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    aimre Guest

    So i want to by a Mk4

    Hi,

    I recently sold my civic turbo and was looking at buying a GTi, basicly i was a euro car thats still quick.
    Had a quick look around the site, seeing what peoples mods are.

    I was thinking of Doing the exhaust, chipping it,FMIC and getting a EBC and upping the boost.

    I read thats its and expensive mod getting a FMIC in. Any reason this is?

    I was wanting ATLEAST 160kw atw as this is what the civic was capable of. Is this easy attained with these cars?

    Alex

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    Quote Originally Posted by aimre View Post
    Hi,

    I recently sold my civic turbo and was looking at buying a GTi, basicly i was a euro car thats still quick.
    Had a quick look around the site, seeing what peoples mods are.

    I was thinking of Doing the exhaust, chipping it,FMIC and getting a EBC and upping the boost.

    I read thats its and expensive mod getting a FMIC in. Any reason this is?

    I was wanting ATLEAST 160kw atw as this is what the civic was capable of. Is this easy attained with these cars?

    Alex
    quick answer is no you will need to upgrade the turbo to get any where near 160kw atw, even with a std chipped gti you will only see max 125kw atw if your lucky, its a lot more $$$ to get power out of a euro car.
    mk4 the mods begin for round 2 hahahha

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    Quote Originally Posted by aimre View Post
    Hi,

    I recently sold my civic turbo and was looking at buying a GTi, basicly i was a euro car thats still quick.
    Had a quick look around the site, seeing what peoples mods are.

    I was thinking of Doing the exhaust, chipping it,FMIC and getting a EBC and upping the boost.

    I read thats its and expensive mod getting a FMIC in. Any reason this is?

    I was wanting ATLEAST 160kw atw as this is what the civic was capable of. Is this easy attained with these cars?

    Alex
    Civic turbo ? Since when Honda made a turbocharged civic ?

    Get a GTI, put a GIAC map on it, and then we'll talk. you don't need any of that other shiznit you mentioned, it is that good.

    You don't know probably, but you drive torque and not KW, the GTI will have over 300Nm after chipping, that is ALOT for a 1200 Kg car.

    Good luck kid.
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    That sort of power/torque to the wheels is pointless unless you get it to the ground as well.

    how good is the drive on the GTi's or do you need to start looking at upgraded diffs as well?

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    Quote Originally Posted by aimre View Post
    Hi,

    I recently sold my civic turbo and was looking at buying a GTi, basicly i was a euro car thats still quick.
    Had a quick look around the site, seeing what peoples mods are.

    I was thinking of Doing the exhaust, chipping it,FMIC and getting a EBC and upping the boost.

    I read thats its and expensive mod getting a FMIC in. Any reason this is?

    I was wanting ATLEAST 160kw atw as this is what the civic was capable of. Is this easy attained with these cars?

    Alex
    No point of an EBC if you have it chipped - Boost will sit at ~20pounds and you won't be able to increase it much further. (Larger tuners can have different programs installed on your ECU for you switch between though - ie, stock, valet, chipped, race fuel)

    You can get a $100 cooler and dodge it up, but to get a thin cooler with decent flow/pressure drop you'll have to pay more.

    For 160ish kw you'll want to bolt on a Ko4 (~150kw) (Same size turbo, larger compressor wheel so its a straight swap)

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    Quote Originally Posted by SoVeReIgN View Post
    No point of an EBC if you have it chipped - Boost will sit at ~20pounds and you won't be able to increase it much further. (Larger tuners can have different programs installed on your ECU for you switch between though - ie, stock, valet, chipped, race fuel)

    You can get a $100 cooler and dodge it up, but to get a thin cooler with decent flow/pressure drop you'll have to pay more.

    For 160ish kw you'll want to bolt on a Ko4 (~150kw) (Same size turbo, larger compressor wheel so its a straight swap)
    you cant switch programs on a mk4 gti its not dbw,
    mk4 the mods begin for round 2 hahahha

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    Quote Originally Posted by torque View Post
    Civic turbo ? Since when Honda made a turbocharged civic ?

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    Naa, that was my own doing.





    What times do these cars do the 1/4 in?

    Anyone wanna give me a ride in a chipped gti?

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    Post up your location before anyone can help you...

    Are u in sydney? I swear i've seen that civic somewhere...

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    Quote Originally Posted by shami View Post
    Post up your location before anyone can help you...

    Are u in sydney? I swear i've seen that civic somewhere...
    Yeah, im in sydenys. Eastern Suburbs. That Pics at clovelly beach.

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    Get Adrian to take you for a spin in his GTI. 220fwkw will put a smile on your face. Or Get Neil to take you for a spin in his. Hes just chipped it and put a TIP in it.

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