Little_Dave's S3

[SurreyED30]

Just Bought one on eBay 32gb sandisk sd card £11.95 

You don't hang about 

Can either store the mp3 in folders or random on the card

Also it'll manage multiple albums under the same artist in a tree without any problems 

That's a touch , can't wait to get it all sorted and in the car 
After today's meet I want a bigger brake kit 

[Wooosh]

Your S3 looked well today mate, was good meeting you today roll on the Sunday 25th May.

Thanks mate look forward to seeing your ride next time  

Dave

Ye will definitely have mine next time mate, hopefully more attendees too.

Yep more the merrier  

What's yours in the body shop for at the moment? Forgot to ask today

Went to VW about my rust warranty on the wings but they tried saying the wings have been repainted so they wont cover it. So thought might aswell get the full front end resprayed & mirror caps as I've got to pay the bill.

Seems like some dealers will try anything to get out of it  

Did you try a few different dealers? They all give different opinions on rusty wings  

Tried 2 different dealers, 1 said the above ^ and the other said they would cover 10% which at there prices I was better off going elsewhere.

Yeah they do like to charge a hell of a lot 

Got rear ended by a kid last year in my golf and the bill for a new votex rear valance painted and fitted was like £900 

At least this way you'll have a mint front end instead of just the wings that should last you well

Ye tell me about it I didn't fancy having pants pulled down by them either. Looking forward to my fresh front end & got to change the discs & pads and service it on the weekend fun fun fun.

[Little_Dave]

Just Bought one on eBay 32gb sandisk sd card £11.95 

You don't hang about 

Can either store the mp3 in folders or random on the card

Also it'll manage multiple albums under the same artist in a tree without any problems 

That's a touch , can't wait to get it all sorted and in the car 
After today's meet I want a bigger brake kit 

Depending on your budget keep an eye out for the same Porsche kit Marvin has on his car, standard discs, saves some weight and increased braking performance, hard to beat for the money

Or go mental and get some big stoppers 

[Little_Dave]

Your S3 looked well today mate, was good meeting you today roll on the Sunday 25th May.

Thanks mate look forward to seeing your ride next time  

Dave

Ye will definitely have mine next time mate, hopefully more attendees too.

Yep more the merrier  

What's yours in the body shop for at the moment? Forgot to ask today

Went to VW about my rust warranty on the wings but they tried saying the wings have been repainted so they wont cover it. So thought might aswell get the full front end resprayed & mirror caps as I've got to pay the bill.

Seems like some dealers will try anything to get out of it  

Did you try a few different dealers? They all give different opinions on rusty wings  

Tried 2 different dealers, 1 said the above ^ and the other said they would cover 10% which at there prices I was better off going elsewhere.

Yeah they do like to charge a hell of a lot 

Got rear ended by a kid last year in my golf and the bill for a new votex rear valance painted and fitted was like £900 

At least this way you'll have a mint front end instead of just the wings that should last you well

Ye tell me about it I didn't fancy having pants pulled down by them either. Looking forward to my fresh front end & got to change the discs & pads and service it on the weekend fun fun fun.

Yeah that's boring stuff alright but gotta be done and it'll no doubt drive and feel a bit better after some tlc 

[SurreyED30]

Just Bought one on eBay 32gb sandisk sd card £11.95 

You don't hang about 

Can either store the mp3 in folders or random on the card

Also it'll manage multiple albums under the same artist in a tree without any problems 

That's a touch , can't wait to get it all sorted and in the car 
After today's meet I want a bigger brake kit 

Depending on your budget keep an eye out for the same Porsche kit Marvin has on his car, standard discs, saves some weight and increased braking performance, hard to beat for the money

Or go mental and get some big stoppers 

Would you favour the porsche over s3 set up? Or have you not had both kits

[Wooosh]

Your S3 looked well today mate, was good meeting you today roll on the Sunday 25th May.

Thanks mate look forward to seeing your ride next time  

Dave

Ye will definitely have mine next time mate, hopefully more attendees too.

Yep more the merrier  

What's yours in the body shop for at the moment? Forgot to ask today

Went to VW about my rust warranty on the wings but they tried saying the wings have been repainted so they wont cover it. So thought might aswell get the full front end resprayed & mirror caps as I've got to pay the bill.

Seems like some dealers will try anything to get out of it  

Did you try a few different dealers? They all give different opinions on rusty wings  

Tried 2 different dealers, 1 said the above ^ and the other said they would cover 10% which at there prices I was better off going elsewhere.

