I don't know what possessed vw to put that wood trim in the golfs I owned a passat v6 4motiom previously to the golf which my brother now has and is in the process of selling to buy a golf 1.8t
4wd is great but the passat chassis is so soft it renders the 4wd virtually useless unless your driving In snow!
After the interior changes I needed a k03s so picked one up complete with charge pipe to pancake pipe for £120 and being lucky my mate who's a mechanic spent a day with me fitting new cambelt, water pump, spark plugs, oil filter, oil, pipercross panel filter, cheapo eBay downpipe and decat k03s and silicone tip and forge 007p with yellow spring and all new gaskets
It was a long day with no breaks but only cost me £160 labour so I really can't complain seeing as we had full use of his work and a proper 2 post lift
Then decided on a few more cosmetic changes and fitted a mk5 rear wiper and retro fit front aero wiper blades with a 2011 polo aerial
When fitting the k03s we discovered a huge crack in the exhaust manifold so a week or so later fitted new exhaust manifold and thermostat due to issues with not getting up to temp.
Managed to get a newsouth boost gauge and 42 draft design pod for £60 with reciepts from awsome gti only a couple of months old so fitted those.
All issues cured the car was due trip to r-tech who did a custom map which is a bit of a strange one with the mods not being fully at stage 2 lacking cat back exhaust and a fmic they still worked their magic resulting in 233bhp and 217ft/lbs from 155bhp and 155ft/lbs prior to the remap
To be honest this caused a load of parts to be replaced, new maf, lambda sensor, crankshaft sensor then recently developing a boost leak after I did the n249 n112 and sai delete.
Also found a sticking rear calliper, leaking rocker cover gasket and have all the parts and pipe work for the PVC oil catch can install sat here waiting to be installed.
Non of this was due to the remap just bad luck that it all happened in the space of one month
After having the car back on my mates ramp due to knocking form the the front we found the front wishbone bushes were gone so replaced them with r32/s3/tt rear bushes and superpro front poly bushes Which have improved handling but made the ride a bit harsher.
Picked up a bargain nuespeed short shifter for £45 so fitted that today went on a drive to test it out and boom front passenger spring snapped, came home ordered new top mounts, bearings and jom coilovers
And that takes me up to date with what has happened so far I've got few future plans but the mrs is literally losing her mind because everytime I come home something else needs replacing
