One of the main reason for fitting height adjustable suspension is so you can adjust the corner weights of the car.
Just because the adjustable spring pans are at the same height doesn't mean the car is level or the weight is balanced between the wheels.
If you want the handling to be spot on...
Guy at work bought an Evo 6 a few months back, and we all said to him he wouldn't be able to afford to run it as he must do at least 500 miles a week.
Three months down the line he's still got the Evo, but he comes to work in the other halfs 1.2 Corsa His other half now uses it to do the...
From a rolling start to 100mph you'll need a large power advantage in an S3 to really pull out a good lead on a CTR...
In straight line acceleration once you're above 30mph you've lost most of the advantage of 4wd, and the higher tranmission losses and extra weight are starting to count against...
As not many people seem to have proper performance figures for chipped S3's and the fact I was a little board tonight...
I decided to have a play with a nifty piece of software I've got on my PC. Its called Car Test, you plug in all the technical data for a car, I used data from The Bosch...
Well to achieve the speed in the right column in your average road car you need roughly the power in the left column
Mph--BHP
30---5
40---8
50---12
60---19
70---27
80---38
90---52
100--69
110--90
120-114
130-143
140-176
150-215
160-258
170-307
So to get to a true 175mph it must be one hell of...
Some of you seem to be suggesting the Apexi AVC-R as an alternative to a remapped/chip, but what you've got to understand is that all it does is control the actuator, hence the boost. However what it doesn't do is alter the fueling or ignition timing.
So although you can increase the boost you...
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