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    k04 genuine?

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-A3-1-8T-20V-1996-2003-K04-NEW-TURBO-TURBOCHARGER-/160463562103?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item255c5fa577 this genuine? seems cheap! what turbo is best but safe for the 1.8t engine? i want bigger power i notice they have garrett ones on...
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    de cat will this fit?

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-AUDI-A3-S3-1-8T-3-STAINLESS-STEEL-DOWNPIPE-DE-CAT-/380243381491?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5888458cf3 on the quattro exhaust? if not where can i get one which will?
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    plain front grill?

    i know its always a shame to do mods which can sometimes nack a cars style etc...but looking at it before im wondering if it woud look good with no big audi badge and just the little quattro one...anyone done this? can you buy one like this? and finally any pics if someone has please? im just...
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    engine & exhaust really hot?

    since i bought the car i noticed it gets pretty hot although both fans do kick in even after the car only been running for 10-15 mins it will be really hot! i was told this could be down to the cats? the back box even gets pretty hot....is this actually normal or not? ive just had a full service...
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    sump gasket?

    where will i get one of these from? im buying a new sump anyway as the idiot who had done work on the car before me had hacked the bolt to bits and the sump with it then jb welded the bolt back in... aswel as this i think the sump is leaking from the top as it stands anyway??? ive found...
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    still faults!!! ....exhaust?

    Right i need this sorted once and for all im sick to death of it now! changed the maf then showed lambda so changed that then showed crank so changed that now still missing a little and just doesnt feel right when i boot it! so took it to an auto electricians today he ran a scan and it showed...
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    which dump valve?

    ....? not for noise just the best one for the job? im no poser...the standard one is loud after a remap and ive been told i can be losing power through it?
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    whistle on boost?

    the car seems to whistle really loud on boost...sure its not right as my mate has a golf with same revo stage 1 remap no other mods bar his has dv mines standard! people have said it sounds mad lol?? any ideas?
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    just got it sorted....

    been on with sensors for weeks now lol first maf...then remap and wasnt happy...lambda....finally crank sensor seems to have sorted it all! running sweet and really enjoying it especially in this rain i stick like **** to a blanket so anyway im looking now down the road of de-cat and...
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    vagcom newcastle?

    anyone got this around the newcastle or sunderland area?
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    missing and cutting out

    car got mapped 2 weeks ago...it did show as having a faulty lambda but on saturdaydriving along in second the revs wobbled and shot back down then it was jumping around between 2-3k revs...i then topped up with petrol and it cut out completley after trying to pull away (no i didnt stall lol) it...
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    ive bought a dodgy one...

    ...looks like the a3 tqs ive bought has has a 150 engine put in at one point as the engine number has been grinded off just showing agu? i has it remapped yesterday and before it went on the dyno the lad sid the codes were pretty identical tothat of a 150...so hes mapped it to 206 with a...
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    mpg after re-map???

    well...ive decided to remap the car after only having it a week its booked in for friday and the lad claims 215-220 bhp with a pipercross panel filter but...at the minute the car is only averaging about 25 mpg and i know everyone says more mpg when mapped but is this acually true? obviously it...
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    agu aum????

    after my thread the other day someone said my car would be cable throttle but my mate has a golf 1.8t mine is the tqs both v reg but...his has a cable running from the right of the engine bay across to the front on the inlet mine hasnt and his has 20v turbo on the casing where as mine has 5v...
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    lack of boost?

    picked the car up yesterday and realised only in 3rd 4th and 5th around 3-4500 revs theres nothing then at about 5000 it will come back in...it just feels like somethings choking it from going? i know someone posted about it when his was cold but this was all day yesterday and i did nearly 200...
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    lowering a3 tqs??

    have they got a torsion bar or not? if so whats the job like lowering it?
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    advice on few things...

    hello..ive just bought a green v reg 1.8t quattro a3 with 77 on.. im toying with the idea of 200+ bhp nearly straight away just dont know which is the best approach? im thinking de-cat back over, filter and remap i just need to know whats best wether a down pipe etc would be needed and which...