I'm having my 2001 A3 in 1,5 hours!!!.. What sould (or shouldn't) I do for motor performance?..
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Re: upgrading your car
Since you also ask what you <b>shouldn't</b> do to your car - you give me an excellent chance to copy/paste this posting from the performance forum. Sorry for the inconvenience to anyone who also follows the performance-forum - what is it; like 98.5 % of us 
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I have to post this and it is prompted by some emails and bashing I
have been getting.
Firstly, If you think any mod that gives extra Power to you car is extra
Stress on your car, Your right!
If you think that pushing your car and driving your car har will reduce
its life, your right.
If you think it will cost you money to get extra power your right.
If you think you will push the car to its limits something might break,
your right.
If you are not prepared to take these risks, DO NOT MODIFY YOUR
CAR!
If you want your car to last forever, DO NOT DRIVE IT!
I am not being smart here, I mean it....
Every person that decides to modify their car, must understand they
take the risk of something going wrong.
Every time you sit in your car and drive it, if you are not prepared to
risk a accident, then you should not drive it.
Its that Simple.
If a Vendor who developes a Part or Kit has never had a problem or
failure even during development is either full of it, or should go and
work for NASA, but they even make mistakes and Learn By them... If
they do, the consumer ends up with a better product.
Tell me which Vendor has made "perfect products" and come with a
unconditional guarantee???
NOT ONE OF THEM!
How many Vendors actually have their own car to develop products on?
Or do they rely on feedback from un-suspecting customers??
But at the end of the day, you the buyer has to bear the ultimate
responsibility and risk of what you do and how you drive the car.
Just to let you all know so either you can have a laugh, cry, thoughts
about or simply consider, here is a list of all items that either I had
problems or failure from:
2nd Gear Synchro
2 Bent Intake Valves
1 Bent exhaust Valve
2 Pistons
2 Con Rods
1 oil Squirter
2 Exhaust manfolds
2 K-04 Turbos
1 GT25 Turbo (Damaged by exhaust manifold)
2 Coolant Temp Sensors
24 Spark plugs
Every Item that had a problem or failure was examined, studied and
the reason why it failed was found.
I stated here almost 2 years ago that if my engine failed, I am
prepared to rebuild it.
Well I have, Learned heaps and soon hope to have one of the most
reliable 300HP+ A4 arounds.
Could I have had a 300HP+ a4 2 years ago, No, no one had a kit. How
about 1 year ago, maybe, if something failed, i suppose you can only
cry about it.
If something goes wrong tommorrow, I would probably know exactly
what it is!
Go on and Flame me.
Especially those who have probably changed their air Filter and think
they got a Extra 20HP!
Or those who use High Grade Synthetic Oil, and low grade Gas
because its cheaper and wait 20K+ Miles before a Oil Change.
I bought my A4 for Myself to enjoy.
Why did you buy yours?
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Cheers, and enjoy !
I still got two weeks before delivery
------Cut-----
I have to post this and it is prompted by some emails and bashing I
have been getting.
Firstly, If you think any mod that gives extra Power to you car is extra
Stress on your car, Your right!
If you think that pushing your car and driving your car har will reduce
its life, your right.
If you think it will cost you money to get extra power your right.
If you think you will push the car to its limits something might break,
your right.
If you are not prepared to take these risks, DO NOT MODIFY YOUR
CAR!
If you want your car to last forever, DO NOT DRIVE IT!
I am not being smart here, I mean it....
Every person that decides to modify their car, must understand they
take the risk of something going wrong.
Every time you sit in your car and drive it, if you are not prepared to
risk a accident, then you should not drive it.
Its that Simple.
If a Vendor who developes a Part or Kit has never had a problem or
failure even during development is either full of it, or should go and
work for NASA, but they even make mistakes and Learn By them... If
they do, the consumer ends up with a better product.
Tell me which Vendor has made "perfect products" and come with a
unconditional guarantee???
NOT ONE OF THEM!
How many Vendors actually have their own car to develop products on?
Or do they rely on feedback from un-suspecting customers??
But at the end of the day, you the buyer has to bear the ultimate
responsibility and risk of what you do and how you drive the car.
Just to let you all know so either you can have a laugh, cry, thoughts
about or simply consider, here is a list of all items that either I had
problems or failure from:
2nd Gear Synchro
2 Bent Intake Valves
1 Bent exhaust Valve
2 Pistons
2 Con Rods
1 oil Squirter
2 Exhaust manfolds
2 K-04 Turbos
1 GT25 Turbo (Damaged by exhaust manifold)
2 Coolant Temp Sensors
24 Spark plugs
Every Item that had a problem or failure was examined, studied and
the reason why it failed was found.
I stated here almost 2 years ago that if my engine failed, I am
prepared to rebuild it.
Well I have, Learned heaps and soon hope to have one of the most
reliable 300HP+ A4 arounds.
Could I have had a 300HP+ a4 2 years ago, No, no one had a kit. How
about 1 year ago, maybe, if something failed, i suppose you can only
cry about it.
If something goes wrong tommorrow, I would probably know exactly
what it is!
Go on and Flame me.
Especially those who have probably changed their air Filter and think
they got a Extra 20HP!
Or those who use High Grade Synthetic Oil, and low grade Gas
because its cheaper and wait 20K+ Miles before a Oil Change.
I bought my A4 for Myself to enjoy.
Why did you buy yours?
---- end ----
Cheers, and enjoy !
I still got two weeks before delivery
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