Thinking of bailing out on my ED30!!!!

[cmdrfire]

Bi Turbo V6 Rocco FTW.....

Rare as rocking horse, stealthy, 450BHP+, 4WD....

You could have a 10 sec 1/4 mile lambo worrier and nobody need know

....As if you'd be worried about some bloke in his superfast Scirocco when driving your Lambo! I know which I'd rather own, regardless of performance.

Nobody said it was a better car Robin just that it would worry one. I think its fair to say you're not on your own to prefer a lambo over a rocco...its just the six figure price tag thats stopping me buying one tomorrow funnily enough

I wouldn't have a Lambo of any kind over a Scirocco. The Lamorghini makes you sit bent (the pedals are offset from the driver's position). After an hour driving it you're in mild agony - on both the Gallardo and the Murcielago. This is where the F430/599/612 excel (dunno 'bout the 458; I've yet to drive one of those).

[Poverty]

Bi Turbo V6 Rocco FTW.....

Rare as rocking horse, stealthy, 450BHP+, 4WD....

You could have a 10 sec 1/4 mile lambo worrier and nobody need know

....As if you'd be worried about some bloke in his superfast Scirocco when driving your Lambo! I know which I'd rather own, regardless of performance.

Thats completely beside the point. Everyone rather have the lambo, but if you cannot afford one, but can afford to make your "cheap car" beat the lambo at what its meant to do best, and surprise people, then it sure is a good feeling, and yes the lambo owner will be a teeny weeny bit miffed

[Hurdy]

i know the guy that own that car and lets put this way its stupid fast in Germany on the autobahn 

Yeah, I went down to Inters in 2008 with Andy and the R32 and you could hear it half a mile away on the motorway when he pressed the fast pedal

[MAT ED30]

Yeah he is a nut case but such a top guy and yes I know it's silly loud but it's a good loud.

[Hurdy]

Yeah he is a nut case but such a top guy and yes I know it's silly loud but it's a good loud.

Yep,

That's why I'm soooo tempted by one

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

So 2010 1.4TSi 's are 17.5K on autotrader - Maybe 16750 for cash whats your eddie worth?  

[MAT ED30]

Have u heard his flywheel on that car   just get a mk4 for 10k then go see jbs who for 6k will see u above 400bhp and fit your brakes and strip it out stick a cage in it and have it all done for under 22k ish

[GTIjames]

having literally bailed out of my ed30 last weekend i have spent the last week contemplating new cars my max budget is25k and have conidered evo x rs (lightweight version),  r262r, r32 plus mods but my current favourite as i mentioned in the random thread is the 135i

as standard sub 5s 0-60 and 12.6 1/4mile  - with remap and exhaust you will see 400hp and 11s 1/4miles and it handles pretty well too, bilstein coils are available if you require

for 24k you get a great start and if you take a bit of weight out of it plus a few mods i think it would be an animal 

[Hurdy]

So 2010 1.4TSi 's are 17.5K on autotrader - Maybe 16750 for cash whats your eddie worth?  

Probably about £18k if I left the mods on.

Maybe £16k with all the mods off - only done 26k miles, by one careful owner

[vRStu]

With the sort of budget you mention then I'd say an ex demo TTRS is an ideal starting point.  The problem with modding to the extreme (cutting floors, changing engines etc) is that you instantly write off the value of the base car.  I always prefer to be able to retrun to stock once you've finished.

What about a TTRS engine in something else??  There was a link to one on eBay posted at VAGOC IIRC.

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

Si,

Your assuming you need to cut floors on the rocco, im not sure you do. Geometry on a Mk5 4WD and 2WD at the back is more or less identical. I've even seen R32 splined rear hubs on mk5 with a blanking plug when VW have got their numbers wrong.

The Boot on a rocco is very shallow

Having said that Rocco DNA also comes from Passat CC in a lot of cases....

Dont forget to use 19's on anything new.....for reasons previously discussed   

[Sunglasses Ron]

having literally bailed out of my ed30 last weekend i have spent the last week contemplating new cars my max budget is25k and have conidered evo x rs (lightweight version),  r262r, r32 plus mods but my current favourite as i mentioned in the random thread is the 135i

as standard sub 5s 0-60 and 12.6 1/4mile  - with remap and exhaust you will see 400hp and 11s 1/4miles and it handles pretty well too, bilstein coils are available if you require

for 24k you get a great start and if you take a bit of weight out of it plus a few mods i think it would be an animal 

When you say you've bailed on the Ed30 James, has it gone already? 

I'm with you on the 135i though, something I am seriously considering after the ED30 goes. But i've not heard of a standard one going near 12.6 in this country?  I'm quite friendly with the lads in the E90 forums and the quickest 335i on their (450bhp) @ Pod is 12.6 @ 118mph. Now then 335i is only 50kgs lighter than the 335i, so they have potential that's for sure, but not quite as quick as standard as that. My mates mapped one was similar to mine upto high speeds then it obviously had the legs.
Great cars though and the Yanks go mad for them..

[RedRobin]

Dont forget to use 19's on anything new.....for reasons previously discussed   

....Crikey, you've set quite a puzzle there, Mr Brakes-Guru

19's? - I'm having great difficulty working out what you mean 

[Richn83]

Hurdy if your going Quattro surely its has to be something with a longitudinal engine to get permanent drive and a 40:60 distribution, plus you can then get your hands on the 7 spd s-tronic which has many more clutch plates for smoother and faster pick-up.  Plus it might be possible to swop it out for the R8 box or the Porsche PDK box?  Which should take what-ever you can throw at it!

Or if you start with a R32 how about getting your hands on one of the new 2.0 TSI lumps with variable valve lift as standard they chuck out a considerable amount of extra torque, and I bet even a simple tune could release alot more without sacrificing the weight of a V6 lump.

What ever you do, will be an interesting build thread, proper AWD with decent front to rear power distribution 7 spd DSG, and a blinfding engine will make a truely awesome motor! 

[FamilyDub]

I'm feeling the R36 transplant (with forced induction) with 4WD into a new shape Scirocco at the moment. A 600bhp Scirocco with 4WD and looking stock from the outside would be a great stealth car

^^^ +1.