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right, before the flaming starts, I've just bought my old cupra R back after 5 years away. it has come unfinished with a brand new eliminator kit fitted (but not finished). For reasons I won't go into, I haven't got talking to the guy who put the kit on the car, so I don't know the full...

the biggest problem with the downpipe is the leon downpipe runs straight through where the engine mount sits on the ibiza! (or it did on the one that came with my k04)

dont know mujch about thermal properties of alloy tbh. think cast steel probably conducts heat better than alloy.

cant fit bigger then 205 40 17 on the back, or at least i couldnt. i bought 215 40s for 8 inchers and they wouldnt fit past the side skirt.

forward motion gets converted into heat by the brakes on braking, the 305mms have 1.6 times the material the 280s have, so can absorb 1.6 times the energy to end up at the same temperature. plus your standard discs are absorbing the energy of standard pads/calipers, now clamp them with 2 or 3...

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i dont think a 280mm setup will ever compete with the 305mm brembo setup. the 280mm brakes will get hot after a couple of spirited stops. for my money the 305mm conversion is as good as it gets for a road setup. i changed to a different setup to accomoadate my wheels of choice, this involved...

mine ran ok for 2 years with 3 inch maf and tt injectors. youll not get full potential without remap though.

theres a guy in eire swears he had standard alloys, 5mm spacers and brembos, never saw this myself though did talk to him about it.

i just use the 1001 carpet shapoo on the flies, spray and rub in, wash at your leisure, petrol for the tar spots.

if it helps, ive a knocking on fairly low coilovers too, ive changed all the bushes,etc for no improvement whatsoever. i cant keep paint on driveshafts, so might be one of them knocking.

do a search for ls cartec too, they do hybrid k04s. someone is running one here.

bill, is it too late to get in on this GB? and get 2 shipped?

no, 2litre16v has the vr6 flywheel or any g60 car, but no 8v afaik

or a boost hose blown off will let the car start and then die

any alloy wheel place should be able to sort you out. these are generally an off the shelf thing unless your alloys are really old/odd.

its your money at the end of the day. i would think when enough people that have 'been there done that' tell you its not required, then its not required.

do civic typers not have to do this from the factory?

do you not think vw balance the engines before they build them? vw probably have balancing machines that cost 10 times what your average engine reconditioning shop can spend. the only need to balance an engine is if youve changed something, pistons, rods, flywheel or something. save up and get a...

its not a possibility based on what youve said, k04 requires new manifold , oil lines , downpipe and tip.as the guy above said k04 is side exit, k03 is down exit.