New to forums & Golf R

[MurphBlkonBlk]

Hi All,

I'm now a proud owner of a MY13 MK6 Golf R

Black exterior.. black leather.. black 19" VW factory upgrade wheels
Manual trans

I've only owned it for two weeks and i was planning on holding off on any upgrades however i couldn't help myself.
Just picked the car up from Derek down at European autotech in mona vale... i'm new to the modification scene and i must say that he was great.. very helpful and i'm really happy with their service

So far i have..;
removed the silly soundaktor thing
APR HPFP
Downpipe
ECU Stage 2+

I'm thinking of doing the exhaust from the cat back soon and perhaps the vw racing intake however i've heard that the intercooler really isn't necessary.

The car absolutely hammers after the mods... very happy i did this.

cheers!

[drad81]

Welcome and well done on the mods.

You're in good hands with Derek.

[Lucas_R]

VW Racing intercooler? You mean intake i think. Intake design on the R is pretty bad - definitely worthwhile upgrading if you are running a stage 2+ tune level.

FYI there are better intakes available than the VW Racing one (i used to have one and they arent worth the $)

[MurphBlkonBlk]

Yep, intake I meant - ta.

What other options would you suggest ?

Cheers

[Lucas_R]

The new Unitronic intake for the Golf R engine looks really good. (Need to source from the US though as there are no dealers here). If interested, hit up Speedlife Motorsport in USA to send one over to you.

I have the AmD/AS Performance intake on mine and love it. Imported from the UK there are no dealers here. Ive got mine mounted with a carbon fibre airbox shroud and it looks great and performs great too.

NeuSpeed P-Flo is another good choice (about 1/2 the price of the others listed above). Speedlife Motorsport once again for this one.

Another option to look into is the CTS intake from DubAddiction and the Volant intake from Tarmac Engineering.