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andyc315 wrote:Big fish tuning
Custom but stage 1ish
£200 + £50 for before & after rolling road + £25 for launch control

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how does launch control work dude?

With launch control enabled if you hold the clutch down and the accelerator flat out it will hold the revs at an optimum point - say 2.5k rpm or something, then you dump the clutch, the revs climb as normal and you're away

Ben90 wrote:With launch control enabled if you hold the clutch down and the accelerator flat out it will hold the revs at an optimum point - say 2.5k rpm or something, then you dump the clutch, the revs climb as normal and you're away

i want !

I'm busy trying out all the different revs to see when my wheels spin and when they don't haha, 4k is definitely too high...

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andyc315 wrote:I'm busy trying out all the different revs to see when my wheels spin and when they don't haha, 4k is definitely too high...

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So you choose where you want the limiter?

Yeah basically

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So, finally got around to booking the Polo in with John @ Big Fish Tuning.

Really impressed with the results, completely changed the way it drives!

Have to take dyno results with a pinch of salt but very happy with the figures

Ran just over 170 on the standard map, which John then managed to get up to 232 with 280ft/lbs

But due to me being a student and not wanting my clutch to go any time in the near future, tamed it back to 226/261.

I'll let the graph do the rest of the talking anyway!


Std-Stg1 Dyno by AndyC315, on Flickr

Thanks again John

andyc315 wrote:So, finally got around to booking the Polo in with John @ Big Fish Tuning.

Really impressed with the results, completely changed the way it drives!

Have to take dyno results with a pinch of salt but very happy with the figures

Ran just over 170 on the standard map, which John then managed to get up to 232 with 280ft/lbs

But due to me being a student and not wanting my clutch to go any time in the near future, tamed it back to 226/261.

I'll let the graph do the rest of the talking anyway!


Std-Stg1 Dyno by AndyC315, on Flickr

Thanks again John

they cant be stage 1 figures?!

Stage 1 is just a filter/cone + DV
I've got a TIP on top of that.

so it's like stage 1.33

Need a TBE and FMIC for stage 2

you jelly brah?

andyc315 wrote:Stage 1 is just a filter/cone + DV
I've got a TIP on top of that.

so it's like stage 1.33

Need a TBE and FMIC for stage 2

you jelly brah?

Hell yeah im jelly
im stage 2 next yr

So, had my exhaust for over a month now, safe to say I love it! Doesn't pop and bang which is a bit disappointing but makes an incredible sound at full chat yet is no louder than standard at cruising speed which is exactly what I wanted!

Still need to get some videos of it...

In other news been looking where I can spend some money next! Was pretty much set on a FMIC from Airtec until I just stumbled across this gem on eBay:
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Which looks like this:


Which is a huge improvement over this:


It's a brand new bumper but the wrong colour and without grills...

So I'm now undecided what the next step should be!

The FMIC can be had for £445 fitted (normally £495 fitted as it's on an introductory offer) + a bit of £50 silicone + the grills in the picture below which are another £50


OR

I get the bumper for around £240 + repaint which is around another £240 + sourcing some grills which hopefully can be gotten from VW for another £75ish?

Having a dilemma and just wondered other peoples opinions?

Fmic

Just a small update,

Today I went to go and see David at Stainless Engineering near Leeds. Big on his 1.8t's, has a Beachbuggy RS3/RS6 hybrid turbo'd S3 engine bored out to 2.0 sat in his office upstairs?!

Anyway, he sells S3/LCR/Golf heatshields on ebay but I went to see him last year and it was completely the wrong dimensions. Finally had chance to go back and see him today and within an hour drove off with a custom ali heatshield





Hopefully keep the intake temps down a bit

Picture someone took at the local VAGcars meet

Hi mate im in leeds and looking for a heat guard, how much did it set you back roughly?