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Proven is a strong word, there is nothing more than theoretical debate taken to extremes. In the same way I am making assumptions about the benefit of recirculating cold air people are making their assumptions based on things which don't actually happen but would on other applications. Neither Bill or Niki with their first hand experience could turn round and say "I did this..." or "I had a car in which did this and it was because of a coldside kit." All they could say was theoretical and irelevant. Having the valve that far away from the compressor wheel does not create stall, so that's that one out the window. Having an extra foot of hosing doesn't make the car any slower or effect the spool up time in any noticable way because the turbo is more than capable of overboosting for a milisecond to fill that tube. All in all, I don't mind what you or anybody else thinks about the efficency. Because it works, and coldside kits like this have worked for years and are fitted to some of the highest power 1.8t's out there. I have had two now and not once have I had an issue I could attribute to the coldside kit. Even Tufty has one, and if there was something "better" out there he would have made it. All I have done is move my valve half the length along the recirculation tubing to tidy the enging bay and get better flow. So stop your winging woman.

Yeah, probably could. I won't though due to effort The PCV is still plumbed into the tip; I a going to plug the TIP entry, and connect the lower PCV and crank case outlets at a T piece. I will run that to the catch can and then vent the can to atmosphere through a filter.

I did some cool stuff over the last couple of days. I fitted a heat shield that a friend bought me, but it doesn't quite fit because it's for an S3 not an A3 and the intake pipe is longer. Today I tidied up and re-routed my DV. <p> Old routing which sees a compromised flow. It has removed an additional 90* and also halved the distance from the valve to the intake pipe. As such it sounds much better, crisper pop when you come off the throttle I purchased some good car cleaning bits over Christmas, Poorboys Black Hole glaze, a Meguiars long spoke brush, some Dodo Juice Tyrearmour and a hand pressure washer which is portable and contains all the water itself. So I'm happy for the next couple of weeks I had my work wet vac the interior and steam clean the seats, the mats got a bit mucky messing about at Prawns but this is the last picture I'll have of the car with a cloth interior. Because on Tuesday I'll have these in it - I spent a fair amount of time round at Prawns over Christmas, poor track car Prawn dropped off my Miltek exhaust which needs a little work but will be excellent when fitted And I've got a load of hose to re-do my PCV system Ordered an S2000 air filter today and appropriate hoses to fit it, so that will hopefully show some flow improvements. Also bought a set of aluminum Audi TT pedals, which I cannot wait to fit

Love that Harry. Looks great!

You're such an utter bellend.

Polish Secret Service?

I'd lose 5 years for a mil, you're going to die one day and there's no use worrying about it. That's not healthy.

It's simple; if you can't get a job its down to two things. You either didn't try hard enough at school and as such are thick as shit and don't know how to articulate yourself in a way which is attractive to others and in turn will lead you down many routes which are detrimental to your future, or you're a lazy fanny/have a physical or mental retardation. People are not a product of their environment, they are a product of their education mindset and chosen peer group. The only person who controls your path in life is yourself. You're a criminal and it's "impossible" to get a job in your country; go do petty crime until you've got enough money to leave your country and make a better life for yourself. If you've got internet and the time of day to be on Trials-Forum bitching about it then your life probably isn't that shit.

Probably a dodgy MAF.

