Pirelli & Scirocco the end of an era

[T88OMM]

I think I may be speaking to Revo this weekend 

[Greeners]

I think I may be speaking to Revo this weekend 

 

That didn't take long! 

[T88OMM]

I think I may be speaking to Revo this weekend 

 

That didn't take long! 

I have had a good week at work! 

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I think I may be speaking to Revo this weekend 

blue s3 sportback with dsg was on the rollers after mine...

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well finally got round to getting the Pirelli Revo'd, only Stage 1 but its a start

whsilt Revo had read code off a Pirelli to check same as Ed30 it was the first to recieve code, a few people may be aware that later K04 cars (S3s and Cupras) have had the odd report of a misfire with code which disappears after 1st service, ours was consitent at 6,500 so Revo borrowed the car for a few days and have tweaked the map and will again after the cars first service, can't fault the service as Revo were upfront regarding the issue after there testing and keen to rework things

got to be said i'm absolutely loving the GTI even more now, especially given its understated, i did some performance benchamrking and pleased with the results, indeed at lower speeds its a lot smoother in day to day use, SWMBO is loving it 

focus RS was a good test comparison as they are like chalk and cheese and got me thinking what a great package the ED30/Pirelli and is a true all rounder, the Pirelli has reconfirmed its place as the favourite of the two 

[Rich]

Love the perilli... im really not keen on the wheels if im honest... they're good.. but not ultra special. I think the pirelli should have some uber looking wheels..

Wasn't too keen on the Pirelli Wheels to start with, but now I love them lol - what on earth was i saying here 

They grow on you every day...

2 great motors!!!!

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not done an update on the wigit fleet in ages even though their has been some work in progress:

really pleased with the Revo Stage 1 perfomance with stock filter on RR day 



following a last minute decsion to take the Pirelli to the Scirocco Central meet at Gaydon for a Fiscon handsfree kit, my brief appearances resulted in the Pirelli winning best of the rest and some medai whoring in this weeks Autocar



have toyed with selling the rocco for a second Pirelli i resisted and so plan was hatched for Revo Stage 2, a few have seen and heard the work in pregress.

car was packed off to Volkswagen Racing for a week for a non res TBE and fast road engine mount (pic care of RR), my ceramic finsihed one should be on the car in a week or so 







its the first road rocco to have the mount in and i have to admit since both have been done i've been loving the car 

i got in touch with ITG and so yesterday was the intallation of the development intake along with SteveP where the p#ss take was planned



thought i'd take a pic of the revised VWR short shift kit (metal arm) which ahs been on 12k now with no issues, indeed even better since the mount



i went for a smaller sticker 







big thanks to Andy the filter guru at ITG 

next up is to get some Revo Stage 2 code on it 

[B3n]

Loving the roco mate only 2 more weeks until i pick mine up! How do you find the itg intake? How much noise do you get from the enclosed system?

Ben

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Loving the roco mate only 2 more weeks until i pick mine up! How do you find the itg intake? How much noise do you get from the enclosed system?

Ben

its more vocal but nothing excessive, in reality the noise is supplied courtesy of the zorst

[Hurdy]

About time you updated

[Top Cat]

Coming along nicely Andy.   

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Coming along nicely Andy.   

just a bit slower than i would like 

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time for a bit of a catch up on the rocco as appears to have been a while so the May and June 2010 (yes shocking its been 12 months) updates were

first up was the production version of the ITG, still on the car and going great guns



next was the ceramic tips to the milltek/vwr tbe (appears i'm the only rocco owner to have gone down this route)



after 30k the clutch was slipping on the rocco so off to VWR for a clutch which went in a week before Inters last year



VWR TDs turned up in July 2010, running 8x18 on 35 offset (stock rocco rims are 41), made a massive difference to the car in terms of how it drives but a bit marmite





car was still running revo development stage 2 file

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revo came up trumps later in the year with the stage 2 file for the tsi, difference was light and day over stage 1 and incarnations of the development file

in november 2010 was invited by Revo to Bruntingthorpe (2 days before the snow) for a test day to get some performance figures and for a feature with US magazine Eurotuner who wanted to drive a rocco

we felt car want 100% (plug change later rectified this) but with 2 up and a full tank of fuel got some respectable times



also gave a chance for some nice photos and why i love rising blue:

[Deako]

Looking great. How much did VWR charge for the TDs? Competitive compared to going direct with Rimstock? Im after some, as i loved them on the Clio.