Hey all..
Just thought I would get myself on this new forum and start my build thread on here..
Some of you may recognise my previous car, VF Engineering RSS S3, sold only last week, only reason being that I had finished the project, and wanted to move on to something new! :)
Heres a couple of pics of the previous project.. Ended up with 417Bhp 385Ft/Lbs
So I used to have a MK5 GTI, one of the first cars really, lots of things were done to the car and I eventually sold it to Regal Autosport, they are now using it as there demo shop car! Running same turbo kit as the S3 had, goes like stink, really nice car!!
My Old GTI..
So now you have a bit of background ill introduce you to the new project!!
Fully Specced MK5 GTI Ed30 in Candy White (couldn't bring myself to choose any other colour) standard as you like!!
The car has DSG, bit of a strange decision really, but after driving lots of DSG cars I have to say I have came to quite enjoy it, and with some trick bits in the pipeline, im glad I made the call! Plus it definitely makes the car faster, not just the speed of the gear change, I can change as quick in a manual, but its the way that its changes to seamlessly, the engine doesn't ever need to recover boost between changes, which makes a huge difference on these cars!!
Got an intake being made for the car, something pretty special, should not only perform really well but look fantastic at the same time, pretty excited about it actually!!
Exhaust will be on soon, going for a Milltek 3" downpipe with no cats, and a custom 3" cat back exhaust..
I picked up wheels for the car yesterday, need a little bit of work but they are going to look really nice, doing something a little different here, should look fantastic!!
Ermm, going to have the car mapped ASAP, this car feels very very slow after the S3, as you would expect! But its good fun to drive, just as I remembered my last GTI
The grille was taken off immediately to have the red grille strip painted in body colour, just looks pretty custom, sacrilege to any true GTI fan im sure Also having the plate holder removed and the grille smoothed over and re-painted black
Coilovers have been ordered, I really wanted a coilover which would allow me to drop the car a fair bit, that narrowed it down to two different sets really, the H&R ultralow's (which I think are exactly the same coilovers that H&R fit to the S3) and the FK Konigsports
Obviously the H&R brand speaks for itself, good quality, but no damper adjustment and a pretty heavy price (£950) considering that they are basically a KW V1 coilover with short springs (KW retail the V1 kit at £650)
I was a little unsure of the FK's, I have done a lot of research and found out that the shock bodies are made by Koni, full stainless steel etc with adjustable rebound, and the springs are produced by FK themselves, and the price is £670, really just adjustability decided it for me so I went for the FK's, they should be on the car within the week hopefully
The last couple of things.. I removed the radio controlled car look radio antenna and replaced it for a black anodized aluminum version, much smaller, looks far better!! And fully de-badged the rear of the car..
(quite small) Private plates are going on tomorrow all being well
Thats pretty much it for now, not bad after owning the car for less than 48 hours
Jonny
