Daniel jackson

If your looking to sell the time is now really prices are crazy, at work we struggle to buy them as we can't compete with the prices of them. I got mine cheap and if I sold it now I'd take away £7k, not sure where it'll stop.

Any updates on this pal

Evening all, So Remap day happened at R tech, My car managed 320bhp standard with bolt ons and 403bhp and 393lb ft at stage 2. My turbo had a bit more play than they'd like so they played as safe as they could be, safe to say it goes well. Unfortunately the Dsg map isn't great and will need attention from R tech once they can fit me in. I didn't notice whilst I was down there as I didn't want to try my luck in getting zapped by any camera's but once near familiar roads I got chance to use the car properly its when I noticed the gear change issue. 2 gear changes that are causing a issue are 2 to 3 and 4 to 5, when on power going up from 2 to 3 there's a very noticeable bang in to the next gear. No matter the driver profile or if your in D S or manual mode if you're on power it will bang in to the next gear. You can modulate the throttle and it will change up much better but once you know its there you can tell something isn't right. 4 to 5 it isn't half as bad but again it's not as it should be. I was advised to do a few Dsg resets but alas its no different. Maybe the shift points are not right or the dsg calibration is off but it does put you off some spirited driving. Once that's sorted I can use the car properly. The engine tune itself is decent and has been done as to not over stress the turbo, also I have noticed my oil temps are a good few degrees lower since being remapped. Motorway Fuel economy on the way back home was pretty decent as for around town let's not talk about that. Exhaust note has changed seems alot angrier and does a fair amount of burbling on the over run, not bad for a sports cat, deres and stock back box. I think the future for this a L380x for reliability sake and tune it to keep the power and torque similar to what it is now. I also fancied a change of wheels, spied some XXRs for not a lot of cash so grabbed them. They are ET35 8.75" x18 a tad aggressive offset it has to be said but they will do for the time being. Thanks for looking.

Looks tidy that, if your looking for remapping at R tech they are upto 3 months waiting list so far, I'm booked in this month. Think lapiz blue mirrors would look cool too.

Do love this colour

7.5s look ace inside little bit jelly of the virtual cockpit haha, we have had loads of the face-lifts in work would love to do the dial upgrade but it's a massive cost in my eyes. I had the pleasure of testing out a revo stg 3+ 7.5 R and once past 4k it was like a missile.

Finally back together

Quick update, Thought I was in a good position for the upcoming remap, just needed to service the car again and fit the intercooler. Was out and about last Sunday and was stuck in a hour long que for the tip, as it was a pretty nice day I had the windows open. I could smell coolant, later in the evening I was out picking the wife up from work and gets a bing check coolant level.. Great. Remap is on 23/03/21 and rolling up to R tech with a leaking waterpump isn't a great start. Rang Tps was quoted £400 for the water pump, thermostat and gaskets and that was the best price I could get. I asked them to save as a quote and ill get back to them, fast forward a few days and rings tps. Chap said oh it's not been saved on quote so he redid it however this time he's asking did I want the part that goes from the oil cooler to the thermostat. I asked did the little belt come with the kit for the water pump.. Nope it doesn't so ordered that too price came in at £372 inc vat all in. Whats strange is I ordered more bits but it was cheaper this time round anyway it was with me the next day. Today was the day, roped in my vag mechanic friend as he just has a knack for this kind of thing and whilst I was there the MTC intercooler could go on, seeing as the headlights are coming out it made sense to change the bulbs for 6k ones. My friend doesn't do struggling so he decided the whole front end should come off and have direct access to the water pump. As it turns out I have the plastic waterpump which has the letter G on the end of the part no.. the latest revision is M I believe so I reckon mine was original. Not many pictures from today but having a ramp does help anyway a couple of pics

I rang TPS for a fuel filter on a 18 plate R and was told they don't have one fitted. Bizzare

Lovely colour this, wheels suit it so well

Yeah definitely gives it another look. I do love bargain hunting, managed to get hold of a MTC intercooler for £200 I think another service and some fresh plugs before the remap should be on the cards.

Evening all, bit on a go slow for keeping this updated, Not much to report really. Slid across some black ice a while back and curbed a wheel and adjusted my tracking so had to sort those out. I'd been keeping my eyes pealed for a Abt style grill as I'm allergic to buying things new and one popped up for £70. Painted the front badge to match the wheels as it was a black badge. Ill also be looking mod the grill further to remove the abt badge holder and redo the mesh in the future. Next upgrades will be a intercooler and a remap and dsg tune at R-tech in March. Thanks for looking.

Cheers pal. Another quick update decided to give the grill a quick black out until I get myself a ABT grill