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VWRacing-KW-V3 Suspension....
RedRobin:
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Illyun - In answer to your questions about the Quaife............
Absolutely no significant negative points I can think of. It's maintenance-free, not noisy though you'll hear it a little with aftermarket engine mounts. It's not practical to remove it if putting car back to stock.
It's obviously not quattro and having a Quaife doesn't stop you going off-road if you overdo it, but it greatly helps power delivery earlier out of corners. It grabs hold of slippage very very fast indeed and blows out your TC light quicker. It also greatly softens any juddering around your suspension might do, though I need more miles etc to test that with my new suspension.
It's beneficial to any FWD car with power and the fact that VW have an electronic LSD on the Mk6 confirms the need.
One of the most common road situations I see its benefits are simply when exiting a two-lane roundabout with dual carriageway continued on the exit, the road is a bit greasy and the character directly alongside you on the inside lane is wanting to get into your lane after the roundabout. Your car may have the power advantage to do it safely but you get wheelspin....Except that with a Quaife it's either no wheelspin or dealt with before you can say the word "traction".
Also if going through a fast bend you'll find that the Quaife gives you a lot of confidence in keeping traction.
Obviously it's very important to remember that your only point of contact with the road is four small patches of tyre rubber each only about the size of a CD case.
So, have fun but be safe!
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: WhiteGTI on January 16, 2009, 07:05:51 pm ---Oh, also...
Are your V3's twintube or monotube dampers?
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....They look like monotube to me (see pics). < Ooops! Correction! They are twintube (shows how much I know!) which is unusual for a 'street' damper but allows better adjustments.
The valving and setting parameters on mine are as on the race cars. They are adjustable but to settings exclusive to VWR as a result of extensive testing on their race cars. My spring rating is exclusive too (hence the different colour). This particular version of the V3 has been produced exclusively for VWR and is designed for 'Fast Road' use.
I hope I'm not misrepresenting VWR when I say that most of the products they are able to offer are exclusively made for them and tested and developed on the race track. They're not a retail stockist like Awesome for example and they don't tend to stand behind anything which isn't proven directly by themselves.
Are JKM fitting your Bilsteins? Personally I wouldn't attempt the setup etc myself.
illyun:
--- Quote from: MAT ED30 on January 16, 2009, 06:36:11 pm ---i spoke to vw racing today and am very happy with them and i think mine will be going there in the next few months for the diff doing and a better clutch aswell and all thanks to Robin :laugh:
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Ditto... spoke to Mark at VWR and he was superb from all angles - customer service/paying attention to what I saying, knew what he was talking about and a general feel of competence unlike this other tuner (not JKM I must add) that I spoke to the other day who are probably living off their past reputation... He said that VWR has had 4 e-mails and a number of phone call enquiries after Robin's write-up 8)
WhiteGTI:
Thanks for that Robin.
I'm hoping to get the Bilstein's done by Balance Motorsport, as I've heard nothing but good things about them on the forums!
Illyun - I hope this 'other tuner' doesn't end up to be Balance!!!!
:smiley: :smiley:
RedRobin:
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Chris - It's not Balance that Illyun is referring to.
I recommend that Balance do corner-weighting for you.
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