhaps more pertinent price ranges. I am aware of at least a couple of tuners who fudged rolling road results in the 90's early noughties to make their VR6 chip tuning appear more productive than it actually was! That is why I dont really see where this thread is heading. A std VR6 mapped will maybe gain a few horses. The reason the 263 cams offer such good value is for the NA performance they offer at such a reasonable cost, even taking into account a £250 remap. The 268 cams are good but as far as I am aware they offer most of their performance gains higher in the rev range. Where as the 263's offer that but not at the expense of the mid range. As I think everyone is agreeing it will be interesting to see how they fair and compare with the 268's when fitted with a VSR Matt

Coming on nice! Who are ppi? Look like they have done a cracking job 8)

What mods are there accross the whole spectrum of the car world, that offer better performance and driveability without a remap or ECU change?

Nice one cheers m8. Is it an EIP conversion?

Off topic but I went in my mates new Civic the other day. Awesome steering wheel!

Nice one. I thought it was going to be like the late VR6 one though but dished. Still looks good though.

That would be nice, any pics? 8) Matt

Nice! Love the wheels and the colour 8) Im a bit so so on smoothed bumpers but again you are almost convincing me :grin: One more vote for the red interior, there was a link on a here last week to some 911 red recaros that would have looked spot on. Matt

yeah pretty much :lol: it does get thrown about sometimes :) Im only jealous anyway :lol:

Do you know what bearings were used?? surely still under warranty??? I have had the car 8 years (done 40k) and I have had VW do my bearings twice and an independant whom i now use do them once. And now at least one is due to be done again... The first two times were obviously VW parts and the latter I am assuming were VW as Im sure I asked for genuine parts (but who knows). They have only lasted as long as the VW ones anyhow. My car doesnt get a hammering but to be fair the roads where i live in the Peak District arent exactly smooth and I have Koni/Eibach suspension and a front anti roll bar. Matt

I hate you, you must drive like a fairy :wink: LOL