Best bang for your buck mods

[martinijosh]

Best bang for buck mods... My own opinion

- sway bars
- good performance tyres
- advanced driving course and regular track sessions

That's most of your budget already

Intercooler, intake piping and tune down the line. Maybe turbo back exhaust if you're feeling excited.


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[walbjj]

Thanks walbjj.. What I was wondering if the Carbonio intake is really worth it? I have always known that aftermarket intakes actually make your car worse than the stock intake?

If that is the case with Stage 2 then I won't be interested.
Is it when you where just taking off at 2k rpm?

My GTI is a manual as well.

tbh, the intake probably makes more noise than adds power, but the dyno does show some gains wehn coupled with the dp and tune. however much it might be. as i said, u can pick them up cheap now, $200-300 for a used carbonio, or any other brand.
and the noise is fun.
i went with a dp only as i no longer can stand catback drone or raspiness. plus catbacks make little to no power gains as compared to dp and tune, and as per ur thread, best bang for buck, so a catback isnt where its at

[Sardaukar]

tbh, the intake probably makes more noise than adds power, but the dyno does show some gains wehn coupled with the dp and tune. however much it might be. as i said, u can pick them up cheap now, $200-300 for a used carbonio, or any other brand.
and the noise is fun.
i went with a dp only as i no longer can stand catback drone or raspiness. plus catbacks make little to no power gains as compared to dp and tune, and as per ur thread, best bang for buck, so a catback isnt where its at

Thank you Walbjj - I will look into it.
Definitely will look at a used Carbonio.

Best bang for buck mods... My own opinion

- sway bars
- good performance tyres
- advanced driving course and regular track sessions

That's most of your budget already

Intercooler, intake piping and tune down the line. Maybe turbo back exhaust if you're feeling excited.


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Hi martinijosh,

I was looking at swaybars but I will be putting any suspension mods on hold for the moment.
I was tempted at getting some coilovers from another forum member but decided against it for now.

Once I track the car I will be looking at changing them over - street use - use stock suspension - track use - use coilovers.

[walbjj]

Best bang for buck mods... My own opinion

- sway bars
- good performance tyres
- advanced driving course and regular track sessions

That's most of your budget already

Intercooler, intake piping and tune down the line. Maybe turbo back exhaust if you're feeling excited.


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yeah, thats all well and good, but i dont track my car. i use it as a daily driver. so any suspension tuning is pretty much worthless for me.
it boils down to what u want to use the car for.
i laugh at all the people that talk big about taking their car to the track and buying all the suspension mods, but in reality, with life getting in the way and what not, they r lucky to go once maybe twice a year.
my brother was like that, he solved his itch by buying a go-kart

[martinijosh]

yeah, thats all well and good, but i dont track my car. i use it as a daily driver. so any suspension tuning is pretty much worthless for me.
it boils down to what u want to use the car for.
i laugh at all the people that talk big about taking their car to the track and buying all the suspension mods, but in reality, with life getting in the way and what not, they r lucky to go once maybe twice a year.
my brother was like that, he solved his itch by buying a go-kart

The track sessions are about learning to make the most of what you have. And you don't need to hit the track every weekend to enjoy some mild suspension tweaking.

Calm down.

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[Martin]

I've been through this with my Skoda Octavia VRS 2.0 TSI Turbo DSG (Like GTI)
(Check my post in the Skoda Octavia section)

Stage1 is fun/cool but when you get used it you realise that it's pretty weak at the top end
I was short changing to get around this and driving on torque

The downpipe and StageII tune cleaned it up nicely
Wider powerband, 1500rpm to 7000rpm (very strong from 2800rpm)
(I did also install the Carbino CAI but I think it's effect is small - very noisy also - very $)
I do agree it's hard to use this power level from stationary and in the wet
But it's still fast and fun - no question about that

My advice would be to go straight to StageII with the downpipe
it will put a smile on your face and surprise others around you

On factory ECU I get ~560km out of a tank (driving to work)
On Stage1 tune I was getting ~520km out of a tank
On Stage2 I am getting ~490km out of a tank (I'm using the power more often)

[remy]

Agree with what some have already said - best bang for buck mod is tyres.

[bennjamin]

Agree with what some have already said - best bang for buck mod is tyres.

Don't agree - especially the suggestion of semi slicks tyres. Plain silly to suggest for street use.
The best bang for buck ( noticeable ) mod is a larger rear swaybar. $200-300 or so installed. Nothing else gives the same change for the money spent !

[brad]

my list in order of preference:
1) ECU tune - name your brand
2) Stickier tyres. Maybe not semi-slicks but something stickier than stock
3) Experiment with tyre pressures

[Tim]

If you have 3k to spare stage 2 is what you want.
$1095 for a GIAC tune from Exoticars
$699 for an SPM 3" DP
Intake of whatever brand you prefer
Add some installation costs and you are still well under $3000 and will have more power than you can put to the ground.