Sorry guys dont hate me :(

Post by **JDMcd8** » May 03, 2005

good shit, congrats, now get chinga's ass over there to shoot the car already....lol

Post by **DA 9_Chinga** » May 03, 2005

Yeah man saw that shit yesterday looks so good bro you got a deal and a half on that car and those seats just wrap around you like none other. We def. need to go find a sick spot for a photoshoot. BAHT cant wait till you get the HKS SS BOV....psssttt!ttttt!!!!

Marble · Post by **Marble** » May 03, 2005

Congrats on the new ride. I had an '03 GTI, but sold it when I bought a S2K. They are great cars, only issues that you will prolly have are coilpack problems (get them replaced by the dealer), MAF sensor (again VW will replace this, they have a 7 year warranty) and last but not least you may have problems with your window regulators. The original ones used were made with a plastic housing which would break, and the window would just drop down, wouldn't break, but you would not be able to roll it back up. The later '03's and up had revamped ones using metal. Your car may have had them already replaced, as well as the other items that I mentioned. The dealer would be able to check on all work done to the car before your ownership.

As far as modding your 1.8T with the HKS BOV vented to atmosphere, you may or may not have an issue with going into limp mode. Limp mode limits the boost to 5psi, you may not throw an actual CEL and your car should reset after turning the car off and restarting it. That happened to me...very rarely, but it did, up until I got my APR chip. After that, I had no problems with venting to atmosphere.

If you can dig through all the bullshit in the 1.8T forums on VWVortex there is a lot of useful info there.

I put down ~230whp and ~240ftlbs and trapped 104mph with the following mods :

APR 93 Oct chip
3" Turbo Back Exhaust (ATP down pipe, custom 3" exhaust piping w/ cutout)
AEM CAI
Alamo Autosports I/C piping (replaced pancake pipe and upper intake hose to the t/b)
ABD FMIC

I never dyno'd after getting a SAMCO TIH (turbo inlet hose) but a majority of dyno's showed ~7whp and ~8ftlbs with the addition...so before I took all the mods off and sold her, she had roughly ~240whp, and ~250ftlbs.

Needless to say I could pull plenty of "impressive" vehicles, including turbo upgraded GS-T's, modded Lightning, S2K's, LT1's, hanging with LS1's through 3rd gear, plenty of BPU EVO's and WRX's, and cannot forget the turbo LS Integra, and Greddy Turbo'd Si and GSR. I miss that car, and almost bought another, but had more love for the DB2.

YOU WILL ENJOY THE GTI! Let me know if you have any questions.

hondalowlow · Post by **hondalowlow** » May 03, 2005

german car are awosme VW rocks

IHATEMOKIDS87 · Post by **IHATEMOKIDS87** » May 04, 2005

woot........mike that turbo is pretty beastly soundin, and ur drivin me to tec im not takin no fukin bus lol

Post by **DA 9_Chinga** » May 04, 2005

IHATEMOKIDS87 wrote:woot........mike that turbo is pretty beastly soundin, and ur drivin me to tec im not takin no fukin bus lol

yeah if he wants to waste gas everyday driving there...

IHATEMOKIDS87 · Post by **IHATEMOKIDS87** » May 04, 2005

dont worry ill give him like 5 buks or so lol its just to tec..................and maybe bak idk yet

civicex2g · Post by **civicex2g** » May 04, 2005

nice... i love the gti's nice cars.. have lots of potential

ETID1.8t · Post by **ETID1.8t** » May 08, 2005

thanks for the good info marble ill keep u guys posted PEACE

SIMPLEGREEN · Post by **SIMPLEGREEN** » May 08, 2005

DUDE GTIs ARE FUKIN DOPE MAN............CONGRATS BRUDDAH....WHAT YEAR IS IT?....AND WHAT U GOT PLANNED FOR IT

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