AGU engined 1.8T GTI as a track day car?
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Guys
Got a 1.8T gti that I can't sell for love nor money at the moment (it was clocked by the guy I bought it off and me being naive didn't know you could check the provenance of the car with VW).
Anyway.
Thinking - what can I do with her?
What are people's thoughts on turning it into a track day weapon? Can I get her to ever handle properly, lighten her, add a little more power, better brakes. Worth it? Thoughts guys?
Got a 1.8T gti that I can't sell for love nor money at the moment (it was clocked by the guy I bought it off and me being naive didn't know you could check the provenance of the car with VW).
Anyway.
Thinking - what can I do with her?
What are people's thoughts on turning it into a track day weapon? Can I get her to ever handle properly, lighten her, add a little more power, better brakes. Worth it? Thoughts guys?
Handling isn't too hard to sort out, replace the suspension bushes with Powerflex/Leon Cupra R ones. Uprated springs and dampers/coilovers and a big fat rear ARB.
Making it lighter could be hard work though!! Binning the interior and replacing the front seats with some Sparco's will shoft quite a few pounds - reckon the recaro's weigh a fair bit... just give it more power to compensate!
Making it lighter could be hard work though!! Binning the interior and replacing the front seats with some Sparco's will shoft quite a few pounds - reckon the recaro's weigh a fair bit... just give it more power to compensate!
Suspension-wise chaps; can anyone tell me (in a nutshell) what are the units to go for if you have a low, medium, high and exotic budget for suspension?!
Just interested to hear people's thoughts.
Would a strut brace across the engine help with maybe a bar across the rear (like you see in tuned Mk2's) help too?
Just interested to hear people's thoughts.
Would a strut brace across the engine help with maybe a bar across the rear (like you see in tuned Mk2's) help too?
I have KW V2 ( Koni dampers) coilover suspension ( About 700-800 quid), done over 100k miles on it now and it's still ok. Only downside is rear shocks are not on car adjustable for damping.
neuspeed Rear ARB ( 28mm on hardest setting ) - makes a huge difference combat understeer
R32 Front ARB - only works if you fit KW suspension or 4wd front struts as they have an extra moounting point for the different anti Roll bar - it goes under the driveshaft and avoids rubbing issues on lowered mk4's.
I have OEM Audi S3 upper and lower front braces, not sure I could tell you the difference they make. You can get a rear Brace too - the one thing I haven't done, not sure how much difference they make on mk4's alothough I do remember it made a big difference on my old mk2.
Don't overlook wheels though, handling distinctly improved when I fitted 18" wheels and 225/40 tyres.
neuspeed Rear ARB ( 28mm on hardest setting ) - makes a huge difference combat understeer
R32 Front ARB - only works if you fit KW suspension or 4wd front struts as they have an extra moounting point for the different anti Roll bar - it goes under the driveshaft and avoids rubbing issues on lowered mk4's.
I have OEM Audi S3 upper and lower front braces, not sure I could tell you the difference they make. You can get a rear Brace too - the one thing I haven't done, not sure how much difference they make on mk4's alothough I do remember it made a big difference on my old mk2.
Don't overlook wheels though, handling distinctly improved when I fitted 18" wheels and 225/40 tyres.
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