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Is there anyone has gone Stg2/2+ and wished they had not?
berg:
Chaps, am at Revo Stg 1 now on my ED30 and am getting the suspension off PDT next month. Have done WALK, Eibach arb's, forge quickshifter, Dave B NQSBBK so that will be everthing done apart from uprated clutch/lsd if it starts to slip.
My dilemma is do I spend another £5k (over the next couple of years) to go to Stg 2+ and get clutch/lsd and hit around the 370 bhp mark or do people with ED30's who have gone this far feel that they have not got value for money ie 300bhp stg 1 is relatively cheap to get to but to go all the way is quite a lot more and would that money be better spent saving towards a RWD BMW or a 4WD Audi for example?
I really am torn between making the most out of such a tunable car or saving the $ towards an RS3 or M3 for example in 3 to 5 years. I am fast road user only so am not interested in achieving 1/4 mile times but on other hand the modding bug has bitten alright!
Any thoughts/opinions...
Saint Steve:
get stage 2, Full turbo back exhaust, maybe a bigger intercooler, Cotton air filter without going cold intake, and thats good for 290-300bhp.
Plenty for front wheel drive, gives more torque then stage one further up the rev range, and also doesnt strain the car and its components to its limits without risk of a failure of some sort which could be a very costly one.
Up to you mate, it gets you another 30bhp from 2 to 3 on average, just ask yourself is it really worth it forking out shed loads for little time to use it on the public roads.
Im biased of course being happy on stage 2. But used to stand by std was good enough years ago :signLOL: :ashamed:
Carrera2RS:
Why not go Stage 2 with a downpipe, should be 315hp and better midrange torque ?
The whole will cost less than £1k. Then putting the power down is the next useful spend
heavyd:
I thought the same thing when I had stage 2+, then took the HPFP off and sold it, then convinced myself I would stick at stage 2.
two months later, I've fitted an APR fuel pump and looking at getting a stage 3 remap in the next couple of weeks......
Does that answer your question :popcornsoda:
laurent.d:
I don't understand your point of view Berg...
If you dream to by a RWD BMW or a AWD Audi, then, yes save your money to by them instead of spending it in modding your car.
But not every body is modding his car wishing he would make it look like or performe like an other on he is wishing to own.
I have spent so much money modding my car, I could have afford a brandnew TT S or RS or a RS3, a Porsche Cayman S or a second hand M3... But it's not what I'm looking for.
I like discreet looking cars like hot hatch that you mod' to make it as fast as you can. Some time faster than the fast looking cars. And I have fun to do it.
But if you don't then, you took the wrong way. So save your money and by the car you realy dream of.
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