Shamelessly copied off ASN. Prawn has come home, which means the A3 is back as well as my Miltek. This poor backbox has done SO many miles, as well as loads of track days and a 140mph crash on the ring. The exhaust tips were welded on by Prawn back when he couldn't actually weld, the center box was stoved in when the car was crashed and the rear beam bent, all the hangers are split from the impact as well as the entrance to the back box. Cleans up alright though, and it sounds SO SO good. Shiny car - Prawn taking Phil out - Phil was rather excited about getting strapped in... VAG club - Robins Scirocco - An update! It's cold and wet and miserable, but I've still been cleaning the car three times a week haha! Soooo I was booked into Audi for the coilpack recall; I thought it was easy and I would turn up and have a cup of coffee and then half an hour later I would get my car back with four new coilpacks. How wrong was I. First of all the reason I was booked in for the coil pack recall was because a coil pack went down and I phoned Audi to get a price and they mentioned I was due the recall, they told me I would have to wait 14 days to be booked in. So I borrowed a coil pack of Phil and drove around with it, until another coil pack went down and then I borrowed ANOTHER coil pack off Phil. So I went into Audi and was greeted by the snotty receptionist with a clipboard thrust in my face asking me to write down every detail about my car, mileage, condition, any valuables etc. She went out and cross checked it and took the keys. All very abrupt and rude. Service manager comes out half an hour later and says that because my vehicle had been so extensively modified the "warranty" work wasn't going to be honored and I was told to get on my way. I asked the service manager to explain why my modifications would put the coil packs under any extra stress or strain and for him to justify why my vehicle wasn't work for the recall. He couldn't because he was a total muppet, so they agreed to do the work. Half an hour later the service manager talks to the receptionist and then goes off to deal with another customer, the receptionst comes back, "we can't do the work in full because two of the coil packs are not original so we cannot do all four." I explained that the two original coil packs were on the drivers seat and this had been explained to the receptionist. So she goes off to relay this information to the service manager, and told him that I wanted to keep the original recall items. Fail! Then the warranty manager made a comment to the customer he was with and rolled his eyes, instantly looking very embarrassed when he realised I was looking right at him, and I was neither deaf or blind. Service manager tells me it takes half an hour to swap the coil packs and I will need to pay 0.5 hours labor at £75 an hour. So I asked him to step out to the car so I cold ask him about the work. The car hadn't moved from the customer parking bay I had left it in. I don't think he was expecting me to open the bonnet and swap both coil packs within 20 seconds and simply hand him the keys back and say "that's what I think of your thirty minutes labor." I placed the coil packs on the drivers seat and walked off. Another half an hour later the receptionist comes back, the work was completed. I got into the car and only one of the coil packs was in the center console. I was a bit ****ed off, but at this point I was an hour and a half late for work due to their incompetence so I thanked them and left with my four new coil packs. I got back to work and decided to just pop the bonnet to see the difference between the old and new coil packs; I was greeted by this - Heroic work Plymouth Audi; you have truly excelled yourself in quality of workmanship and courtesy. - On the plus side, the new coil packs have improved my fuel economy by roughly 10% as well as the car being much smoother on part throttle with a much more stable idle. So yey for that A small update, but an update none the less. Old parcel shelf was minging and stained and horrible. One of the straps was snapped and it made me cry thinking about it being all wonky when I lifted the boot. Weirdly it smelt too. So I hosed it down, sprayed it with interior shampoo and hoovered it off. Used a lint roller to pull all the bobbles off and shaved it like you do alcantara seats. Then I sprayed it satin black with a rattle can. It came out really really well, so I'm going to do my side pillars tomorrow. There will be a fairly major interior update soon.

Far too low.

Still run lean as f**k though...

With the "I will shit on something" bulbs you have kept the low to mid range depth I was concerned about. Looks great!

Shit gear knob.

Bazinga. This is the same lad that thinks a Mk4 golf has more class than a Mk2.

Well it sucks to be you then doesn't it. I've just read the application form; and you can put down whatever you like. http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/LBU_F_VS_ModificationLightVehicles.pdf You send that off, if it gets approved then you get the work done and follow that up with getting it tested. If they don't approve it then you adapt the list to a way that they do approve it. If you want I'll ask Sam how he's gone about fitting a GT28 to his S3, along with coilovers, Brembo's, ARB's etc. He drives his daily.

So actually you can do quite a lot, it just has to be done properly and signed off by a qualified technician. Sounds pretty sensible to me; what sort of chump would want to put anything bigger than a 10.5J on a Silvia anyway? Again, who would want a cage without buckets or vice versa, and who would want harnesses without a bucket and cage? Pierre was in Oz for fecking ages and he sent me LOADS of pictures of heavily modified cars on the streets, and a guy I know from various forums and as a mutual friend lives in Oz and he owns a heavily modified S3 and I've never heard him complain about tight regulations. Just that he has to go and get new modifications signed off. It's all layed out here - http://www.rta.nsw.g...si/vsi_dl1.html I'm sorry to say it Simon, but Australian law doesn't seem to have an issue with modified cars; it just doesn't like what you do to cars which makes them pointless and dangerous. Hate to sound like a fanny, but that's my job.

Haha, Osram. Using that all the time now. Seriously, if I don't get a decent nights sleep tonight "Osram".

Big bird is still a fanny. Little bird is still a tart.

HID's make the scenery seem artificial; flat almost. It's quite a common complaint, certainly among UK drivers that when driving in the countryside there is no depth to the light and that it feels like you are just watching a video. I feel the same way about my HID's, on B roads I don't think they are anywhere near as good as my old H7 Osram Nightbrakers for driving fast. They seem to miss out, or phase out crucial details.

A small update, but an update none the less. Old parcel shelf was minging and stained and horrible. One of the straps was snapped and it made me cry thinking about it being all wonky when I lifted the boot. Weirdly it smelt too. So I hosed it down, sprayed it with interior shampoo and hoovered it off. Used a lint roller to pull all the bobbles off and shaved it like you do alcantara seats. Then I sprayed it satin black with a rattle can. It came out really really well, so I'm going to do my side pillars tomorrow. There will be a fairly major interior update soon.

Personally I would stick with proper bulbs; HID's make everything look two dimensional and even more so in lights like that. I'd much rather have the depth of vision that bulbs given than the brightness of HID's.

Pretty much cooler than anything else within this thread. My photo's came out shit, sorry Robin. Should have taken my tripod with me I have loved this car since I first saw it 4 years ago when Robin bought it, I nearly bought it myself two years ago before Robin put it in storage. But I'm so glad I didn't because it wouldn't have a 1.8t in it now Great work Robin, it's more awesome now than it ever has been before.

Robins Scirocco

Sun is out in the Muff' Robin, you should come and clean cars