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99gti
Ok - so I've come to a bit of a T road on where to head next with my car. Those who have been around long enough will remember me saying that I wanted to focus on performance first then make it pretty. I still can't believe I've only had this car now for about 10 months! How quickly time flys. My question to ya'll is where should I go next.
I've been spending a lot of time of late researching larger turbos than the el'crapo K03, and other assorted harware that goes along with it. To date I have basicly done all I can with this tiny but mighty unit and it's time she was put to rest. My other option is to continue along the path that I seem to have deviated down by doing the nice little touches to make her pretty.
If I go back to the go go juice plan then I'll be doing it once and doing it properly wich will mean pretty big bucks. What I'm looking at is going to involve a larger turbo and suitable manifold, larger injectors, a new after market ECU, LSD, clutch and flywheel, upgraded associated plumbing and FMIC. I've just started to price the various components and compare options and their advantages and disadvantages.
The other option would be to spend some money to rejuvinate her back to her former glory with a bit of OEM+ flavouring. She is a daily beater and as all daily beaters do they get the odd shopping trolly kiss, a few altercations with flying objects and a bit of belly flopping on verticaly enhanced driveways.
She's not exactly in bad condition, but I wouldn't call her show stopping material either.
Do I stop spending moeny on little gimmicks and focus my antention on doing the motor once and for all (hopefully touches wood) or do I keep pimping her out?
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