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I am thinking of getting a new car and am looking at a4 around 2002-ish age, not sure witch modle that is. I have had experience tuning the 1,8t engine in my a3. Now I am thinking of going for the diesel, I want power and I want a Quattro, what are the tuning options with the 2.5 tdi? I’ve herd...

I am having a problem setting up Vagcom / obd-II. I got off of eBay one of the translucent blue cable with obd-II on it. Have managed to install is as hardware so laptop “see’s” the cable. But have tried downloading a few types of free software to run it with but never got the laptop to find...

Ok here my problem maybe someone can help. A3 1.8t quattro. The car has the following mods k03s hybrid k04 (compressor speck upgrade) hks dv 4 bar fpr Forge tip, Intercooler, 2 ½ inch Decat exhaust Bam injectors Finely finished my car and had the remap, the car seemed not to gain much power...

So I have done a boost pressure test and have fixed all the leaks. However I have found i am getting a small amount of air through the dip stick. I'm pretty sure what you are all going to say but what do you think is causing this?

Does anyone know of a good clutch kit for a 1.8t Quattro 6 speed? will be running near 300bhp. I am thinking of getting one with a lightened fly wheel, will this really make much of a difference?

Does anyone know were I can get hold of some bam injectors maf and fpr ? I can’t seem to find much anywhere, especially the injectors.

Does anyone work in the design area or cars be it designing the cars or the parts to modify it. I am a design student and im looking for places to send my c.v. for a placement. Being a car enthusiast I would love to work in car related design. So if anyone has links to or just knows of a...

I'm looking at getting a "greddy" turbo timer. Does anybody know if they make a wireing harness to fit an a3, or how hard it would be to do without one. Does it mess with the imobiliser?

Does anyone have any really good tips for polishing a car? The colour is a dark blue and I want to take all the fine scratches that the previous owner put in it, probably from automatic car wash or something similar. Tried t-cut but this just made it shiny, and I’ve still al the fine surface...

does anyone kno the difference between bullbs, i have had the cheep blue ones off ebay befor and they did look nice but not masivly more powerfull. i have also seen a set from phillips that are £45 and have won lots of awords. Or my freind recomended some 8000k HID bulbs these are £30 or sum are...

aflter all the problemsd with modding my car this weekend i have now hit a deer. didnt think things could get worse. so now i need a new front bumper. its an "a3 quattro 02" the bumper looks different to a standard a3 is it?, can any one recomend a bumper to use as i not shure if ill be...

After the problems with the manifold I said about in the last thread. I spent the rest of the weekend fitting my 3” downpipe and decat, or I should say trying to fit. It seems to foul on the prop shaft :mad:. Has anyone had this problem? I’m thinking that I should never buy cheep stuff off...

Just bought a turbo manifold of eBay for my car (a3 Quattro 180) the problem is that the flange for the turbo is slightly to the left when looking from above, the standard one is slightly to the right. Anyone know why this is? And what I should do?

My friend has a 306 gti6 with standard painted alloys. Does anyone have any tips/advice for taking the paint off and polishing up the bear mettle?

I am currently doing a product design university course, and have just been set a new brief; basically I have to design something that fits into the standard jaguar XJ cup holder. A nice change of pace from the kid’s toys etc, we normally have to design. Just thought I’d start with sum...

Is it possible to get old tired stainless steel exhaust back to the shine it used to have... sanding? Polishing? Has anyone done this? Mine has a tired patchy golden brown colour with slight surface rust.

My mate has just bought an A3 1.6 8l, the remote central has stopped working. The central locking works with the key, and when u press and hold the button the windows still go up/down any ideas? I haven’t got a clue were to start looking for problems! :confused:

I've got an Audi 1.8t Quattro t sport, it had a dodgy turbo when I got it when it blew my garage found me a hybrid which they said cud go up to 350 bhp.(unfortunately this is all I know about the turbo) since then I have added a FMIC... with a home made co2 spayer, Baily dump valve, 2 ½ inch...