>70,000km polo gti, ability to handle tune?

[arcenite]

Looks like going for the DV would be a better choice . Besides it'll probably save me from having to explain to my parents what the sound from the BOV is . Not worth getting an hour lecture over a BOV I suppose xD.

Man those Polos can take a beating can't they! Glad to know they're really reliable, at least I know I can use it for a loooong time . Oh and has anyone fit the dogbone mount? I realised that it's either a hit or miss when it comes to those upgrades, risking $120 for install+mount got me thinking...

Tough luck for me today... =/ found out that the Polo has been written off and was damaged by the flood in NSW. Thank goodness I can get my money back. Ugh... I can't wait to get the Polo, I've been looking at upgrades all week and no Polo! Time to stalk carsales again

edit: Oh and regarding pod filters, I read somewhere that it could reduce the performance of the turbo. Might just settle for a DV instead since it's supposed to be relatively loud enough after the tune. Haven't heard it yet but thanks for the pod recommendation though!

[Blitzen]

Sux about the car. But it's better that you find out now.

There are plenty of thread in this Forum about almost every mod you can do to the car, and they have been tried and tested.

The Dog Bone Bush can be picked up for about $50 on eBay, and takes about 20min to fit. The best easy mod I can recommend are Tune, DV (APR DV/Forge 007 or 00, Forge TIP, SEAT PD160 intake and Coilovers.

[bakersdelight]

An APR diverter with a tune is plenty loud. Load the engine up and change gear and it sounds like I've got a full vent to atmosphere sometimes. I do it to stir the ricers If you want it any louder fit an open air pod filter.

I'll have an APR R1 diverter for sale soon..

What are your intake mods? I also got APR tune and APR R1 DV, I can't really hear it unless i listen really carefully... and I got PD160 and K&N panel as well...

[Blitzen]

My Forge 007 DV with the 17-21lb spring last of a distinctive 'tweet' when I back off or change gears.

[s4mmie]

What are your intake mods? I also got APR tune and APR R1 DV, I can't really hear it unless i listen really carefully... and I got PD160 and K&N panel as well...

It's quiet when I'm pootling around and noisy when I give it the boot.
Give it WOT in 2nd at around 30-40km for a few secs until the turbo just starts to spool and then back off and you'll see what I mean..

[Bflat]

I've recently installed the Jabbasport 'cone in a box' filter.
James (Nightphotographer) also has this and gets a nice 'breathing-off' sound when he backs off the throttle.

Dissapointingly enough I've got no idea whether I've got this noise because I can't hear it over my exhaust

[Bflat]

I've recently installed the Jabbasport 'cone in a box' filter.
James (Nightphotographer) also has this and gets a nice 'breathing-off' sound when he backs off the throttle.

Dissapointingly enough I've got no idea whether I've got this noise because I can't hear it over my exhaust

[noone]

Diverter sounds better with N249 bypassed (only routing of Vac lines needs to be changed) and better again when the whole Vac system on top of the engine is bypassed.

My car seems to run that little nicer without the SAI.

[Redliner]

Diverter sounds better with N249 bypassed (only routing of Vac lines needs to be changed) and better again when the whole Vac system on top of the engine is bypassed.

My car seems to run that little nicer without the SAI.

Hi noone.
Do you have a link for the guide to remove the sai and N249. Its on my list of "to do" things.

[arcenite]

Sux about the car. But it's better that you find out now.

There are plenty of thread in this Forum about almost every mod you can do to the car, and they have been tried and tested.

The Dog Bone Bush can be picked up for about $50 on eBay, and takes about 20min to fit. The best easy mod I can recommend are Tune, DV (APR DV/Forge 007 or 00, Forge TIP, SEAT PD160 intake and Coilovers.

Yeah it could've been worse I'd imagine :s.

Yeah I've been reading up, there're pages and pages of mods, can't afford all though unfortunately!!

I would need a proper jack to get under my car to fit it I suppose yeah? I don't have a garage or anything so if I end up having to buy a jack it probably wouldn't be worth it right? When it comes to dog bones... not sure whether it'll cause future car to be a vibrator on wheels . Only 1 way to find out!

Are coilovers really necessary? I mean other than lowering the car and making it look badass(which is well worth the money) . Most of the things I've read is about being able to take bumps on roads better etc., thus making it smoother to drive. I'm most likely going for all of the upgrades that you've stated but I'll need to decide between coilovers and good road tyres. I was thinking of saving on suspension and probably get a set of michelins, so far all of the used cars that I've test-driven have really crap 100$ tyres that're garbage in the wet. I get a lot of wheel spin on a rainy day, doesn't make me feel very safe .

Regarding DV's, I was looking at the Forge ones that you recommended. I read that you need to maintain them or something and that the APR R1's are more convenient because they're able to maintain it for you for free. Not sure with the technical bits =/.

Regarding the N249's I probably need to get that done in a workshop , from what I'm reading, sounds exactly what I want, lesser boost fluctuations! I noticed that the stock polo gti does have a significant lag time for the boost, but I've also read that the tune does solve that problem. Are there any other things that smooth out the boost? So far all that I know is that DV's and tunes will help somewhat regarding the smoothness of the boost.

Ok this is gonna sound dumb... what's an SAI?

edit: just saw a video of a polo that had a Forge 008 installed, sounds good to me! :p if anyone's interested, here's the link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipfe2I0xJ6E