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Looking through and there aren't any write ups for a GT just yet.
So thought I might throw mine into the mix....
Currently have changed/added around the following:
Changed around to stubby antenna
Removed Euro Front plate holder
Couple of pics from when I first got the car to how it looks now....
Suspension bits fitted
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/DSC03894.jpg
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/WRAMS1-1.jpg
And how it looked from last g2g (photos by cam)
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/4334292858_4a3a5a7454_o.jpg
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/4333547835_614ae06be6_o-1.jpg
BMC CDA Intake
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/DSC04134.jpg
R32 brakes
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/DSC04153.jpg
Paolo
14-03-2010, 04:34 PM
very nice! i remember how they said you have one of the best dyno curves last year
another good mod would be to paint your grille lines to silver so it looks like frenchies
HOT!
Hi Tom,
Nice to see you here.
Frenchie
14-03-2010, 07:04 PM
Welcome Tom - Love black on black !! very nice setup.
burgs
14-03-2010, 07:18 PM
Tidy GT mate :)
windyzz
14-03-2010, 07:59 PM
Hi Very nice GT there :)
I love your setup :D
Looks sooo mean black on black. Love it!
Thought about getting darker tints? Would set it off real nice.
kaoticice
14-03-2010, 08:21 PM
WOW... sick ride mann!!! my fav looking GT at the moment.. lOve the stance, and love the wheels too..
Thanks for the replies!
Suga I've thought about going darker they're currently 35% might do the rear ones a bit darker (prob 20%) when I get the chance and get some more funds.
Black on Black is a very hard one to pull off! I myself am not a real fan of it, but it didn't come out half bad. Just a real bitch to keep clean.
Paul_OH
15-03-2010, 12:19 AM
Looks great Tom and good to see you over here - at least I'm not flying the GT flag solo!
kaoticice
15-03-2010, 12:21 AM
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/4333547835_614ae06be6_o-1.jpg
<3 <3 <3 <3
chris32
15-03-2010, 12:23 AM
Looks good Tom, I like the black on black.
G-rig
15-03-2010, 12:46 AM
Looks good Tom, black on black seems to work well on your GT!
that looks awesome! loving the Team Dynamics
what sort of power are you getting with the APR tune?
Justin Fox
15-03-2010, 11:08 AM
Stealthy goodness! :cool:
that looks awesome! loving the Team Dynamics
what sort of power are you getting with the APR tune?
Had it on the dyno last year putting out 118 atw. I was expecting a bit more.
Although a few days later the engine light came on some of the wiring became disconnected and wasn't performing at its peak.
Paul was wondering where you were!
On another note ran into a hurdle with the intercooler :( no off the shelf intercooler apart from the Forge twintercooler so I'm kind of stuck on ideas...
Tinto
15-03-2010, 02:01 PM
nice! I love 1.4 GTs
I bet doing the suspension work first really made you appreciate the power-up.
Loving it mate, the black on black works really well. I think it needs something small to break it up a bit, silver grills perhaps like suggested earlier?
very nice! i remember how they said you have one of the best dyno curves last year
another good mod would be to paint your grille lines to silver so it looks like frenchies
HOT!
Hey Paolo,
Took your suggestion, kind of...... Got the grille painted black to match the body :D
Decided to put the engine mods on hold for the time being. Instead looks like I'll grab GTI side skirts and rear valence, and colour code them.
Also am closer to redoing the rear tints to prob 20%
Also looking at putting R32 brakes onto the GT.
Once that's done hopefully there will be some sort of stage 2 available!
MasterKevin
26-03-2010, 08:05 PM
Thanks for the replies!
Suga I've thought about going darker they're currently 35% might do the rear ones a bit darker (prob 20%) when I get the chance and get some more funds.
Black on Black is a very hard one to pull off! I myself am not a real fan of it, but it didn't come out half bad. Just a real bitch to keep clean.
*cough* 5% *cough* haha i got 5% and im loving life :P lol
Paolo
26-03-2010, 08:06 PM
Took your suggestion, kind of...... Got the grille painted black to match the body :D
pics or it didn't happen!
MK. I'm pushing it with 20%, no offence but I find doing the windows in anything less than 20% is just stupid wouldn't be able to see jack outside at night!
pics or it didn't happen!
haha, can't really tell, I'm hopeless taking photos of cars........
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/Car/DSC04102.jpg
You can see the BMP around the whole VW etc.
