Kieran

In my experience it doesn't cool as well - it will reduce IATs but not as much as alternative intercoolers. The DO88 is the better cooler (or the later revision Forge cooler) especially in Australia - I'm from UK with significantly lower ambient temps

That’s crazy! Guessing yours has the 7 speed gearbox? Took my last Golf R to Germany and on the autobahn I maxed the 6 speed box out at 196mph 🚗💨

No, I have the TTv4 on mine Yeah Stage 3 definitely is a lot to handle on some smaller tracks haha

I've got AP 6 pot calipers with 390mm discs, if I was to buy another kit I would get a 360-365mm size disc. This size disc is such a pain, only very specific wheels fit and if you get any dirt between the calipers and barrel, or a slight buckle it can easily cause the wheel to touch the caliper. I've had genuine prets, CM prets, Revo RV019 and all of them have scrapped the calipers (only very lightly, but still scraped) at some point. Whether that was down to dirt/stones getting between the caliper, or the wheels getting buckled very slightly in certain areas

Love a red R, don't see many facelifts in red! I bet the Akraprovic sounds ace! Looks like a fantastic spec 👌

I'm down in Warrington, not too far away

I've done well over 50k miles between this Golf R and my last one, both whilst running Stage 3 with a TTv4 running over 500BHP. Done countless track days and Nurburgring trips, and not once had an engine related issue. Potentially just luck, but I maintained them both very well, regular oil changes with quality oil, kept air filters clean, fresh spark plugs every 6-8k, always let car cool down and warm up correctly. I run own a garage (KWJ Performance in Warrington) and we've done a few Stage 3 builds for customers with the V4 and not one of them has had a failure yet. They have all been tuned by various different companies too. I do know of people who have had failures though, but I don't think it's as 'common' as a lot of people make out. It made around 505BHP on the dyno recently, but yeah it's pretty quick haha! I always recommend going Stage 3 expecting to need an engine at some point, at the end of the day it's a massive power increase, around £2.5-3.5k for a used low mileage engine including fitting so it's really not the end of the world if it all goes wrong! Highly recommend it if you are prepared for that, not much can keep up with these, especially from a standing start

It’s great. When it was first installed there were a lot of vibrations, but once bedded in it’s much better - can hardly tell the difference The VUDU software on this platform is fantastic 👌🏻

Haha! Thanks, I didn’t I think 500-520bhp is the sweet spot, quick enough and isn’t pushing the engine as far, so considered quite “safe” in my opinion I’ve done two track days with the turbo on this Golf R, and it’s great. On my last Golf R I also had a TTv4 and did 8-9 track days and again was faultless 👌🏻

They do yes 👌🏻

Thought I'd share my current Stage 3 Golf R. Been a member on here since 2017 after owning my first Golf R that I took to Stage 3 which I sold in 2019. I missed it more than I thought, so I bought another in 2020 and have taken it Stage 3... again 😅 Here's a list of the current mod list/spec: VUDU Stage 3 ECU and TCU software Turbo Technics V4 hybrid IS38 turbo Trackslag Downpipe 4" Milltek cat back, non res with valves Revo intercooler Revo LPFP Autotech HPFP Forge carbon fibre intake Pro hoses intake hose and elbow NGK Racing R7438-9 spark plugs Racingline catch can 4 BAR map sensor KW V3 coilovers VWR Full Dogbone Mount SuperPro Rear ARB Revo RV019 w/Michelin PS4S, 235/35/19 AP Racing Calipers w/390mm discs & RTS brake pads Here are my current fastest valid Dragy times, all carried out with full weight and 99 ron fuel; - 1/4 Mile, 11.11s @ 125mph - 0-60MPH, 3.13s (2.92s w/1ft roll out) - 100-200KP/H 7.10s It's currently running a base map so there's still more left in it! It's booked in to finish the Stage 3 calibration on 31st March, so will hopefully have some quicker times in April! Very excited to see what she'll do afterwards.

It's from https://kwjperformance.com 🙂 @expor Yeah, I love the tail lights, even just the look of them is much better in my opinion! Thanks! The tyre size is the same between the Bridgestones and the Michelins, but the handling is definitely better. I haven't done any 0-60 runs yet, but I'll certainly testing that soon 😃 I'll be sure to get some pictures up after the trip! I've gone every year for the past 3, tempted to go twice this year 😂 Unfortunately not, I believe the reading on the ECU still reads correctly though. The guy who done it said he's expecting to be able to offer mileage correction in the next 6-9 months

Give me a week and I’ll be able to tell you, just fitted cup 2s to mine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've done a few bits to the car recently, so thought it may be a good time to update this thread! I'm heading to the Nürburgring again on the 10th May, and to help reduce any oil surge (which I had been experiencing at Oulton Park) I picked up a Racingline Oil Management system. Bit of a hesitant purchase as there's a lot of negative feedback about this system with it leaking, turning orange and the drain bolt stripping overtime, but all the other options were over £600 and I couldn't bring myself to fork out that much! Anyway, it's fitted, and no problems so far, but after just 2 weeks it caught half a cup of substances...! A spider also decided to climb itself into the cup afterwards. 😂 I changed out the terrible Bridgestones on my 18" Neuspeeds for Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s. Very excited to see how these perform, especially with my ring trip next week, just hoping the weather is good! I swapped my Unitronic intake pipe and turbo elbow for the all in one Turbo Technics intake pipe and elbow after hearing it has much better flow, and just because it's only right my intake pipe matches my turbo brand! Haha. I also grabbed myself a great deal on virtual cockpit, MIB 2.5 Discover Pro, MK7.5 rear tail lights, and MK7.5 heated leather seats. Wiring into the BCM for the heated seats was quite nerve racking, but I managed to get it all working - aside from the fact I wired them the wrong way round, the drivers side button controls the passenger side and vice versa! I probably should've tested that before putting the entire interior back together, but hey ho, haha. I love the virtual cockpit and MIB 2.5, massive upgrade over the standard MK7 equipment. However, I am still missing the trim piece for the Discover Pro screen, so if anyone comes across one, I'd appreciate it if you could let me know, it's about £150 from VW and I'm not sure if I can bring myself to pay that much for a little bit of plastic trim 🙃 Lastly, I fitted a full replacement carbon fibre diffuser which I think completes the rear. Next on my to-do list is the rear brake pads, I'm stuck between EBC yellowstuff (around £60) or Ferodo DS2500 ( around £160), can't decide whether the Ferodo's will be worth the price difference. (I would appreciate any input) I'll upload some photos of the interior changes and rear lights that I've retrofitted tomorrow, somehow I haven't taken any yet!

Thanks, I forgot to reply to this! That helped me out a lot. I did managed to get them all fitted and working 👍