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jocky102

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  1. i know this post is oldish but im hoping to get either a turbo or s/c this year and was looking for tips etc etc, i guess i was trying to fool myself into thinking "how hard and complicated can it be, i can do this" all these this & that i keep reading and have NO idea what your talking about lol, so you can tell i am still needing my cherry popped and it wont be any time soon im still lookng through the turbo porn books trying to understand 1st, i have a 95 vr6 golf mk3 left hand drive .. brought it back from Germany with me had it since 1998, but things like quaifes (i know they have s
  2. now that sounds much better, i will definately look into that in the near future, thanks for your help guys
  3. Sounds great, i will check out the phirm,stealth.... and have a look thanks, there is maybe or maybe not another problem,.... mine is a LHD i brought it over from Germany when i moved back to Scotland...i read on another thread something to do with bits hitting the steering column or something... cant remember, or will the parts fit no probs?.. what does the stage2 do for the hp? from 260-?
  4. cheers, i have a pipex just now.. sounds sweet but i want more lol i have been to a few web sites with costs for superchargers they vary from $ (yes dollars) 6000 to about the same in £'s.. any tips on what i should be going for, i really dont want spend masses and masses only to find out that pistons, valves blablabla have to be changed too.. not yet anyway, like i said i have had my vr for 10 years, i used to get rid of cars within 6 months of buying them, BUT have not once been bored of the Vr.. it has won a place in my heart lol
  5. im pretty new to this (even though i have owned my vr for nearly 10 years) but want to start doing something to make it different from the run of the mill vr6's, i goto Germany about once a year to visit the inlaws so use the autobahn.. hense the reason for some extra power, i was thinking about NOS to start off with.,..... anyone want to tell me why i should or shouldn't.... what else would i need to go with it etc etc... i ultimately want to get to stage 3 supercharger, but starting off just recently self employed have to watch my pennies, maybe in a year or so.. but temp modifications are n
  6. i used to use toyo TS1 tires, good tires but the soft rubber tended to wear out quite fast, ( i lik e to experiment with different tires to find the best) the ones i have on my car just now are really crap, (i forget the brand/make) but when i go around bends and accelerate tires dont follow the steering wheel so it drifts BIG TIME.. im going to try BF GOODRICH G-FORCE T/A KDW next.. ok i have to import them from america cuz i cant find them anywhere over here but i really want to try them.. they look good too... unless anyone knows where i can get them over here in the UK
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