Paolo
26-03-2010, 08:44 PM
*thumbs up*
agree black on black is hard to pull off but youve so far done a great job
stage 2 must be something youre really looking forward too aye?
the power delivery would be really something with the supercharger and turbocharger pulling alot harder!
benough
31-03-2010, 03:53 PM
MK. I'm pushing it with 20%, no offence but I find doing the windows in anything less than 20% is just stupid wouldn't be able to see jack outside at night!
haha, can't really tell, I'm hopeless taking photos of cars........
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/Car/DSC04102.jpg
You can see the BMP around the whole VW etc.
You need to get the smoked blinkers. Makes a nice subtle difference.
tomtom_r32
31-03-2010, 04:01 PM
Loving the black on black look. We should take pics of our cars side by side.
Awesome ride!
Ben I don't think I'll take out the clear lenses... Stands out a bit :D..... although I think I'll change the rear tails to LED ones.... which prob, have the dual reverse lights after alot of convincing :P
You still thinking of colour coding your rear valence?
tomtom, not much of a fan of taking photos, but if on a meet more than happy to take pics. You seems to be around Olympic Park alot (saw the photos in your thread)
Agree with benough. You cant black out the whole car and leave the indicators standing out like that!
Looks tough otherwise though!
Pick up a GTI rear bar today, hopefully colour code it in the next month or so....
also have R32 Front brake upgrade on order as well :D
Anyone have any ideas on Caliper colour, Black is out of the question, throwing up Blue or Red any other colour???
Tim thinking about the smoked ones...... Going through Photoshop a bit and seeing what it would look like....
stephen8512
08-04-2010, 06:24 PM
Anyone have any ideas on Caliper colour, Black is out of the question, throwing up Blue or Red any other colour???
Can;t go wrong with red on a black car...but Go yellow!
Just a quick update.
Now have a GTI colour coded rear valence on :D looks great (thanks to Ben for getting me out of trouble putting the damn thing on)
Will have the R32 Front brake kit next week sometime and also getting some goodridge SS brake lines, instead of the supplied ECS lines.
Decided on Blue for the calipers as I want to do some colour coding in the engine bay :D
nath_mk6
06-05-2010, 08:56 PM
Nice, but you know the rule, it didnt happen without pics ;)
Paolo
06-05-2010, 09:54 PM
too bad you didn't get to wait abit so you could take APs brakes otherwise i'd keep hitting up APR to develop their stage 2 tune >D
en.elle
06-05-2010, 10:23 PM
Tastefully done GTom!
Nicely done Tom. One of the nicest GT I've seen, if not the nicest :)
too bad you didn't get to wait abit so you could take APs brakes otherwise i'd keep hitting up APR to develop their stage 2 tune >D
Yeah saw that yesterday (didn't know he was selling them :(), murphys law/shit happens/such is life came into my head but oh well It's a steal for whoever picks it up!!!!
Pics prob next week, when the car is clean looking, it's a bit dirty.
Thanks for all the kind words.
MasterKevin
08-05-2010, 02:28 AM
Man this is very very nice man :)
Look forward to seeing some pics of your beast GTom!
G-rig
08-05-2010, 09:01 AM
Nice upgrades GTom, need pics!
Greg Roles
08-05-2010, 02:44 PM
Hey Tom,
Lookin good!
From an engine perspective, in your shoes I would:
1. Leave the stock intercooler, I've tested mine extensively and it performs magically for everyday street driving. Inlet heat soak at the lights is by far a bigger real world issue. Thermal wrap the inlet / shield it, circulate air at idle.
2. Put a water spray onto the IC, A crude windscreen washer is even a big improvement over nothing. Do the "Polar" alloy ducting mod to the intercooler core, made it difficult to see much over ambient with normal driving whereas stock you'd typically see 10 degrees plus. Coupled with a water spray, you'd only get IC heatsoak on a track day.
3. Pull the insulation around the supercharger. Retains heat, and more importantly, supercharger whine!
4. JFE stock airbox lid ( or similar ) on stock element. Anything to remove the sharp 90 degree bend in the stock lid, then pull the MAF grid. PLEASE ditch the big lower leaf grid under the element in the stock airbox!!
5. I've read somewhere that the twincharger runs very high EGT's ( Exhaust gas temps ) stock. Water Meth would be my number one recommendation as a great way to go, gain power everwhere AND drop the EGT / thermal loads. A Snow stage two, or Devils own boost only referenced setup would be just fine, EGT as well like I have is really overkill. I've seen secondhand Snow stage 2's go on e-bay usa for $200-$300 US! The only downside is Methanol being a skin absorbed accumulative poison. Pour carefully!
