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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #15 on: April 21, 2012, 09:17:13 pm »
Quote from: Beddie on April 21, 2012, 09:03:37 pm
I was gonna say just buy a Golf R but remembered you can buy a used 996, 3 bedroom semi in Leeds and have enough left over for a round the world Club class ticket on BA for the same money..

or just buy the better sounding R32 and turbo it and stil have enough left for a 3 bedroom semi in Leeds and have enough left over for a round the world Club class ticket on BA for the same money..


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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #16 on: April 21, 2012, 09:23:52 pm »
The S3 has different cams and a bigger intercooler.  I think apart from that its identical engine wise.  

But you also get bigger brakes as well.

If your modifying the car then i think S3 is the way forward.  1-Its got traction so your not having to waste money on semi slick tyres and an LSD.  2- You wont need to buy an Intercooler and bigger brake setup so thats nearly a £1000 difference there straight away.  

The best person to speak to is GazbutS3 tbh, hes had the GTI, Ed30 and S3 iirc
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #17 on: April 21, 2012, 09:27:32 pm »
Same cams just intercooler is smaller on the ed30
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #18 on: April 22, 2012, 12:46:06 am »
Quote from: Black9 on April 21, 2012, 09:15:28 pm
Lol, so what's the weight difference between S3 & ED30? They both have same engines?

Same engines but ED30 has not got the extra 150kg of 4WD to lug around  :happy2:
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #19 on: April 22, 2012, 01:21:29 am »
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If someone is serious about the S3 vs Ed30, the only real way to make the choice is to have a long test drive in each, back-to-back on the same roads. Then go for the one you individually prefer.

Now, if we are talking modified R32's................

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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #20 on: April 22, 2012, 02:31:56 am »

Candi Staton.... really driving music :grin:

the music and the driver just dont fit in my mind :stupid:

wicked vid though.....
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #21 on: April 22, 2012, 01:19:50 pm »
150KG for 4WD,  :laugh:. That alone would sway me to the ED30, do Audi increase the boost pressure to make an extra 35bhp over the Golf? They both use the same cams, only the Rad is bigger in the S3?
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2012, 01:23:17 pm »
Quote from: Black9 on April 22, 2012, 01:19:50 pm
150KG for 4WD,  :laugh:. That alone would sway me to the ED30, do Audi increase the boost pressure to make an extra 35bhp over the Golf? They both use the same cams, only the Rad is bigger in the S3?

Boost and fuelling, they both re-map to almost the same figures give or take about 5hp
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2012, 01:35:18 pm »
Quote from: MAT ED30 on April 21, 2012, 09:27:32 pm
Same cams just intercooler is smaller on the ed30

different cams IIRC
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2012, 02:03:20 pm »
Is there anyway to verify if the cams are differant?
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2012, 02:16:19 pm »
Quote from: Black9 on April 22, 2012, 02:03:20 pm

Is there anyway to verify if the cams are differant?


....Now that's a very old chestnut and has been fiercely debated ever since the Ed30 was launched. With very convincing yays and nays.

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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #26 on: April 22, 2012, 02:21:46 pm »
Quote from: Black9 on April 22, 2012, 02:03:20 pm
Is there anyway to verify if the cams are differant?

ETKA?
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2012, 04:08:02 pm »
Quote from: sub39h on April 22, 2012, 02:21:46 pm
Quote from: Black9 on April 22, 2012, 02:03:20 pm

Is there anyway to verify if the cams are differant?


ETKA?


....ETKA was used as one of the confirmations before. But such info was deemed to be unreliable IIRC. Folks who had physically taken the engines apart etc.

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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2012, 04:40:20 pm »
Yep as Robin says engines side by side in bits same cams
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Re: S3 VS ED30
« Reply #29 on: April 22, 2012, 04:43:00 pm »
S3 = bigger injectors?
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