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Jacker's Tornado GTI - Previously owned my AMD Technik

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Jacker:
Well.. I think it's about time I create a thread!

A quick intro: I bought my baby in August after bartering with the previous owner about the price for over 2 weeks!  :evilgrin:

She's a Tornado Red beaut and only had 26,000 on the clock. This was backed up with all old MOT's aswell!

She had a few faults on her, hence me being stubborn over the price I was willing to pay. This was because of my lack of VW knowledge (and background) but with the help of this forum, I've managed to knock a few faults away!

When I bought her, she looked like this:



Straight away, I wanted to get rid of the alloys for some standard monzas (for now..)



As I started to look around the car, I realised I got a bit of a billy bargain with all the parts that have been fitted to the car. The previous owner wasn't a very big car person, as he didn't know what suspension was fitted.. or what exhaust system it has. I knew it had decent parts fitted due to the massive Porsche calipers under the rims but i didn't know how decent everything else was..

Turns out she's got KW Variant 3 Coilovers, and a full milltek turbo-back system too  :jumping:

Also, she's famous on Milltek's site. It's a shame I can't find much information on the car, I'd love to know more of it's history.



Now I want to see what other goodies she may have fitted that he (and myself) didn't know about!

Anyway - A few more shots from a quick wash last week.







You might notice my dads project behind my car in one of the pictures.. A vintage Ford Zephyr, it' only been on my drive for 25years!

Hope you life the (brief) insite into the car

dandav1985:
Won't matter it the car been well serviced. The gti engines take a good beating, nice motor what mods you planning?

Jacker:
It's got a Full service history. 5-6 stamps from AmD when they owned it and there's a few more from previous owners.

My plans are to get the faults gone, get my windows working again and a few subtle mods.

I've just purchased some pressed plates from Dubmeister today. They're on my way to work every day, and I got TSR Performance to check to see if my car has a REVO map while i was there.

Unfortunately no REVO map, BUT it is re-mapped. So i'm guessing that AMD used their own mapping software.

Mark Webb:
Nice tornado red gti

Jacker:
Well.. I've found out what my final Engine Managment Fault is. Turns out I need a stage 2 map due to the Sports Cat.

So the next question is.. Do I stick with AMD or do I go to TSR Performance down the road and get a Revo map?

And I just can't help buying more things to improve the golf..

1) Metal Pressed Plates
2) New heater panel with heated seats (need to get a Kufatec loom)
3) Cambelt Kit
4) Spark Plugs
5) A replacement entire mirror as some fool wiped mine clean off!

Now - to fit it all..

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