Originally Posted by martysmartie

You need either Koni's at the back or standard at the front, I am currently trying to source some standard front shocks and standard springs and as there NLA from Ford, i'm left trying to get secondhand so far to no avail!

It could be down to the choice of springs mine rides a rough as a wrestler as someone has decided to fit some horrible Eibach springs, if the backs are the orignal dampers that came with the car then these are probably past there best. Personally I have been looking at the Avo Std height springs, Ahmed Bayjoo springs are also a good choice.

It's most likely a stage 1 tune, this is standard components anyway (Your injectors should be yellow) you may have a -31 actuator already which will come in handy (See below) Standard airbox doesen't mean anything, it's just some change for induction cones.

If stage one it will be running circa 15PSI, this should see around 280HP and more importantly alot more torque than standard.


For stage 3 you need either greens or preferably Siemens 55LB, 3 BAR map sensor, -31 actuator is fine don't need a -34. Don't really need an exhaust although it may have benefits.

Also at this stage the turbo is usually uprated to a T34 but it's not a unified standard of what needs to be changed.

Most importantly you MUST check the fuel pump and the cooling fan wiring and ideally rewire them if they haven't been already.

Basically the fuel pump can't get the power it needs under load due to the OE wiring degrading over the years and building up resistance, this can worst case scenario result in a meltdown!

The fan wiring was substandard to start with this is caused by the fans staying on for prolonged periods of time leading to melted fuses in the fusebox. Again a rewire is simple and DIY or you can buy looms premade for both of the above.

Martin