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    1.8T 180 AJQ budget turbo upgrade?

    Hello all, I’m looking for some advice/opinions on the best way to extract some more power from my 8l A3 1.8T quattro. Before people jump in and say “buy an S3 instead” or “fit a K04 conversion” I don’t really want to go down this route as I like having the A3 under dog rather than the S3, My...
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    Back in an 8l quattro just in time for winter.. ReIntro..

    Hi All, Ewan from Dundee, I used to be on here a bit a few years back when I had my Imola Yellow 8l S3 which I Sold as I needed house funds, I've had a couple of RWD Mazda sports cars, an A4 2.8 V6 Quattro since but always wanted another 8l, I wasn't happy with the examples of S3s within...
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    42 draft designs Velocity stack intake.

    42 Draft Designs Just found this Induction kit, anyone have experience or thoughts on it? looks pretty good to me, with the whacking big velocity stack on the MAF combined with the Badger 5 TIP & a nice cold feed I think that would be about as good K04 induction gets. Although there won't be...
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    B5 S4 intermitant overboost (with logs)???

    Hi all, I'm usually over in the 8L section but have been looking @ a mates B5 S4 for him today & done a couple of logs with another mate whos a member here (Cheers Ross). The car is having intermitant overboost problems so me & Ross did a couple of logs today, the car intermitantly overboosts...
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    Audi Phatnoise Phatbox.

    Just fitted one of these to my S3 ---- VW Teesside - Online Shop - Audi Phatnoise Now I'm aware there not the latest in ICE tech but I had one lying around that I picked up really cheap a few years ago, I never used it because I initally intended to fit an Ipod interface for my Ipod touch but...
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    New 8000K Xenon bulbs VS Old factory 4300K (with pics)

    Ok I mentioned in a previous post I'd got a set of £15 8000k xenon bulbs off ebay to replace the old factory 4300K ones in my facelift 8L S3, With the old ones the n/s had went orange & I didn't fancy the £100(ish) they cost each from Audi so thats why I've ended up with the cheap ones. I did a...
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    8L S3 in EVO mags greatest 4x4 handling test!!

    I have this copy of EVO magazine from sept 1999 & the cover story is The greatest 4x4 of all time, this consists of Lap times on the MIRA wet handling circuit & roadtests in the dry with a little write up on each of the 14 cars, 11 current models (of the time) & 3 past masters, the contenders...
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    Audi Q7 Brembo brake conversion.

    My 8L S3 is only running standard power & while the brakes do fade after good work out a good set of pads up front would probably be enough to sort this, things is I have been given a set of Brembo 6 pots off an Audi Q7 for free, there Brembo 18ZR/ZL calipers, the same as Porsche Cayenne, VW...
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    OEM high capacity oil filter.

    Just serviced my S3 today & when getting the oil filter there was a choice of two, the other one being larger & taking an extra 0.4 ltr of oil putting the usual 4.6ltr fill up to 5ltr. Gave it a good long drain & whacked on the new filter with 5ltr of 5w 40 quantum platinum (fixed interval oil)...
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    Star performances own Remap softwear.

    I'm looking @ getting my 2001 AMK S3 remapped @ some point & when I spoke to Jim @ Star a while back he said its his own custom softwear he uses and not the Giac stuff I thought he would use. Has anyone had one of his "own" maps or know anything about them?? Ewan.
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    Black top quattro sport style S3 on Ebay.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270530705018&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp3907.m38.l1313%26_nkw%3D270530705018%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1 spotted this while browsing the bay, differant but not to my taste...
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    OBDII functions via Apple I phone etc.

    Just spotted a car from the states in PVW magazine with this quality looking bit of kit, anybody here used or heard of it before? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG9qCdblAzc http://www.plxkiwi.com/kiwiwifi/software.html I've already got access to proper Vag diagnostic equipment (5051/52)...
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    Germany trip photo album.

    http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v237/Biggied/Audi%20Germany/ Heres the link to my photos of a trip to Germany for the Audi 100 years Celebrations. Theres Pics of the Audi Cup football tournement @ the Allianz Arena in Munich which was pretty spectacular, The Audi museum & a few sneaky...
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    Blood Orange colour Change.

    Heres a photoshop of my 8L S3. Ewan.
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    Youtube link for My S3 @ the Drag Strip.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpeFzkNl1_4 Heres the link for the video of the days activitys as described in the bellow thread. http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/showthread.php?t=78810 Ewan.
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    Front grill for the S3?

    Anyone know where to get a differant front grill for the 8L S3? The only ones that I can find are for the A3 & not S3. Ewan.
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    S3 on 1/4 mile today.

    Well finally got the S3 up the drag strip @ Crail today, best time was 14.511 @ 93.8mph which I'm pretty happy with as its a stock 210hp. Not one car beat me off the line as i've got a good bit of 1/4 experience in other cars & was launching her @ 5k rpm. I even tried it in fwd a few times by...
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    Will these look good on Imola S3?

    I'm getting a set of the above wheels that are in need of a refurb with the usual knackered polished lips, there genuine wheels from an 8P A3, think there BBS? There 18"x7.5" 5x112 pcd ET54 so i think a set of FK 30mm 100-112 PCD adapters should have them sitting about the same as the...
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    Things to consider before a remap.

    I've had my 2001 8L S3 210 with 76k for about 4/5 months now & bought it with full intent on tuning. I intended on a stage 1 generic remap as soon as I got it as it was tailored for stock engines. I then decided on a few things first as precautionary measures, this should make a reasonable...