Yeah they do like to charge a hell of a lot 

Got rear ended by a kid last year in my golf and the bill for a new votex rear valance painted and fitted was like £900 

At least this way you'll have a mint front end instead of just the wings that should last you well

Ye tell me about it I didn't fancy having pants pulled down by them either. Looking forward to my fresh front end & got to change the discs & pads and service it on the weekend fun fun fun.

Yeah that's boring stuff alright but gotta be done and it'll no doubt drive and feel a bit better after some tlc 

Ye the good old boring stuff, but I'm mainly looking forward to picking it up tomorrow and going for a drive.

[Little_Dave]

Just Bought one on eBay 32gb sandisk sd card £11.95 

You don't hang about 

Can either store the mp3 in folders or random on the card

Also it'll manage multiple albums under the same artist in a tree without any problems 

That's a touch , can't wait to get it all sorted and in the car 
After today's meet I want a bigger brake kit 

Depending on your budget keep an eye out for the same Porsche kit Marvin has on his car, standard discs, saves some weight and increased braking performance, hard to beat for the money

Or go mental and get some big stoppers 

Would you favour the porsche over s3 set up? Or have you not had both kits

Not personally had the Porsche set up but it's a pretty decent weight saving per corner over the very heavy S3 setup, better pedal feel, OEM disc and and decent up rated pad and it's supposed to be very good

Half way house again would be some ttrs calipers but the standard discs are heavy unless you got similar to mine and DanGBs floating discs but price starts going up very quickly the lighter the setup

Maybe blag a spin in Marvin's at the next meet to see if you like the pedal feel and think they are worth the upgrade, only heard great things from Marvin about them, was like a Cheshire Cat driving home along side him from Alex's after they were fitted 

[SurreyED30]

Just Bought one on eBay 32gb sandisk sd card £11.95 

You don't hang about 

Can either store the mp3 in folders or random on the card

Also it'll manage multiple albums under the same artist in a tree without any problems 

That's a touch , can't wait to get it all sorted and in the car 
After today's meet I want a bigger brake kit 

Depending on your budget keep an eye out for the same Porsche kit Marvin has on his car, standard discs, saves some weight and increased braking performance, hard to beat for the money

Or go mental and get some big stoppers 

Would you favour the porsche over s3 set up? Or have you not had both kits

Not personally had the Porsche set up but it's a pretty decent weight saving per corner over the very heavy S3 setup, better pedal feel, OEM disc and and decent up rated pad and it's supposed to be very good

Half way house again would be some ttrs calipers but the standard discs are heavy unless you got similar to mine and DanGBs floating discs but price starts going up very quickly the lighter the setup

Maybe blag a spin in Marvin's at the next meet to see if you like the pedal feel and think they are worth the upgrade, only heard great things from Marvin about them, was like a Cheshire Cat driving home along side him from Alex's after they were fitted 

When the s3 where delivered I though f*ck me they weigh a ton  I don't want to spend more than £5-600 in all honestly I know I'll probally get half of that for my s3 set up so I'm quite happy with the porsche cost compared to £1.2K + for your 13foot discs and Aston calipers 

I'll see what marvin says lol I'll do a switch with him for a spin in mine for a spin in his haha!

[Little_Dave]

Just Bought one on eBay 32gb sandisk sd card £11.95 

You don't hang about 

Can either store the mp3 in folders or random on the card

Also it'll manage multiple albums under the same artist in a tree without any problems 

That's a touch , can't wait to get it all sorted and in the car 
After today's meet I want a bigger brake kit 

Depending on your budget keep an eye out for the same Porsche kit Marvin has on his car, standard discs, saves some weight and increased braking performance, hard to beat for the money

Or go mental and get some big stoppers 

Would you favour the porsche over s3 set up? Or have you not had both kits

Not personally had the Porsche set up but it's a pretty decent weight saving per corner over the very heavy S3 setup, better pedal feel, OEM disc and and decent up rated pad and it's supposed to be very good

Half way house again would be some ttrs calipers but the standard discs are heavy unless you got similar to mine and DanGBs floating discs but price starts going up very quickly the lighter the setup

Maybe blag a spin in Marvin's at the next meet to see if you like the pedal feel and think they are worth the upgrade, only heard great things from Marvin about them, was like a Cheshire Cat driving home along side him from Alex's after they were fitted 

When the s3 where delivered I though f*ck me they weigh a ton  I don't want to spend more than £5-600 in all honestly I know I'll probally get half of that for my s3 set up so I'm quite happy with the porsche cost compared to £1.2K + for your 13foot discs and Aston calipers 

I'll see what marvin says lol I'll do a switch with him for a spin in mine for a spin in his haha!