6. Ditch at least the rear pancake muffler, and then turn your attention to a bigger dump pipe, where it matters most. I'd replace the remaining muff with a decent jap straight through unit if you really wanted a good bang for buck system, and yes, you can put a 3" muff into a 2.5" exhaust, muffs usually being by far the biggest restriction post turbo.
But that's just me....
1. I get a bit of heatsoak on days 30 deg + which is w
2. That's tooo Polar for me lol
3. I've tried believe me! Just couldn't get the cover off after an hours worth of trying!
4. I'm looking at an after market CAI
5. Don't put ideas into my head please Greg!!!!! I've sent something to Snow Performance about it...
6. Exhaust I'm still waiting around to see what the tuning companies come out with if anything.....
Paul_OH
10-05-2010, 01:02 AM
Greg, #4 above - what is the JFE airbox lid/mod? I've done a google search but couldn't find anything?
Tom, drive over and I'll do the Supercharger insulation removal in 10mins, I'm just around the corner! Access is really shite but once you know how to do it it literally took me 10-15mins incl probing around a bit.
Disclaimer: for those who think us TSI drivers must be a bunch a Mr Magoos, the Supercharger is basically inaccessible between the block and the firewall, surround by at least an inch of acoustic foam then encased in a box similar to the factory airbox!! VW never wanted us to find it LOL!
I have to agree that heatsoak in the TSI is absolutely atrocious. The route I drive each day is on the Eastern side of Perth and highway speeds interspersed with traffic lights. In summer I'm sure a 1.6 FSI would leave me for dead at the lights after sitting for 2-3 minutes - it's literally that bad! After 5 mins at highway speeds things seem to be back to normal but it's shocking.
Greg Roles
10-05-2010, 07:00 AM
Sorry aFe is the brand, but it looks like a great"stock" looking mod, easy to do, and is well designed in my opinion - solves all the poblems in the stock system without increasing noise or breaking warranty or rules.
http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f28/jetta-2-0-tdi-afe-stage-1-intake-41718.html
Heaven forbid ANYONE thought ill of the TSI "crew"...
Paul_OH
10-05-2010, 12:25 PM
Thanks Greg (and sorry for the hijack Tom). The AFE is nice bit of kit however I notice that the TDI & TSI have a different airbox setup as the TSI airbox has its outlet facing the firewall negating the need for the 90 degree bend.
http://i568.photobucket.com/albums/ss125/Paul_OH/DIY/IMG_0949.jpg
/hijack
Greg Roles
10-05-2010, 08:19 PM
Whilst this is a bit of a hijack, it also follows Tom's interest in an airbox / inlet. From all I've read, looked at and thought about, the one big glaring flow problem between the air inlet and the turbo is the 90 degree bend in the lid. The TSI is indeed better than the TDI in that the inlet from the front of the car goes directly to the passenger side of the airbox, across the filter element to the drivers side outlet - where the 90 degree I'm talking about is located. The TDI comes in and exits the same side, with a looped inlet pre airbox, which isn't as clever in my opinion, bends the air more and probably uses "less" of the element if you follow my logic.
The aFe, carbonio, forge, BMC etc all do away with this 90 degree, straight flow pods being the best, but if it's not sealed to the front of the car, and is drawing ANY engine bay heat at all, it's a backwards step in anything but highway driving. There's a great hole behind the passenger headlight leading to the bumper space behind the passenger side fog light area, and opening up the garnish or upgrading to the R-line spec garnishes with removable backs would be an ideal area to draw cold air from.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/cogdoc/tsi.jpg
Nice upgrades GTom, need pics!
I'm no photographer, but here they are.
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/DSC04124.jpg
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/DSC04128.jpg
Also got my R32 fronts they are pretty damn big lol. and the air intake I should have by the end of the week :D
OraQube
15-05-2010, 03:34 PM
Awesome work there Tom :) Your GT absolutely trumps mine in the looks department!
One thing I've noticed though, is that with the fitting of the GTI bumper, it results in our exhaust tailpipes being less exposed. So it seems like they've been pushed back in a bit. I know it's something minor but because it occurs, I know it would bug me since I really like the exposed tips. This is why I'm a bit reluctant to change mine. Although without a doubt, after colour coding it still looks heaps better than the stock one.
