Regal Autosport Vf Engineering RS/S S3

[Vtec Abuser]

Did you get in touch with Corey Gaz? Or you going to Prosport?

Prosport mate, had a chat with him today, he's calling me back 2 morra to see if he can fit me in, figured as long as I run the same settings as Corey would do there will be no difference and Prosport is only round the corner from work . Thanx for the advice though pal.
Sorry for stealing the topic jonnnny, but do the S3 guys run the same settings as you Ben?

Iggu is running similar/same settings, yeah. He PM'd me to ask what settings mine was running.
Would love to see what his would run on Awesome's rollers to get a direct comparison.. He seems chuffed to bits though. Not suprised considering he's added 50bhp from his original Bluefin map.. 

[gazbutmk5gti]

They are impressive figures aren't they, it would be interesting to get both your cars on the same rollers. Nearly ordered a Milltek and intake today when I read that over on A/s.net, but monies a bit tight after putting the extra to the S3, so going to have to make do with 300+bhp

[Vtec Abuser]

Poor you eh...

[gazbutmk5gti]

I'll cope, switched the traction off last night in the rain, the switch from front to rear drive is much more aggressive than my old 8l S3, you get a small tail slide before the front pulls it straight again comin out of roundabouts, it was a right giggle

[Hurdy]

400+bhp
380+lbft 

You definitely need 4WD with those figures.

*although I can see the cogs whirring inside Ben's head now*

[I_Love_Candy]

Not really, Jonny's S3 would eat a RS4 and spit it out in bits..  Plus spending extra £'s by progressively modding a car isn't really the same as going out and buying a more expensive one in the first place..  Modding is like being a drug addict for a start, you don't really care about how much money you've spent until it's to late.. 

I know have been there and done it

then added up the costs of the cash it costs and resale of the car and no warranty and these days  your much better off just buying a faster car
let alone trying to tell your insurance company what the car is worth if its written off.

yes put a chip in and exhaust but any more is total lost money better spent on a TTRS or Porsche.

you can get a Cayman S for 30k which will walk all over a 320Bhp VW or Audi turbo car and you can sell it after for 60% of the cost
Modded cars hard very hard to sell on and sometime sell for less than the base spec model due to low demand.
So not only do you lose 100% of the money you have spent on it you also cannot shift it.

[DanGB]

Yes thats all the bad point, but there are many more merits t modding

I dont regret doin my Stage 3 conversion.

[neg]

If you watched 5th Gear this week  (although still pretty crap) was not bad for once - most sensible thing they said was about how to avoid the new road tax increase - best option being modify as currently it doesnt effect roadtax

All sounds good - think I could be tempted with a S3 sportback next - need more doors 

[RedRobin]

All sounds good - think I could be tempted with a S3 sportback next - need more doors 

....I looked at the A3 Sportback 3 years ago when I chose the GTI. The new 5-door S3 quattro Sportback is a far more interesting prospect and I might blag a test drive just for the fun of it.

The TT RS would be even better but will cost around £40k - All I'd need would be a Milltek.....Wouldn't I?

[RedRobin]

Not really, Jonny's S3 would eat a RS4 and spit it out in bits..  Plus spending extra £'s by progressively modding a car isn't really the same as going out and buying a more expensive one in the first place..  Modding is like being a drug addict for a start, you don't really care about how much money you've spent until it's to late.. 

I know have been there and done it

then added up the costs of the cash it costs and resale of the car and no warranty and these days your much better off just buying a faster car
let alone trying to tell your insurance company what the car is worth if its written off.

yes put a chip in and exhaust but any more is total lost money better spent on a TTRS or Porsche.

you can get a Cayman S for 30k which will walk all over a 320Bhp VW or Audi turbo car and you can sell it after for 60% of the cost
Modded cars hard very hard to sell on and sometime sell for less than the base spec model due to low demand.
So not only do you lose 100% of the money you have spent on it you also cannot shift it.

....It's not just about money though is it. Neither is it about restricting what you want to do to improve and personalise your car just for the sake of the next owner.

For example, modding my GTI gives me the car I would still prefer to its money equivalent when accounting for the extra costs of its mods. So what if I could have bought a faster car for the same money - It's not necessarily the car I want. Not everybody wants an even more powerful or faster car.

The new S3 quattro Sportback 5-door is a serious rival to the Mk5 GTI/Ed30 but it still looks bland imo - It would need modding.