Haha yeah I thought the same when I felt a set of S3s 

Don't think Marvin will need much convincing to have a little spin in yours for a go of his brakes 

Only problem you'd have is finding a set that somebody is selling, they don't come up very often, or maybe contact Alex or daveB to see if they can help you out 

[SurreyED30]

Just Bought one on eBay 32gb sandisk sd card £11.95 

You don't hang about 

Can either store the mp3 in folders or random on the card

Also it'll manage multiple albums under the same artist in a tree without any problems 

That's a touch , can't wait to get it all sorted and in the car 
After today's meet I want a bigger brake kit 

Depending on your budget keep an eye out for the same Porsche kit Marvin has on his car, standard discs, saves some weight and increased braking performance, hard to beat for the money

Or go mental and get some big stoppers 

Would you favour the porsche over s3 set up? Or have you not had both kits

Not personally had the Porsche set up but it's a pretty decent weight saving per corner over the very heavy S3 setup, better pedal feel, OEM disc and and decent up rated pad and it's supposed to be very good

Half way house again would be some ttrs calipers but the standard discs are heavy unless you got similar to mine and DanGBs floating discs but price starts going up very quickly the lighter the setup

Maybe blag a spin in Marvin's at the next meet to see if you like the pedal feel and think they are worth the upgrade, only heard great things from Marvin about them, was like a Cheshire Cat driving home along side him from Alex's after they were fitted 

When the s3 where delivered I though f*ck me they weigh a ton  I don't want to spend more than £5-600 in all honestly I know I'll probally get half of that for my s3 set up so I'm quite happy with the porsche cost compared to £1.2K + for your 13foot discs and Aston calipers 

I'll see what marvin says lol I'll do a switch with him for a spin in mine for a spin in his haha!

Haha yeah I thought the same when I felt a set of S3s 

Don't think Marvin will need much convincing to have a little spin in yours for a go of his brakes 

Only problem you'd have is finding a set that somebody is selling, they don't come up very often, or maybe contact Alex or daveB to see if they can help you out 

Haha I'll ask him next time  I've think I've seen 1-2 sets on here so I recon after a week if no one pipes up with a set I'll message dave and RING Alex 

[Little_Dave]

Tbh Dave's even harder to get hold of 

He's a very busy guy but Alex you need to call for sure his Pm's get lost in the pile 

eBay could be an option get a cheap set to refurb then you'd have colour choice too 

[Little_Dave]

Ok so I finally managed to get down to see Alex yesterday at AKS Tuning and get some more goodies fitted to my car



First up was to fit a full BCS zorst, as you can see below its a lovely looking system and a true 76mm all the way except for a cheeky 90mm down pipe and some sexy black tips 



Quick shot of the old system still on the car



Was impressed with it as it sounded deeper than my GTI's standard exhaust and comes with a kind of powervalve flap that opened up when you floored it making it sound even better

Then the BCS system was fitted and was pretty much spot on alignment wise off the bat so no need for loads of tweaking just some fine tuning spacing the tips on the valance and poke was perfect





Think you'll agree it looks huge in comparison and didn't disappoint on startup with some light revving I was very happy 

It's got a lovely deep burble and breaks up nicely as you raise the revs slightly with an addictive overrun 

Once a slight adjustment was made this is how the tips ended up, nice and tucked with not too much poke





Then Alex fitted some red R8 coil packs, IGK spark plugs and RS4 FPRV before loading on the revo stage 2+ linear map file

After some logging on the road she was set up and ready for a test drive.... Wow is all I can say 

Alex did a great job and I'm over the moon with how the car feels on the road, stunningly quick and has torque all over the place and just keeps on pulling hard till I run out of road 

Looking forward to getting down to santa pod and see what difference in time it's made as I ran a 13.2 at stage 1 so should see high 12s 

Thanks for looking

Dave

[th3_f15t]

Looks sweet... But no numbers? What power is you S3 pushing?

[Little_Dave]

Looks sweet... But no numbers? What power is you S3 pushing?

Was setup and logged on the road not on rollers so will have to wait till the next surrey RR to get actual figures but should be between 340-360bhp as that seems the average 

[SurreyED30]

About time dave  looks good mate be good to see it at the weekend