POLARBEAR666
16-05-2010, 01:32 AM
1. I get a bit of heatsoak on days 30 deg + which is w
2. That's tooo Polar for me lol
3. I've tried believe me! Just couldn't get the cover off after an hours worth of trying!
4. I'm looking at an after market CAI
5. Don't put ideas into my head please Greg!!!!! I've sent something to Snow Performance about it...
6. Exhaust I'm still waiting around to see what the tuning companies come out with if anything.....
My intercooler temps are never more than 10 degrees above ambient and they quickly drop to within 5 degrees as soon as you start moving for 20 seconds or so. My radiator water temps dropped from a solid 88 to 86-87, indicating that the car can't even get the water up to FULL temp even without the fans on, thats how much difference the sealing of the intercooler surrounds make.
If you prefer buying an aftermarket intercooler that will only slightly improve on my $12 bit of aluminium sheet and some foam, be my guest! :O>D
BELOW is the excellent work Cogdoc did doing the bottom half of my mod in a high quality way.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/cogdoc/2004_0317Image0002.jpg
These goodies go on, on Friday :D
All OEM apart from the rotors (ECS Tuning), brake lines (Goodridge) and pads (Hawk HPS)
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/Car/DSC04132.jpg
And got this today. Hopefully on tomorrow :D
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/Car/DSC04130.jpg
kaoticice
26-05-2010, 06:16 PM
Nice mods!!! let us know on the sound of the intake ;)
G-rig
26-05-2010, 06:18 PM
Those intake are great, nice choice.
Nice mods, Tom!
Who is doing the installing?
Are te rotors an increase in size or are your front rotors already 312mm?
Nice mods, Tom!
Who is doing the installing?
Are te rotors an increase in size or are your front rotors already 312mm?
The rotors are R32 size (345mm instead of 312mm) The brakes are being installed at European Autotech.
The intake will be a DIY (with help)
Nice mate, looking forward to the updates. I just installed my RSB, so much nicer now, thanks for the tip!
Paul_OH
26-05-2010, 10:38 PM
Nice upgrades Tom
ps I got the new MkII Forge intake today and installed it tonight - pics to follow
Nice upgrades Tom
ps I got the new MkII Forge intake today and installed it tonight - pics to follow
Perfect. will be good to see how it all goes in. The intake pipe is the main reason I got the CDA wasn't too comfortable grabbing the air lower at the front.
Greg Roles
27-05-2010, 10:31 AM
I'm getting a hard on...
Haven't seen this thread for a while so a quick update. Brakes and intake are on.
An issue with the brakes, but that's getting sorted out.
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/DSC04134.jpg
R32 / Standard brakes comp.
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/DSC04153.jpg http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv46/Tomka_Zdjecia/DSC04091.jpg
Anyways, next maybe within the next month and a half A non-res Milltek TBE might be on the cards :D
kaoticice
15-06-2010, 03:35 PM
Yummy.... Brakes are hot!!!! Is the intake snorkel connected to the grill?
Yummy.... Brakes are hot!!!! Is the intake snorkel connected to the grill?
No mate, it's basically just a hose that goes right up to the stock position. Have a look at this thread: http://www.vwgolf.net.au/showthread.php?903-BMC-CDA-Induction/page4
Paul_OH
15-06-2010, 04:51 PM
Brake kit looks awesome Tom!
scotty1991
15-06-2010, 07:31 PM
Nice upgrade
burgs
15-06-2010, 07:34 PM
Brakes look great :)
Great upgrades Gtom!! It's going to look the part!
G-rig
15-06-2010, 08:04 PM
This car is coming up awesome GTom, wish i had those brakes.
Brakes and wheels look great! Are they Pro Race 1.2's?
benough
17-06-2010, 05:38 PM
Sorry for the horrible photoshop but I thought this might be helpful in terms of comparing the two different brakes.
What are the diameters on the rotors anyone?
http://www.benough.com/forums/GTI_to_R32_Brakes.gif
Justin Fox
17-06-2010, 05:40 PM
Geez Ben that's a great comparo there! Well done.
M4RK0
17-06-2010, 05:47 PM
Nice shots Tom!,
Nice ride!
Brakes and wheels look great! Are they Pro Race 1.2's?
Yep
Sorry for the horrible photoshop but I thought this might be helpful in terms of comparing the two different brakes.
What are the diameters on the rotors anyone?
That looks like a good photoshop :D The r32 are 345mm and I believe the standard are 312mm
Frenchie
17-06-2010, 08:07 PM
Very neat !
stephen8512
17-06-2010, 09:22 PM
awesome tomek!! that looks great!!! cant wait to get these on my jetta!!
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