« Reply #11 on: 14 August 2008, 05:07 »
Thanks very much guys. Very informative and JKM are the ones I keep hearing about on here and other forums so I will certainly be speaking to them when I get back from my hols. I'm Devon based by the way.
I'm glad you mentioned/warned about it being a PITA to fit the internals only kit Stu as that's what had taken my eye more recently whilst I was thinking about saving some ££££!!!
And Robin, yes I was certainly bearing in mind other parts that would need to be uprated before or alongside the engine work. Very good point about the 'driver training' and one so very many people overlook. Me included if I'm honest, I've looked at doing such a thing so many times but it's one of those things I've just never got round to. I was all set to do a course for my last Birthday in fact, but ended up blowing the money on a set of BBSs!!! :embarassed:
My plans for the chassis and braking mods are quite modest by some standards but to start with I've been keeping an eye out for some Cupra/R32 front brakes at reasonable cost. I appreciate that there are many brake mods available but I probably do less than 5k per annum mileage wise and most of that is with wife and kids on board so driven 'sensibly'. Better brakes are definately on the agenda but I don't need track day stoppers. Due to work and finances my track day driving is history now, plus I'm getting too old/sensible/slow!!!
As for suspension all I had planned was a set of FSD dampers really. One of the things that swayed me to the GTI over say a Leon FR was the good ride and handling balance. As I said above, I'm not getting any younger and I've had too many suspension kits in the past that have been too harsh for normal road use and have really spoilt my enjoyment of the car. And once I start doing the sums for the mods and get past a certain figure I start to cast my eyes back towards changing the car to the aforementioned R32 or Cupra which would probably remain unmodified as they are pretty much all there out of the box.
Hmmmm......convince me otherwise chaps!
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