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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 10:53 AM
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Anyone know much about tuning these? Price/power/reliability/transmission? Would search round but im only on my mobile. Thanks steve.
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 10:56 AM
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M8 had cams,chip and full de-cat stainless at AMD,was around the 2 grand mark

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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 12:30 PM
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I have done some work for this company and can highly recomend them !

www.auto-amd.com

Otherwise, talk to Stu MSD as he does other things not just Fords
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 12:40 PM
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I have done some work for this company and can highly recomend them !

www.auto-amd.com

Otherwise, talk to Stu MSD as he does other things not just Fords
OMG....tuning an audi s3 to 460bhp.....32000 pounds
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 12:41 PM
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wimwerf, They are not cheap but they are very good at what they do !
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 12:51 PM
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wimwerf, They are not cheap but they are very good at what they do !
yeah ok....but 32k is a lot of money. half the money get me a 500bhp cossie.
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by wimwerf
Originally Posted by SECS
wimwerf, They are not cheap but they are very good at what they do !
yeah ok....but 32k is a lot of money. half the money get me a 500bhp cossie.
yeah but everyone got a 500bhp cossie! ...lol... must addmit paying like what 24k for the car then another 32k to tune it be better off buying the RS6
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by james_birch
Originally Posted by wimwerf
Originally Posted by SECS
wimwerf, They are not cheap but they are very good at what they do !
yeah ok....but 32k is a lot of money. half the money get me a 500bhp cossie.
yeah but everyone got a 500bhp cossie! ...lol... must addmit paying like what 24k for the car then another 32k to tune it be better off buying the RS6
here in the netherlands not everyone has a 500bhp cossie.
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 02:09 PM
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Was thinking on the lines of forced induction. N/A tuning just seems so expensive for so little, where as a few extra psi and fueling to go with seems to give decent power hikes for not much cash. Granted a turbo conversion wouldnt be cheap but would gain you say 200bhp done right and that just isnt going to happen with cams and head work is it?
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 02:30 PM
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SUPERCHARGER.!!!!!!!!!!! lol
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 10:14 AM
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Anymore???
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 10:17 AM
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I know theres been a twin turbo conversion done, had a vid somewhere of it doing 0-30 in 1 sec i think
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 10:28 AM
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Yeh a German company called Darh bac (spelling) had a proper mental MK3 Golf 4x4, as for tuning AMD are the daddies!
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 10:28 AM
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Yeh a German company called Darh bac (spelling) had a proper mental MK3 Golf 4x4, as for tuning AMD are the daddies!
Dahlback!

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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by wimwerf
Originally Posted by james_birch
Originally Posted by wimwerf
Originally Posted by SECS
wimwerf, They are not cheap but they are very good at what they do !
yeah ok....but 32k is a lot of money. half the money get me a 500bhp cossie.
yeah but everyone got a 500bhp cossie! ...lol... must addmit paying like what 24k for the car then another 32k to tune it be better off buying the RS6
here in the netherlands not everyone has a 500bhp cossie.

No ure right, they all have 6/700bhp ones
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 12:18 PM
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tbh i cant think of ANYONE who has a 500+ cossie in the netherlands and which is PROVEN! (in the confines of brunters as that's what only counts eh mike? )
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 01:02 PM
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http://users.pandora.be/minnekens/verhoeven/Golf.wmv

Video says it all!
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by SECS
I have done some work for this company and can highly recomend them !

www.auto-amd.com

Otherwise, talk to Stu MSD as he does other things not just Fords
was just gonna suggest them!

anna
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