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forgot the coil packs, which mostly have been fixed now, but many still fail. also secondary airpumps and pipe work break..
but yeh diesel vw's after 2000 are all good!
 Thanks Matt - I knew i'd forgotten something - there's probably a couple more silly things that are alluding me for now aswell. I'm sure JR will be able to think of them. 
That said, I never realy changed that many coil packs on Golfs. They seemed fairly reliable in my experience.
The bulk of the coils I replaced were on polos and lupos.
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I ve got an S3 & have to say its great to drive only had it a few months its a (51) 2002 with only 27k on the clock no problems yet jus a replaced sensor on the cooling system about 60quid.
If you go to the AMD tuning site you can checkout availible remaps & expected gains if you ve got an S3 & a spare 32500quid you ll see around 459bhp which would be nice ;-)
If your gonna go for the golf get the 25th Anniversary which is 180bhp also has a few other extra such as bodykit & recaro leather (i could be wrong).
[Edited on 01-02-2006 by mattyboy199]
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What engine range is available in the Golf GTi cos i've destroyed a few in my Lupo GTi
They have a horrible two litre thing that is gutless, sounds horrid and wobbles all over the place at idle
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What engine range is available in the Golf GTi cos i've destroyed a few in my Lupo GTi
They have a horrible two litre thing that is gutless, sounds horrid and wobbles all over the place at idle
thats would be the 2.0 8v engine with only 115bhp which is pants
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AmD 
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It is quite dreadfull indeed.
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AmD
 @ Stuey
Drunkeness to come on Sat night.
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What engine range is available in the Golf GTi cos i've destroyed a few in my Lupo GTi
They have a horrible two litre thing that is gutless, sounds horrid and wobbles all over the place at idle
thats would be the 2.0 8v engine with only 115bhp which is pants
Ahhhh, that would explain it then
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AmD
yeah ?
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face says it all really, am not gonna go into it, you never know they may have improved a bit.....
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AmD
@ Stuey
Drunkeness to come on Sat night.
Indeed jim
Dont forget your damn card tho 
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That sounds good enough to me
Now dont have a go at me for saying this but.............
Can you fit a DV or a BOV to them? or do they not benifet?
they dont like them unless its a recirc
utter crap, they work fine providing you dont fit it in the standard position, move it over to the ic pipe.
thats intresting. we stopped selling them at work because some supposed VW 'expert' told us they should only have recirculating ones, might have to try them again.
[Edited on 01-02-2006 by Adam_B]
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face says it all really, am not gonna go into it, you never know they may have improved a bit.....
yeah i ve read the stories, i didnt say go there i jus said check the site out. I havent actually decided on where to get mine stage 1 done but 270bhp should be nice
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Adam, when you remove the recirc valve and replace it in that place with a BOV, the car runs like a sack of shit (in most cases, some work ok) If you cut the ic pipe in 2, use a bailey fitting kit and blank off all the pipes at the back, run the vacuum pipe round the bay to the new location, it works fine. I should know, had loads of them on the audi without a problem. So many people running them now in that location. Best performing BOV for me was the HKS SSQV, tis a great valve. Of course, optimum performance is always received with a diverter valve as you get a little more lag with BOV's, but hardly noticeable. There are pics in my garage of my old setup if you want to look.
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face says it all really, am not gonna go into it, you never know they may have improved a bit.....
yeah i ve read the stories, i didnt say go there i jus said check the site out. I havent actually decided on where to get mine stage 1 done but 270bhp should be nice
horror stories, wont go into it all but they treated me like shit on the phone, so i stayed well away. Only one id ever go to is Jabbasport.
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Adam, when you remove the recirc valve and replace it in that place with a BOV, the car runs like a sack of shit (in most cases, some work ok) If you cut the ic pipe in 2, use a bailey fitting kit and blank off all the pipes at the back, run the vacuum pipe round the bay to the new location, it works fine. I should know, had loads of them on the audi without a problem. So many people running them now in that location. Best performing BOV for me was the HKS SSQV, tis a great valve. Of course, optimum performance is always received with a diverter valve as you get a little more lag with BOV's, but hardly noticeable. There are pics in my garage of my old setup if you want to look.
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AmD
@ Stuey
Drunkeness to come on Sat night.
Indeed jim
Dont forget your damn card tho
'tis in my wallet akready honeybun, along with me driving license - although i'm not sure how much longer I will have that though. 
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think SVM and stu have pretty much coverd the question
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StuartVRS
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Jim  What have you done If your a member, you probably wont need the photo id, but best to be safe.
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Jim What have you done If your a member, you probably wont need the photo id, but best to be safe.
Got caught for speeding on the M25 and M4, three times in as many days.
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Nice avatar BTW Stu
Brings warm feelings.
And sorry to Doug for hijacking your thread mate.
[Edited on 01-02-2006 by SVM 286]
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ouch Thats not good at all. pulled over or normal speed cameras?
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So the GT TDi is the much better bet? And its faster than the 1.8T?!
Thanks for the VERY usefull reply SVM!!
I just want to get something thats already got the decent 'kit' onit for my next car.....
i.e. would want a GSi not a 1.6 sport
So do you get the GTi recaros etc in the GT TDi?
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id go for the GT TDI and get it remapped
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gt tdi is deffo the one to go for
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