NEWBIE

[blinginblad]

HELLO ALL!
Im J, im 21, ive owned 8 cars already, and enjoyed tinkering with them, now with my most recent edition, 2001 20v gti turbo mk4, i will spend alot of time under the bonnet for once. My first turbo'd car, so any hints tips etc much appricated!
i started life with a mk3 ford fiesta
then a fully kitted 1.2 corsa in baby blue
then a 1.6 ford escort mk4
then a mk3 rs t rep
then a golf tdi 2002
then a bmw 328i convertible
now my golf gti-t

[Sgt Chief Apone]

hi and welcome, nice run up the ladder there in cars. I cant really help with hints as im a newbie to this myself and the golf i own now will be my first ever project. hope you enjoy the site.

[waynne]

Hi and welcome to Torquecars - I have an A3 with the 1.8T engine so I am a big fan of these VAG units and they are sooo tunable. Have a look at the threads in VW if you haven't seen them yet and feel free to ask any questions that pop into your head. You seem to have owned loads of cars - did you kill them or get bored with them?

[blinginblad]

Thanks for the welcomes lads. What have you done with the A3 so far, as we have pritty much the same car! be interesting to hear.
Some of the first few cars ran a little ruff, but i pritty much change my car every year as i get bored of the same car, but i think the golf might be a long project

[waynne]

To be honest I've not done much to the Audi other than a panel air filter and a half decent radio. (The car is now our 1 and only main car and I've been forbidden from modding it too much )

My previous car got modded to death and cost me a total of £5k per year in repair bills due to its unreliability which is why my requests for Modifications are falling on stony ground.

But that will all change, first up is an invisible remap which I'll explain the power gain away as being the super unleaded fuel I used. Then I think a bigger turbo which power increase will of course coincide with a major service and application of redex.

I chose the car carefully looking at the tuning options out there - the second choice was a Civic 1.8 VTEC but I think I chose well I really like the power and handling of the standard car and the fact I get 37 MPG from it (double my previous car)!

Not sure if I can convince her that while it was parked someone swapped the wheels for 18's and fitted a body kit but hey it's worth a go.

Apparantly when we get a new car I can have this one to play with (Can't wait! Bring it on.....)

[blinginblad]

haha, women ay! Im not settled down yet, so she doesnt have much say on what i spend my money on! But buy the occasional tiffiany necklace works a treat! haha

[waynne]

I'll have to try that! Would an Argos necklace work as well?

[blinginblad]

somethings better than nothing i suppose!

[waynne]

I think i would be very deadified if I did that. Perhaps if I put it in a tiffanys box i'd get away with it - at least until the gold plating rubs off

[NikkyBaby GTi]

hay and welcome