Recent content by bengie

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    Too Good to be True?

    the picture of the front interior is definitly a different car, aswell as the seats being different the carpet is a different colour!! would that spare fit over the brakes? i know a 16" wheel won't fit over the brakes i have fitted to my octavia but the 17's will.
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    thinking about changing cars

    the octavia i currenty drive is a 4x4 so has the same quattro as the TT turns out i'm looking at a bit less to get the transmission work done as i can get the prop for about £150 and the gearbox from a 6 speed TT for about £150. other than that i would also need the TT shafts and get the prop...
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    thinking about changing cars

    the only question i have at te moment is down to handling, how bad are they compared to a 1.8T golf based chassis?
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    thinking about changing cars

    hang on, have i got the wrong area, i'm looking at the 2.7TT S4 not the 4.2
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    thinking about changing cars

    i currently drive a skoda octavia 4x4 estate with a few mods running about 230bhp and i have recently thought about sticking a big turbo on it to see me at mid 300's. the turbo conversion is £4200 all in(turbo, manifold, injectors, rods, pistons, valves, maf, fitting and mapping) and the...
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    Torque

    not being biased at all but have you considered an octavia 4x4? pretty much all its missing from the S3 is the leather but has bags more room and a bit of a Q car, has the 150bhp engine but still good for about 250 if you fit a big fmic/chip/CAI/exhaust
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    adjustable rear arms for a quottro(SP)

    hey there peoples, i have me a skoda octavia 4x4 which uses the same suspension as the A3Q, S3 and TT Q and have fitted a set of KW V2's but need some new linkages for the rear, the uppers i think so i can adjust the camber of the rear wheels as its out and the standard setup has no adjustment...
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    tt gearbox

    found out it will fit but i also need to change starter motor, tranfer box, selector, hydraulic lines, driveshafts and clutch so plenty of work involved. anybody got a good sugestion for s3 driveshafts?? thats wot i need to make the box work cheers ben
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    tt gearbox

    slightly different question here, i own a skoda octavia 4x4 and the gearbox has failed. will the 6 speed box off of the tt 225 fit my car?? i can get one of these boxes lots cheaper than getting the box re-conditioned so please guys, try and help me. ben