My Mk4 buildup thread...

[Preen59]

Dude, i just read your ENTIRE thread. Nice work. Slightly envious. Makes me miss my 04 2.0l sport.

[h100vw]

What sort of power can you expect from the K04 upgrade?

You should be looking to get up to 165KWATW or there abouts depending on what other bits you fit.

Basically you would be creating an S3 engine by fitting the 04, they got to about 260 crank HP with a software change.

Gavin

[99gti]

Dude, i just read your ENTIRE thread. Nice work. Slightly envious. Makes me miss my 04 2.0l sport.

Hehehe - it's a long read! It's all just money and time - you can have this kind of fun with any car realy.

[Preen59]

Hehehe - it's a long read! It's all just money and time - you can have this kind of fun with any car realy.

Yeah, i'll have endless fun with the Mk1 when it's done. But unlike you mine will be off-the-road untill it's completed, which makes it harder to stay enthused, especially in winter. Its soooo bloody cold at the workshop some days.

But keep it up man, your Mk4 is an absolute stunner. Its probably the best one i've seen and really impressed me in the flesh. It is exactly how i wanted my white 2.0l sport to look. Same wheels and everything.

[99gti]

New toys! Woohoo. My suspension and handling side of things will shortly be complete. I love impulse purchases.

Item number 1 - thanks to Milan is a nice pollished front strut brace. I forget what make it is but the make starts with W and is realy long - a very technical description I know.

Item number 2 - A Tomas Sport Tuning rear stress brace.



So once that's done, my suspension/handling will consit of:

KW V2's
Whiteline F & R sway bars.
ECS tuning bushings all round.
W something or other front stut brace.
TST rear stress brace.

Just for good measures I might also get the neuspeed lower brace but I'll see if how it goes with all this fitted first...

Then it's time to hit the trace for some 3 wheel action!!!

[Preen59]

Nice gear man. How about some pics of the strut brace?

[99gti]

Nice gear man. How about some pics of the strut brace?

I havn't got any yet...

edit - google images is being my friend. Looks pretty much identical to this, but this isn't it.



And more pics of the rear stress brace here

[Preen59]

Well extract the digit and take some!

Looks purrty, if that one is similar.

[jayjay]

yum yum.. i'm loving your mk4 neil.

re: wheels, what's the dealeo with getting them engineered..?

is getting something engineered basically a big shiny piss off notice to rta?

i think i'm dying a little on the inside that i didn't get to see them at nats

[99gti]

yum yum.. i'm loving your mk4 neil.

re: wheels, what's the dealeo with getting them engineered..?

is getting something engineered basically a big shiny piss off notice to rta?

i think i'm dying a little on the inside that i didn't get to see them at nats

I think I'm 1/2 an inch to wide on the rear to be able to get them engineered

The RTA booklet says no more than 2" wider than the largest wheel available that came on the car. I'll look into it more but we'll just have to wait and see. Basicly it means the cops can't defect you and your car has meet criteria to prove it's road worthy.