New member from ireland

[Shane]

Hi guys found this site while browsing google,great site-look forward to contributing more.no immediate plans to hit australia but you never know,not too many irish down there i bet :drink::D

I drive a 2003 V6 4mo bora with a few slight mods

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/
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So far my mods are

Koni coilovers
Millltek exhaust
porsche boxter front brakes
GLI taillights
Colour coded badges
BBS Rc's

R32 Pedals(just arrived)
R32 full FIS cluster
R32 steering wheel
R32 alu trim
R line gear knob
BLack A.B and C pillar trim from GLI,working on rest of the parts inc roof liner
Nurburgring sticker (earned in the right way lol)

Im sure ive forgotten a few! long term plans are to supercharge it.

As i said look forward to contributing,i probably know a few heads from uk-mkivs and vortex,im big into my vee dubs and a moderator on vagdrivers.net the main irish VW/audi website.

Shane.

[phaeton]

Welcome Shane :D

That is one beautiful Bora I love what you've done :eek:

Word of warning the Humour section may have some Irish jokes in it :nana:

[dubbed]

Beautiful looking Bora you have there mate. How are the Boxster brakes over stock?

And you'd be surprised at the amount of Irish blood Down Under! My nan was as Irish as they get!!

[STV4SYT]

I know a joke about a kerryman.....

[Mrk_Mickey]

Welcome aboard Shane, nice bloody car! I'm loving them wheels, they look class mate :D

[Lorenz]

Welcome Shane.
Thats HOT as! Very nice 4mo you have there and very nicely modded.
Where abouts in the land of the Irish are you from?

[pixl]

Welcome to the forums, Shane. That's a sweet ride you have there.

[Shane]

Hey guys thanks for the welcome!

I dont mind irish jokes at all once the are funny,i have plenty of oz jokes in reserve,the only thing different between us is the weather :)

Im from kildare,about 30 miles outside dublin,nice and rural but full of city folk!!

The boxter breaks compared to stock is like night and day,ive never once experienced brake fade since fitting thme,and ive tried hard including 2 hard laps of the nurburgring,the are fantastic brakes!

[Dub_Star_V6]

Welcome Shane. The Bora is mint. Stealth FTW :biggrin:

Any advice on changing the rear boot emblem (will MkIV Golf items fit?) and how hard was it to swap the steering wheel over?

[dubbed]

You've driven on the 'Ring? You lucky bastard! What lap times did the 4Mo manage?

[GoLfMan]

welcome mate!
awesome looking car you have there, hope you enjoy this lill site of ours, good to see our first? Irish member on here! :D

[Shane]

The rear badge on the boras is screwed on from the rear through the boot lid,unlike golf badges which are just stuck on,you take off the inside trim of the boot(easy) pop out the ball joint on the lock and unscrew the 2 screws,unfortunately you are restricted in using badges from other cars as the lock is integrated into the badge,but colour coding looks sweet,if you have a silver,gold or blue bora say you could just colour code the back of the badge and leave the VW emblem silver or even black(sweet!)

The steering wheel is easy enough to change,you need to pop off the air back first,adjust the wheel to its lowest and furthest out position and then get a thin flathead screwdriver,there are 2 holes on therear maybe an inch or so deep there is a spring you need to unhook in there for the airbag to come off,if you have a new steering wheel beside you waiting to go on,just look at the spring on that for reference,the tricky part is the airbag make sure the key is out of the ignition(no need to disconnect battery thats an old wives tale,but disconnect it if it makes you feel better)
Before touching the airbag plug touch something metal like the door lock to get rid of static,then simply unplug airbag and gently place to one side(airbags are serious things lol)

The steering wheel is held on by a single spline nut (wsize 12 if i remember right)lock the steering wheel and loosen the spline,splines are very soft and its easy to either ring the threads or ring the teeth so hold the socket and extension straight up and apply decent downward pressure always.

hope that helps??

As for the ring,as a tourist its hard to set decent lap times as you never get a proper lap you leave the car park through cones and return into the car park at the end of each lap,its so much fun although the fear as you first go out is crazy!!

Heres a youtube link of a section of one of my laps (and before you mention it the ACDC tune was put over it long before i joined here,im not looking for some brownie points ha!)

This was my first lap and i had never been on the track before so i was a little tentative(excuses ....lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aHYMjXbhb4

[Shane]

Ok so its been a while since i updated this thread,finally went forced induction on my car with a VF engineering stage 1 kit,i had to take a bit of a road trip and drive to London to get the job done but it was worth it.

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To say i am pleased would be an understatement,the car is a real animal now,drives very smoothly and delivers the power right across the rev band but after around 4,500-5,000rpm it just goes nuts!

No BHP figure yet but i will be getting it dyno'd next week.

[rayray086]

Oh snap! Would be great to see videos!

[Shane]

I'll try get a video of it on the Dyno.

[dubbed]

Simply awesome... Definitely get some video up on YouTube!

[Shane]

Well folks and folkettes today i had the Bora on the Dyno.

previous run 211bhp/206 torques

Supercharger run 270bhp/234 torques

A bit down on what i was hoping for,i normally run 99 octane fuel but was forced to top up with lesser quality fuel on the way to the run,plus i don't think the map has fully bedded in yet.The OEM cat is also prettty restrictive on the flow esp with the charger.So hopefully if can rectify those few little things i should atl east see the 285 i was aiming for.Im still very happy with 270 and esp happy with the way the car drives,it really shifts!

My camera isn't the best so the video didn't come out to well but here it is - turn your sound down!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWy76eYJkWs

[AusScare]

Very nice! 270hp sounds awesome, and 4wd, what more could you want! What's next on the wishlist?

[Shane]

I want for no more at the moment,a few little cosmetic things to be sorted out,also hope to finally get my black roof liner sorted!!

I'm happy with the power for now - famous last words. :biggrin:

[Yevvy]

I want for no more at the moment,a few little cosmetic things to be sorted out,also hope to finally get my black roof liner sorted!!

I'm happy with the power for now - famous last words. :biggrin:

Bringing the old postup. The links to the videos are broken, did you remove them? Did you get to fiddle with the exhaust?