Questions..

[keith]

a Lot of people swear by the ITG panel filter, personally i used the K&N panel filter, pipercross and green cotton are also good.

[Caz]

never heard of ITG..

cool, well ill prob go with pipercross or k&n..

thanks mr keith! 

[tony_danza]

If you're not going crazy and just want a common or garden remap (circa 190-200bhp I think) , then just get a Bluefin off Superchips. Whoever you get though, ask them to tweak the torque down to 280-290lb/ft and you'll have no clutch slip issues

With the Bluefin you can switch the map off and on, and better still, when you come to swap cars they can either re-code it for the new one or reset it to 'as new' it so you can sell it on again... so you get a return on your remap, rather than losing the money all together.

A panel filter such as green/ITG/Pipercross will do you fine. An exhaust will just be asthetics/noise - I doubt you'll see any power increase unless you get a decat downpipe too.

R32 stoppers will be fine, just get the handling tweaked and you're golden!

[Caz]

Cheers Mr Danza!  Im not wanting to go crazy, cause ill be trading it in in a year and half..
techies at work mentioned the bluefin thing.. may look into that.. 
have been looking at a milteck exhaust..

[NEWEY]

i get all my work done at APS www.autops.com there brilliant people and i wouldnt go anywhere else for my work on the car. they seem to really know what there doing. might be a little far for you though

[animal]

Bluefin gets my vote too for flexibility and ease of use on a mildly modded car.

[Caz]

  cheers.. think will look more into the bluefin option, then i can take it with me when get new car.. yeah? ....

[SO8]

cheers.. think will look more into the bluefin option, then i can take it with me when get new car.. yeah? ....

If you get another car that uses the same 'plug' i.e. VW, Audi, Skoda, Seat .... you can get the unit reset to work with your new car and then pay a smaller amount for the maps as you already have the Bluefin unit - or at least I think I am right in saying this .....

[animal]

cheers.. think will look more into the bluefin option, then i can take it with me when get new car.. yeah? ....

If you get another car that uses the same 'plug' i.e. VW, Audi, Skoda, Seat .... you can get the unit reset to work with your new car and then pay a smaller amount for the maps as you already have the Bluefin unit - or at least I think I am right in saying this .....

OBDII is a standard connection across most current cars, it's not VAG specific. Reset is quite pricey but does work out cheaper than a new handset.

[true-blue]

You might want to have a look at Chipped Uk's ST3. If you can pick one up on a group buy on any of the VW, Audi, Seat or Skoda forums you'll pay about £300 and you get two maps. New maps for you new car are only £100 each.

I had an 2.0tdi 140 audi and I initially went for economy and race - economy was circa plus 28 bhp and plus about 4mpg, race was about 195 bhp but was too smoky for me so they gave me fast road instead - much better for road use.

The Economy map will give you a much smoother power curve and better mpg than a standard 170, easily as quick and nicer to drive without the big torque spike.

The Fast road map is more exciting than economy, but still slightly smoky (not uncommon with powerful mapped diesels) - either map will make your car capable of 'suprising' many on the move, will also put a big grim on your face

[Teutonic_Tamer]

i get all my work done at APS www.autops.com there brilliant people and i wouldnt go anywhere else for my work on the car. they seem to really know what there doing. might be a little far for you though

Mexico is quite a long way to go . . . .

Maybe the one in Northampton is closer . . . www.autops.co.uk