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Been Bitten, the Red Temptress
MAT ED30:
--- Quote from: stokeballoon on October 07, 2009, 06:52:58 am ---the brakes were fantastic, although I believe when I had the car it had the £2500 kit fitted. When I had it I hated it, the suspension was like riding a car with solid blocks fitted, with the lack of race track like roads in everyday life, i felt it was edging on the dangerous side, bumping and bucking all over the place. The car is now wearing V3's I believe, which are a far better compromise.
According to Matt the map has also been changed, and the power delivery is far better for the public road.
The car was just about ok, but too track focused, and with VWR's venture into the road market (not racing) i feel the car had to become more civilised, which according to Matt it is, with the suspension, brake (i think it now has the new Caparo kit fitted) and map change.
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u would hate mine then :laugh: u big girl :pomppomp: i love the hard setup on the road and being able to hear and feel the engine through my seat is ace
tony_danza:
--- Quote from: simonskerton on October 06, 2009, 09:39:13 pm --- I was mega impressed at the directness of the steering. It felt massivly heavier than my vRS. Is this the engine mounts causing this. If so I want them now!.
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Decent geo set up and the poly bushes are most likely the benefit here. I imagine its running very little toe-in on the front (possibly even a little toe-out instead?) and probably parallel on the back with less camber than the front.
Then there's the ARBs and coils... it'll be a sum of many parts, but not the engine mounts.
You can also alter the steering's weight in VCDS :happy2:
MAT ED30:
it no longer has adjustable top mounts and it rides on 19s so that does not help for comfort :rolleye:
RedRobin:
--- Quote from: simonskerton on October 07, 2009, 10:19:26 am ---@mike
you'll have to take me out in it again when it is dry and on a better road, would love to see the difference that diff makes then
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....I have found that the Quaife diff makes a noticeable but subtle difference on the road but at Spa on a session of about 15 laps in the wet (with an instructor in my passenger seat) and ESP off, the diff really came into its own. The harder you push it (within limits!) the more it delivers.
I'm like Mat - I love the hardcore feel of a track biassed car. VWR's road-legal track DSG car (Philip's) is awesome :notworthy:. You quickly adapt and get used to the harder feel and noise of a car - People should dump their preconcieved expectations and open their minds to the benefits of taut and tactile. If it doesn't make your back ache or give you a headache then it's fine imo. If wifey doesn't like it, whose car is it? Yours or hers?
MAT ED30:
as Robin says above :smiley: mine now for me is what a GTI hot hatch should be all about :grin: well once the brakes and diff go on :evilgrin: :evilgrin: it should be about how the car feels in your hands ie the feedback u get from the whole driving :driver: pleasure.
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