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Polo got an early Christmas present :

Lovely car mate! I have just bought one in the same colour! I plan a few nice mods but for now car needs a bit of TLC then the mods will begin! Saying that I have H&R springs and brand new edition 30 steering wheel on there way to me from e-bay!

Cheers John

Finally installed the fmic :p

Dyno before and after fmic:

Is the red line the before, if so, then the power was higher before the FMIC?

Car looks really nice mate

Yes, the red line is 'before' and the purple is 'after'.
From the graph, peek values are lower with the fmic, but on the 3500-5000 rpm zone, for example, values are a bit higher with fmic.
So overall we can say that there is no major difference.
Anyway, I was expecting this - since the software is stock and I know that bigger intercooler doesn't give hp on its own.

I've made some vag-com logging today and measured intake temperatures:

don't have logging with temperatures before fmic, but there is for sure a difference as I wasn't able to put my hand on the intake before (too hot) - now it's cold

Hi

Where did you get the red strut brace from? I want one

Its a Seat Sport one mate, can get them from Seat. They're off the Ibiza Cupra (mk4)

I've bought it from ebay - from here : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Seat-Ibiza-2002-0 ... 563aabe922

Does it make a difference on handling much mate?

I always think strut braces are money well spent, especially back ones but if its for another car will it be the wrong dimensions to make a difference and be purely for looks?

The strut brace will fit 100% - Ibiza and Polo are made on the same platform. Take for example - the strut brace made by forge is the same for both the Ibiza and Polo.

and did you notice any improvment in handling mate?

As I remember, I've felt some improvements when cornering hard - but don't know exactly how to explain - seemed to put the power down better when existing the corner.