Recent content by billyo

A welded diff is not suitable for road use at all, pretty much only for drifting, the skipping and skittish handling would drive you nuts, a LSD or torsion diff is the way to go for a road car.

Nice to meet you and welcome to TorqueCars. It sounds like you get to enjoy your car. What are the running issues you mentioned in your thread title?

Check you've not got carbon build up, that can rob quite a bit of power. It depends on the overall mileage and if you do short journeys. APR are the goto people for Audi Maps, and Celtic tuning can offer a rolling road setup for best results, the 1.5 is a bored out 1.4 so there is little...

That makes sense to me, but wasn't something i'd realised or thought about.

Awesome thanks for sharing your pics and ideas. What's your next job on this project then?

Awesome work, this is a great project.

Hello and welcome, nice to meet you. Keep us informed of your projects progress.

Hello and welcome, nice to meet you. Keep us informed of your projects progress.

Hello and welcome, nice to meet you. Keep us informed of your projects progress.

Hello and welcome, nice to meet you. Keep us informed of your projects progress.

Hello and welcome, nice to meet you. Keep us informed of your projects progress.

Hello and welcome, nice to meet you. Keep us informed of your projects progress.

Finding another job, been laid off again, things are still tough in the construction industry at the moment, so looking elsewhere. Perhaps a delivery driver will be a good move.

Stage 2 varies from company to company. Most people think of a stage 2 being a remap and performance exhaust intake and camshaft or turbo/turbo wastegate mods though. A good remap will set you back around £300-£400 and should preferably be done on a rolling road. APR are pretty good on VAG...

Is it possible to get a lethal electric shock from a 12V car battery? Was chatting with a friend the other day and he said he'd heard of a guy who had been electrocuted and killed whilst working on a car. Both of us have held a car battery and touched the terminals but didn't even register a...