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rezenclowd3
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haha..no worries. I'm not a fan of chrome. I plan on replacing both the front and back bumpers this year with some black ones. My goal is to have zero chrome on the truck.
I'm not a big fan of Rams, but she's lookin' good! Good job on the anti-chrome campaign too.
It is a regular GTI. The R32 had unique bumpers and side skirts. He also jokingly mentions in a later post that it doesn't need AWD, and that the car has the 1.8T engine. The MKIV R32 was only available with AWD and the VR6.
That is excellent right there. The B5 Audi A/S4 is one of my all-time favorite cars. I just love the lines and shape of the car. The fact you could get them with a sweet TT engine didn't hurt either
That is excellent right there. The B5 Audi A/S4 is one of my all-time favorite cars. I just love the lines and shape of the car. The fact you could get them with a sweet TT engine didn't hurt either
Thanks man! Haha, yea, I completely agree with you there. I love the the B5 body as well, both the sedan and avant. Part of the reason why I chose to pick it up was because of it's clean and timeless design.
Thanks man! Haha, yea, I completely agree with you there. I love the the B5 body as well, both the sedan and avant. Part of the reason why I chose to pick it up was because of it's clean and timeless design.
Rich do you still have the M3?
Yes and no... I still have my E46, but it wasn't an M3
It's a 328i. It's funny you ask though because I'm actually getting ready to let it go soon. I just finished parting out what I wanted off it, and now just need to schedule an appointment at my local BMW dealership to get it serviced and inspected one last time before I put it up for sale. Hopefully I can find a good home for it.
Yes and no... I still have my E46, but it wasn't an M3
It's a 328i. It's funny you ask though because I'm actually getting ready to let it go soon. I just finished parting out what I wanted off it, and now just need to schedule an appointment at my local BMW dealership to get it serviced and inspected one last time before I put it up for sale. Hopefully I can find a good home for it.
Oh right. I seem to remember you as one of the OG's at E46F? Just took a look at your Flickr and remembered the car. Good luck with the sale.
yeah you got a point there. I only assumed R32 cause of the amount of horsepower. sorry for not paying attention; protip: dont post when you have half a brain. So 375whp? I wanna know what mods that GTI has. IIRC, theyre only capable of like what 150-200whp? (cant find official specs on one, just judging on what that gen Golf had)
Thanks... Always had a thing for the older iron out there. Only trouble is that the car gets a bit *too* much attention sometimes. Purple flames and a very rumbly exhaust aren't exactly subtle
I've come back to the car a few times to find people on their hands and knees trying to figure out how she's so low, or with their faces pressed against the window trying to see inside. Once I even caught a guy trying to determine if the flames were a decal (They aren't) by picking at them with his thumbnail. Not cool!
2000 Cherokee.
Thinking of buying something newer though, either an X5 4.4 (2004+) or a RX350 (2007+).
Anyone have any input on them?
2000 Cherokee.
Thinking of buying something newer though, either an X5 4.4 (2004+) or a RX350 (2007+).
Anyone have any input on them?
X5. Lexus's are just like Toyota's. Boring as hell in the looks and driving experience.
Ok well to clear things up....It's really not that hard. Start with a moderately sized turbo upgrade..i.e. GT28RS and add proper fueling such as 830cc injectors, plus a dash of 3" exhaust. Then garnish nicely with Eurodyne Maestro7 software and a spiffy front mount. Bingo you now have waaaayy more horsepower than you will ever need.
The car started life as a 180hp stock GTI, around 2003 it recieved a APR stage 3 kit which I installed for the prev owner. I had the chance to buy the car last year in need of a new turbo. At that time we decided since the car was a full APR car we'd just continue and go to Stage 3+ from stage 3. So 3 grand lighter in the wallet we had her back to her former glory....at this point car was roughly 300hp on 100 octane.
The car just never drove "well" it always had very poor drive-ability issues from day one of the upgrade. I went back and forth with APR and got no where with them. I had finally had enough of all their smoke and mirror crap and we switched to better engine management. I researched my decision for months and finally after bugging the crap out of Chris@Eurodyne we went with their software and tuning package. This meant I had to change fueling...again. I had a few choices and we decided with 630cc injectors and his very well written base file. Car now runs amazing...so smooth and drivable its like driving an Apple car if they had one. On my never ending quest for more ponies I picked up a set of 830CC injectors and am in the middle of procuring a water methanol set up to keep things on the safe side.
It is extremely easy to pull huge horsepower gains from one of these cars...just takes small cash injections at regular intervals
All HP figures where done on 100 oct fuel. You have to figure, as a rough estimate you will lose about 40hp on street gas. The only limit is the rods and pistons....soon as we grenade it I'm going to address that issue with some JE pistons and Integrated Engineering rods. As for R32's....nice car but sooooo anemic on power. The 3.2 VR only puts down maybe 200 whp...yeah I know the specs are around 250 but with all the scavenging from the all wheel drive you lose a ton of ponies. They have a ton of torque so they feel a lot more powerful than they really are. I quantify that car as more of a Grand Touring type car not a Sports car. It also takes a ton of money to upgrade those to put real HP down .
Soon as we get her to the dyno I can post up some runs for ya....however it may be a while till I get all the tuning worked out to the point I am happy with it.Oh and best part is we still get around 30mpg highway if I can keep my foot out of it..LOL
rezenclowd3
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MMMM nice. I only have the A4 though. Nice body kit. What muffler is that? Looks magnaflow something to me, which I am adding this week, but I think I may change to the tips you have as its quite nice. Just realized I have the euro trunk though...odd because mine is a 96 A4....I thought all S4s came with the facelifted euro trunks?
i havent tried the x5, but my mom has a 2009 rx350, lexus designs their cars to have a smooth and virtually silent ride. it really delivers on that in comparison to my 1967 mustang but then again thats not saying mc
. If you want iPod connectivity though, there is no aux jack or ipod connectivity standard, i do remember that the dealer can install an ipod adapter somewhere through. So in general, the rx delivers a really smooth,quiet,and easy to drive ride. but id go and test drive both first.- Status